I have a mental bucket list of hikes and snowshoes I want to do in my lifetime with a snowshoe loop around Crater Lake being one of them. Ever since hiking to this national park on the Pacific Crest Trail, I always said I would come back to do a circumnavigation during the winter months….
Jump to the recipe… One of my favorite snacks last summer was the iconic flavor combination of nut butter and jelly together in a portable stick. I took a poll on Facebook in our Paleo Hikers & Backpackers group and it turns out raspberry is the top desired jam, with strawberry coming in a close…
Jump to the recipe… Winter is here, snow has blanketed the mountains near me with wonderful white powder. It is time for snowshoes, mittens and hot cocoa. I have spent the last couple weekends at home working on writing projects and deep cleaning some long neglected rooms of the house. The weather has been fickle…
Jump to the recipe… At the beginning of this whole pandemic thing, a doctor and climber friend of mine sent out an email about starting a pandemic journal to document his experiences at the clinic. He also suggested some pandemic reading to help put things in perspective. Needless to say, I have not pursued that…
Editor’s note: there are quite a few people landing here on my story about wearing a hiking skirt while recreating responsibly (got to love Google) and if that is you, you will find information about what I wear at the end of the post! The Friday before last I ventured out for a hike…
Jump to the recipe… In case you missed it, we passed right into May on Friday. MAY. Odds are my snowshoe adventures are over for this year and we will be lucky if we get to do some slushy postholing and snowbridge avoiding before it’s mosquito and wildfire season. But there’s no crying over…