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…
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…
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….
Longmire Lodge For Breakfast Despite the sore muscles earned by three long days of hiking, Steve and I woke up and were on the trail by 6:40am. Maybe it was the idea of eggs and bacon or a possible shower at the lodge but we were looking forward to spending some time relaxing at Longmire. …
Klapatche and Aurora We woke up today to low clouds, the gorgeous rocks above the river now obscured from view. Leaving camp at 6:15am, we made our way over the bridge and started the long climb up out of the valley. We had been told by the ranger station that this section would be dry,…