Adventures in the great outdoors
Sometimes, when you head for the great outdoors, nothing goes right. Your body is a bit sluggish, maybe from not enough breakfast or not enough sleep. You never quite warm up. You don’t have the right clothes and you end up always feeling a little chilled around the edges. Your sandwich gets squished at the …
When I was a younger lass, fresh to Seattle and hopped up on long summer days and citrus thinner, it was not unheard of for me to jump in the car at dawn, go for a 16 mile day hike, and make it back in time to eat BBQ in the garden. If that sounds …
We went snowshoeing today again. It was, as always gorgeous. And empty. Pics are here.
I was up at 6. Erin called at 715 and by 745 we were heading east into a driving rain. I’d checked the forecast and the pass conditions so I knew it was snowing. I was psyched to be heading up to the mountains for the first snowshoe of the season. The trail to Latham …
Don’t tell me I can’t learn from my mistakes. I absolutely can. And now, so can you. If you’re off to the Olympic peninsula and only have three days, take, please, my advice and do the following. Go ahead and do exactly what we did and book yourself a place at Ocean Shores Resort. I …
On June 21st, the first day of summer, we loaded the car with camping gear, a ukulele, and Lumpy the Sock Monkey. We pointed the car north and went to look at parts of Canada. The weather was bad, the campground neighbors were loud, and the Rockies were awash in busloads of tourists. Did we …