Since Oyster Dome is trending this weekend on the website, I will pop this little gem out to remind everyone that you don’t want to be that person parking dangerously on Chuckanut Drive. In January, just a few days before I broke myself, I took the drive up to the Chuckanuts for a short hike…
Category: Social Commentary
Do You T.H.I.N.K Before You Speak?
This poster hangs in the hallway outside the student office at the school I work with and I have an opportunity to walk past it often. The first time I saw a similar poster was in the Head Start preschool I worked at years ago, my supervisor had hung it on the staff bulletin board….
Book Review: The Cold Vanish And The New Wilderness
If there is one thing I learned in 2025, it is that I can not read and write at the same time. I set a goal at the beginning of the year to read at least 12 books (one a month) and actually managed to read 36 books! There were many things that I could…
The Enchantments: Once Was Enough
It has been 10 years since I visited the Enchantments in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area outside Leavenworth, Washington, and unlike many people, I think once is going to be enough for me. In those 10 years, there has been no shortage of stories about the crowds on the trails, parking nightmares with…
Staying In My Lane But Not Standing Still
So this will be a long read (surprise) because if I try to break this up into a multitude of posts it won’t happen and I will be on to something else before I get halfway through. Life is just like that, my last post is proof. I am adding headings for those who like…
Sign My Name To Freedom
In 2021, I joined a book club organized by James Edward Mills through his Joy Tripp Project. I had begun following James after reading his book, The Adventure Gap, and when he announced he was going to have a book club with authors writing about topics related to the outdoors and then having discussions with…






