Let me tell you about how I conquered the Sandy River and why I probably won’t hike the Timberline Line Trail again. First, I have to say that I am extremely glad I DID hike the Timberline Trail and would not NOT have hiked it. The company was wonderful with Greg from The Adventure Continues…
Last May while spending way too much time indoors just watching other people hike, I came across this documentary on Netflix, Figure It Out On The Hayduke by Alex Maier, on hiking this unique trail in the Southwest corner of the United States. If you want to take your backpacking up a serious notch, this…
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…