If you have been here for awhile, you know there was a time when recipes came out regularly. When I first started a paleo lifestyle (2012) and this blog (2016), there were few resources for gluten free, let alone paleo. Now, it is not only easier to find foods and products at the store that…
A Return To The Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Trail
Those who know me know I rarely hike along the I-90 corridor but today was an exception. The hubby’s car was in the shop and he needed a ride to work in Bellevue so I offered to get up early at 5:30am to take him. And to make it worth it, I decided to chose…
I Dodged A Bullet And Why You Should Have Water Purification Backups
I dodged a bullet at the beginning of the month! In My Kind Of Triathlon I wrote about my hike to Dorothy, Bear and Deer on a beautiful summer day. What I didn’t share was that I had not brought enough water for the entire trip, counting on being able to use water purification that…
The High Divide And Seven Lakes Basin, Darn It
I have had plans to hike along the High Divide and Seven Lakes Basin loop in some form for some 7 years now and they have always been thwarted in some way: thunderstorms, wildfire smoke, broken shoulder, broken toe, etc. So last year I was not surprised when not only did my car decide it…
My Kind Of Triathlon
I think I have mentioned a few times that the process of having to fix the website last year gave me the goal this year to get back to some of the hikes I have not visited in years. That is why you saw me at Barclay Lake and the East Fork Foss River at…
Finally!
Why is checking something off your to-do list SO satisfying?? I am half way through summer having spent the first half out of the country (Greece and Canada but I will get to that later) and when I started summer vacation I had but a few things on my list to accomplish before it was…






