I got home late last yesterday from a hike. Nothing special about that. Except this hike was with my sister Kristen, her sister-in-law Molly and my niece Meaghan and we were hiking on the trail to Sauk Mountain to look for the belongings of their mother-in-law and nana who fell to her death on July 11, 2017…
Jump to the recipe for Golden Milk or Turmeric Tea For The Trail… I am just getting back from my eight day Glacier Peak Wilderness work party with the Pacific Crest Trail Association and I’ll just say, it was about one day too long. 6 days of manual labor up and down those crazy switchbacks…
I started writing this post from the 16th story of a hotel in downtown Tacoma with a view of the Puget Sound peeking out beyond other tall buildings in the distance on Tuesday. I did some urban hiking to get there; riding for 3 hours on public transportation 62 miles from home to attend a training. A training…
Jump to the recipe… In planning for my Spring Break Road Trip, I was set on making a few different trail mixes to keep me from wanting to stop at convenience stores for snacks. If you remember when I shared my Rosemary Cranberry Pecans, I mentioned bumming some rosemary off my mom to complete the…
I remember the first time we met, Beckler Peak and I. She was a little shy… I remember having been the first person on trail (as I like it) and having her to myself for over an hour. She never did quite give me the whole show and left me longing to return. …
Editor’s Note: This is my sixth and final installment on my spring break road trip saga. If you’ve been following along, thanks for sticking it out! The sun began to creep over the Providence Mountains at 5:30am and I awoke to our last day in the desert. Hard to believe the week had already passed…