Nothing so far in 2026 has gone as planned, it is obvious that it is going to be a year of just rolling with it. Back in November, I made plans to knock a long desired trip off my bucket list: a trip to Stehekin in the winter. I dreamed of a snowy arrival on…
About this time two years ago, I took a trip down to visit the bestie. After several discussions about what we felt up for, we opted for a local hike that afternoon and urban hiking in downtown Portland the next day. I had read about the Portland Winter Light Festival that sounded intriguing and since…
January is a funny month in the Pacific Northwest. We should be in the throngs of winter but the month has earned itself the portmanteau of “Juneuary” because the weather often feels like a typical day in early June. A fake spring. We almost hit 60 degrees last week! But next week we will dip…
I have had a Tonga Ridge snowshoe on my to-do list forever so with no trip report on the Foss River Road since November, I figured I would go check things out. I had considered Surprise Lake but with a considerable avalanche forecast, I opted for safety. I think to snowshoe on Tonga Ridge, you…
While on winter break last week, I decided to drive up US 2 to check on the closure and support a business in Skykomish which has been adversely affected by the severe lack of cross-state traffic since the middle of December. In case you missed it (not sure how you could have) but we had…
I wasn’t planning to post today but I realized that January 5th was the anniversary date for the blog and counting on my fingers I then realized that this anniversary marks 10 YEARS of writing in this space so I decided it was worth a short post. Yay, me! In honor of today,…