Thunder Mountain, September 14,15 2019
Looks like rain is in the forecast, but it seems a rare occurrence anymore here in the great green but wet PNW when rainRead More →
Not only do I enjoy backpacking into the backcountry to view the incredible sights, I also enjoy writing about our experiences to share with family and friends. I know that many of them probably sigh, and roll their eyes when they receive via e-mail Dave’s latest installment of “trip reports”, but I seem to be a hopeless dreamer, hoping someday to graduate from painful hack, to rank amateur in the writing arena. So, if you are one of those that does not care for lengthy prose, perhaps you will enjoy the pictures of our latest adventures…Of course, therein lies another arena that I, too, struggle to improve upon. The beauty that my eye sees, I’m not always able to capture on “digital”…Perhaps, it will encourage you to go see for yourself, that which I’ve tried to capture here.
Enjoy!!!
Looks like rain is in the forecast, but it seems a rare occurrence anymore here in the great green but wet PNW when rainRead More →
Curses! Foiled again! Usually we miss out on a hike because of foul weather (which usually means rain here in the great PNW) orRead More →
You know how the best laid plans can go awry? Well, these plans almost went the way of the Dodo bird…It all started out innocentlyRead More →
Do you know how hard it is to figure out how to plan a neat 3 day for someone that’s just getting into backpacking?Read More →
Perfect weather for a weekend trip! 70’s to low 80’s with a breeze. Brian and I make the journey to the PCT trailhead, justRead More →
Well, originally, this hike should have been named the Rainbow-McCallister Lakes loop hike, but it wasn’t to be…Since it was in the North CascadesRead More →
Actually, the hike really started with Maria and I driving to Bend, Oregon first, to make sure that we got an earlier start. It’sRead More →
We have not explored the Glacier Peak Wilderness much, due to road and trail washouts, fires, and the like, so we scheduled this oneRead More →
For the first hike of the year, we decided on a trip headed south on the Washington coast from 3rd Beach, a section we’veRead More →
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