Jump to the recipe… This is one the first of a few recipes I have been trying out for this year’s backpacking season, mixing things up a bit and adding even more veggies. Stroganoff is one of my favorite meals and maybe it is yours,too. My brothers and sisters and I consumed it a…
Jump to the recipe… I’m sure I am not the only one for whom the alarm goes off in the morning and it is snooze, snooze, snooze until the ABSOLUTE last minute when you jump out of bed and run around throwing yourself together to get out the door and headed to wherever the day’s…
Jump to the recipe… We had a 16 mile hike planned to Marmot Pass and Buckhorn Mountain in the Olympic National Park last May, so I decided to bake up some hardy Banana Chip Muffins to pack up the hill. Muffins are one of those things that are perfect for now but you can…
Jump to the recipe… I have to admit that sometimes although I try and keep a good stock of healthy snacks ready for hikes, it will get to the day before a hike and I realize that I don’t have much set to go. That is the time when I have to decide to make…
This is not the first time I have written about the wooded park that I walk in for lunch on a regular basis. I can’t help but be moved by what is happening there. It has seen some real upheaval this winter and spring as swollen river waters have eroded the banks and flowed up…
In between some pretty amazing hikes lately, I have been able to add a few updates to my post Must Hike Must Eat on great places to eat healthy before and after a hike in the PNW by visiting two restaurants I had not actually sat down to eat at yet. I was not disappointed! This…