This is a short series on my backpacking trip on the High Divide and Seven Lakes Basin in Olympic National Park. If you are reading this post in its entirety on any website other than musthikemusteat.com, it was stolen without permission. Up again at 5am with the sun, the day promised a few…
Author: Shannon Leader
The High Divide And Seven Lakes Basin Redux: Day 2
This is a short series on my backpacking trip on the High Divide and Seven Lakes Basin in Olympic National Park. On Day 2, I was up and making breakfast at 5am in the dark. I had some Paleo Crack-lin’ No Bran and coconut milk powder which I supplemented with wild huckleberries around my camp….
The High Divide And Seven Lakes Basin Redux: Day 1
Last August I wrote about visiting Olympic National Park and the Seven Lakes Basin in 2023 after years of having it on my bucket list. I shared about how the weather was less than ideal and so I had minimal views for the three days I hiked the loop. In my 2024 outdoor…
An Overabundance Of Kiwi
Earlier this summer a coworker messaged our gang with an ask about kiwis that his wife’s work (the YMCA) had received: Now in my mind, I was thinking those 3lb clam shell containers of kiwis you can find at Costco so I said we would take two. Oh no, not even. The…
Have You Heard Of Website Scraping?
If you are reading this post in its entirety on any website other than Must Hike Must Eat, it was stolen without permission. Website scraping is when a website uses RSS feed or HTML to scrape or steal data from other websites. It is very common and you can find a ton of information…
Camano Island Bike Camping And Almond Butter Chocolate Chia Protein Pudding
Jump to the recipe… I was recently reminded about a recipe I had forgotten I had created for an article on the Washington Trails Association website about desserts in the backcountry. Then a food blogger I follow posted a recipe for an at-home version and I was inspired to make my backpacking version on a…





