As I prepare to return to work tomorrow, today is filled with laundry, meal prep and paying bills. We spent the last 4 days on the southern Oregon coast taking in the sunshine and coastal views. I wasn’t mentally ready for the chilly mornings but thankfully I had packed enough layers for when I reluctantly…
I spent the long Veteran’s Day weekend at the Moclips beach cabin and while there I debated which nearby hikes to do. A repeat like Colonel Bob’s Peak or Irely Lake? Obviously there would be no shortage of beach rambles but with only one non-rainy day in the forecast it felt important to get out…
Those who know me know I rarely hike along the I-90 corridor but today was an exception. The hubby’s car was in the shop and he needed a ride to work in Bellevue so I offered to get up early at 5:30am to take him. And to make it worth it, I decided to chose…
I have had plans to hike along the High Divide and Seven Lakes Basin loop in some form for some 7 years now and they have always been thwarted in some way: thunderstorms, wildfire smoke, broken shoulder, broken toe, etc. So last year I was not surprised when not only did my car decide it…
I think I have mentioned a few times that the process of having to fix the website last year gave me the goal this year to get back to some of the hikes I have not visited in years. That is why you saw me at Barclay Lake and the East Fork Foss River at…
Why is checking something off your to-do list SO satisfying?? I am half way through summer having spent the first half out of the country (Greece and Canada but I will get to that later) and when I started summer vacation I had but a few things on my list to accomplish before it was…