This has to be the hardest Nature Writing Challenge prompt yet! Here it is just a few days from National Public Lands Day on September 22, 2018 and I trying to write about where would be my favorite place to introduce someone to public lands. As someone who spends quite a bit of time wandering on…
I want to share with some upcoming events in the north end where you can learn more about some amazing outdoor books I have talked about here on the blog! Geology Underfoot in Western Washington The first one is a book presentation by Dave Tucker who I wrote about in Geology Under Our Feet. …
Thinking about my most memorable water experience on public lands reminds me of the time Elizabeth and I woke up at 4:15am knowing the day would test both our fortitude and quite possibly our friendship and donned our headlamps. We loaded our packs and headed down to the creek to fill up on water. After…
It’s Thursday so it must be time for another #NatureWritingChallenge! Today’s prompt is “a most memorable entrance to a national park” and this has to be it (with Mount Rushmore somewhere in second behind it). On my section hike of the Pacific Crest Trail when I started at the Oregon/Washington border and walked north to…
At the end of last February, I ventured down to the ALDHA West Cascade Ruck at the urgence of my friend, Tim, who used to sit on the board for the organization. I had been meaning to go for a few years but after becoming a member at PCT Days, it seemed to make sense…
Okay, this is a shameless plug for trail work on the Pacific Crest Trail. Have you thought about doing some trail maintenance this year but aren’t sure where to start? Feeling a little intimated? It was just a year ago that I did and a friend talked me into coming to the trail skills college…