August 12th Destination: Brahma Lake Today’s Miles: 13 Start Location: Dumbbell Lake Trip Miles: 270.5 We woke up early today and left camp by 5:30 am with headlamps on, hoping to take advantage of the morning cool and the fact that it wasn’t raining. A large moon (the super moon?) glowed in the black grey…
This last December after Christmas, the hubby and I took a drive down to stay on the Columbia River Gorge for the weekend. One of the hikes we did was on the Lyle Cherry Orchard Trail just outside Lyle, WA. This turned out to be an interesting stroll with expansive views of the gorge despite…
I could probably just write a whole post on how I am SO OVER ALL THIS RAIN. Enough! I left work early today and headed home debating trying to get on trail. It had been raining all day and the thought of fighting afternoon traffic to get to the outdoors for just an hour…
Editor’s note: this page was updated on 1/15/2021 Ah, the eternal hiker question. Which are better, gloves or mittens? There are benefits to both gloves and mittens. Some would say that gloves are better because they allow you to do things with your hands that you can’t with mittens that require more manual dexterity…