I took a long weekend to spend some time down around Mount Rainier this March, hoping to not only revisit some places I had passed on the Wonderland Trail but to experience the park in the winter season for the first time. Last year I shared my 2015 adventure here on the blog, retelling about…
I have a mental bucket list of hikes and snowshoes I want to do in my lifetime with a snowshoe loop around Crater Lake being one of them. Ever since hiking to this national park on the Pacific Crest Trail, I always said I would come back to do a circumnavigation during the winter months….
Jump to the recipe… After spending time in Central Oregon near Stinkingwater rockhounding, we drove to Burns, OR and towards Glass Butte in the afternoon. The rain held off, thankfully, and we were able to stretch our legs out a bit. Due to COVID, we didn’t visit many businesses other than to get gas and…
Jump to the recipe… Can we just put it out there now that this was been one heck of a weird year? Back in June, it was time to decide what to do for my husband’s birthday. The last two years I had taken him to Stehekin, one of my favorite places in Washington. But…
This last December after Christmas, the hubby and I took a drive down to stay on the Columbia River Gorge for the weekend. One of the hikes we did was on the Lyle Cherry Orchard Trail just outside Lyle, WA. This turned out to be an interesting stroll with expansive views of the gorge despite…
I’m not sure that title could get much longer… Do I know how to cram a lot into a road trip or what? Yes, we were in the United Kingdom for 10 days and we saw about as much as one could hope to see of the country in such a short time. And as…