There is no better time than right now to learn or hone up on your compass skills. I had signed up for a Mountaineers navigation class on March 14th as a refresher since it has been about 7 years since I took my last one officially. Of course, that was cancelled but I still want…
In looking towards this year’s backpacking season and what were some of the things I had not tried or added to my meal repertoire yet, yogurt instantly came to mind. I had heard of taking dehydrated yogurt drops on various hiking and backpacking meal blog posts but it hadn’t called to me. Until now. So…
In a post I wrote last year, Maybe We Need A Few More Tourists on Public Lands, I mentioned hiking behind a young couple in bright yellow rainsuits who spontaneously began singing in a joy filled moment along the Spruce Trail in the Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park. Have you ever had that happen…
Jump to the recipe… It is a real-to-goodness recipe!!! Maybe this stuck-at-home thing will pay off… Silently sneaking by a few weeks ago, we celebrated our second anniversary. Wahoo, #2! We took advantage of a kid-free weekend without sports to venture out for a trip to the Columbia River Gorge for a stay to…
Summerland And Bust I had to sit down to write about our last day on the trail multiple times and I am not sure why it was so hard. I guess because the end turned out to be rather anticlimactic. Sorry if anyone was holding their breath. It must have rained off and on through…
Reflection Lakes With another 16+ miles to do today, we were up and hiking by 5am with headlamps on briefly as we made our way along the trail and road towards Narada Falls. The falls are not directly on the Wonderland, so I walked up the side trail enough to be able to see it….