Well M’s, thank you for the distraction this last week. What a great season, now it’s time to cheer on the Blue Jays! I have been on a mushroom kick lately, ever since I found some delicious chanterelles on a backpacking trip in September. I have been trying to add mushrooms to EVERYTHING. …
Earlier this summer a coworker messaged our gang with an ask about kiwis that his wife’s work (the YMCA) had received: Now in my mind, I was thinking those 3lb clam shell containers of kiwis you can find at Costco so I said we would take two. Oh no, not even. The…
Jump to the recipe… I was recently reminded about a recipe I had forgotten I had created for an article on the Washington Trails Association website about desserts in the backcountry. Then a food blogger I follow posted a recipe for an at-home version and I was inspired to make my backpacking version on a…
This is part two to my 2024 highlights, you might call it the behind-the-scenes to my outdoorsy adventures. It includes time spent with family and friends, along with completed knitting projects that brought joy to my year. Oh, and lots of good food. Recap posts like this are a great way to appreciate all that…
So this is not going to be a glamorous post but since I wrote up a post about our latest hiking road trip and talked a little about how I eat on the road, I thought I would share some photos of my “Kitchen Go Tote” in action. You have probably heard about having a…
This is a series of posts about our Southern Oregon Coast road trip in November, you can start here if you would like. If you have driven on Highway 101 along the Southern Oregon Coast, you might remember that it carves its way around the base of Humbug Mountain between the towns of Gold Coast…