As I lay in my tent around 2 am listening to the soft sounds of the wilderness outside its thin fabric, my mind imagined all sorts of scenarios. I knew I would be getting very little sleep tonight. The rustle of the branches touched by a soft wind and the coos of forest fowl nestled…
As October (gasp!) and fall come around again, I am making plans for a weekend road trip on the Cascade Scenic Loop Byway similar to one we did this same time last year. And guess what, I haven’t shared that weekend with you yet! So, as I look forward to what possibilities could present themselves…
I know that some of you who read this post won’t understand what I am about to say. I’m okay with that. It wasn’t until this last year that even I have to come to understand the thoughts you are about to read. What is important is that I am expressing them now. “Though…
A few Fridays ago, on a grey and wet morning typical of the Pacific Northwest we all know and love, I received a phone call. I had just settled in at the dining room table in my sweats and slippers to write up some new résumés, when I heard my phone ring. Very few people…
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 was recently contacted by Dustin over at Slick and Twisted Trails and asked if I would share an infographic he made with you. If you were following me last year and read up on my North Coast Trail attempt, you know I blame credit him for how I ended up on the NCT in…