Into the Lakes Basin: Eagle Cap Pt. 3 is the third post of our backpacking trip to Eagle Cap Wilderness in the Wallowas in 2016. Minam River Trail To Minam Lake Elizabeth and I had spent some time the night before deliberating over what we wanted to accomplish today. We already knew a second…
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Unfettered By Trail: Eagle Cap Pt. 2
Unfettered By Trail: Eagle Cap Pt. 2 tells of the second day on our backpacking trip into Eagle Cap Wilderness in the Wallowas of Oregon State in 2016. Rising In The Morning At Copper Creek We knew we didn’t have big miles to make during this trip, so we slept in. A little. As…
Getting There is Half the Battle: Eagle Cap Pt. 1
Getting There is Half the Battle: Eagle Cap Pt. 1 tells of the first day in our backpacking trip to Eagle Cap Wilderness in the Wallowas in 2016. My hiking plans for summer usually start happening during the previous summer’s hikes and for this hike is no exception. Last summer as my friend Elizabeth and…
Huckleberry Scones and the Backpacking Test
Jump to the recipe… The July 4th weekend of 2016 will go down in history (my relationship history, anyway) as the “Backpacking Test.” Duh, duh, duhhhhhh. Last summer I took a guy on a backpacking trip and he completely ghosted me afterwards (I know, hard to believe). My friends and I started saying that whoever I dated…
Half Way Through Summer
It’s hard to believe it is already the end of July! As I start to fill in my hiking adventures (and mishaps) here on my blog, mixed in with a few recipes and trail food ideas, I’ll also fill you in on how my job search is going (or as I loving call it: How My Job Search…
We Are All In This Together
I have to admit, most of the time when I go out into the wilderness, I do not want to come back. Back to reality. Back to the drama raging in our world. Sometimes I come back to find out someone famous has died of a drug overdose. Yet another bombing. Sometimes I come back to…