Brrrr, it has been so cold this past week! It is not very often we have temperatures in the teens and it means it is time for all the layers. I still want to get outdoors but often it is my feet that need the most attention and stay cold while the rest of me…
Last Friday I wanted to revisit another familiar but long ago enjoyed hike so when the forecast called for a large amount of snow coming I knew that I only had one chance to check on Beckler Peak before snow closed the road until late spring. If you have been around for awhile, you know…
I mentioned yesterday my hike on the Ross Dam Trail in the North Cascades in February of 2023. I had never driven up to where SR 20 (North Cascades Highway) closes in the winter due to avalanche risks but I took the day to go up and check it out. I stopped at…
The weather we have been having lately here in the Pacific Northwest has not been super motivating for getting up into the mountains, particularly with the avalanche conditions that come with new, wet snow. It reminds me of the time we were down along the Columbia Gorge in December and the forecast was nothing but…
Ah, the holiday season. No matter what you celebrate (or don’t), this time of year can be full of expectations. Not that the rest of the year isn’t full of expectations but they sure do seem to magnify in the month of December. The other day I heard the expression: “Expectancy, not expectations,” and it…
Editor’s note: it is the month of December and for many bloggers it is the season of “Blogmas”. It is a marathon of posting every day for the month of December, often with a holiday theme. For some crazy reason I have dived into this as motivation to clear out some drafts and repost some…