Just like last year, the wildfire smoke has set upon the east side (and some of the west side) for my birthday weekend. Instead of our annual Cascade Loop adventure that year, we opted to head west to the San Juan Islands for some hiking and biking. This year for my birthday, we are opting…
Editor’s note: I have started 10 blog posts since the last published one but life seems to have accelerated to a rate I can’t keep up with (including me being hit with nasty viral bug and someone hitting my parked car) so they have piled up without being able to exit draft status. However, I…