I woke up about quarter to six on day 3 of our trip in the Wallowas or Eagle Cap Wilderness as the morning sun lit up the tip of an unnamed peak rising from behind the ridge above Cached Lake that sits close to 7,300ft. Despite the temperatures hitting the high 80’s during our trip,…
We reluctantly woke up from our stealth camping spot in the trees and plotted out our second day. Where did we hope to camp for our second night? How far did we want to go today and thus tomorrow? We eventually decided that Cached Lake would be our destination for camping. There is no official…
“Oh, hell no,” Elizabeth shook her head and uttered these words at me about 4:16pm at the junction to Lookingglass Lake on our first day of backpacking back in Eagle Cap and it pretty much summed up the tone of our trip. I looked at her and smiled, “That sure, are you?” I don’t know…
Editor’s note: it has been three years since writing this and the reality is we are simply doing a better job of choosing itineraries that match our current level of fitness because the ultimate goal is time together in the outdoors. Here are of our latest trips: Lake Josephine to Chain Lakes and Lakeshore Trail…
I remember my first Thanksgiving road trip. It was right after I was married and we lived across the state about 5 hours from our families (if the pass was clear). Newly married and newly employed meant no time for traveling home. This meant we would be by ourselves for the holiday and I had…
The weather promised to be miserable a few weekends ago but I had the boys so their dad and sister could participate in a Search and Rescue event, so we decided to brave the rain and go mushroom hunting. I wasn’t sure if this was the best of ideas because I had only been once…