Category: Hiking

  • 20230503 Tieton Valley Hike

    20230503 Tieton Valley Hike

    Having driven across Oregon, camped alongside the highway outside Goldendale, and about to drive up White Pass… I thought I might take a break along the Tieton River for a walk. Here’s what I saw…

  • 20230503 Swick Old Growth Loop Walk

    20230503 Swick Old Growth Loop Walk

    On my way home from the desert, I stopped by this old growth interpretive walk along Hwy 395 outside Canyon City, OR.

  • 20230501-02 Alvord Desert

    20230501-02 Alvord Desert

    I finally made it to Big Sand Gap – and camped under the stars on the playa. And there was a haboob! (Well, the last straggly remnants of one, at least.) Also, true to form, it rained.

  • 20220703-05 Tahklahk GPNF

    20220703-05 Tahklahk GPNF

    A quick trip for some downtime at Takhlakh lake. No big hike, just some moderate dayhiking. I camped along USFS 2359 Rd, which wraps around a portion of the lake, but over the low ridge, the road was still blocked by snow a short distance further up. I enjoyed a hike up the East Canyon…

  • 20220425 Bear Canyon, OCWA

    20220425 Bear Canyon, OCWA

    Having attempted this canyon previously, and failing to make it all the way up the trail d/t overgrowth, I was eager to have another go at it. I also recalled a trail branching off up a side canyon I wanted to explore. I didn’t make it far up that side canyon, but it was quite…

  • 20220424 Waterworks Canyon Loop, Oak Creek Wildlife Area

    20220424 Waterworks Canyon Loop, Oak Creek Wildlife Area

    Spring Flowers! A sunny day, a desert canyon, wildflowers, ridge top hiking. This trip had it all. I parked across the hiway from the trailhead at the WA DNR property alongisde the Naches River, just up the road from the Hwy 12 Y, which makes for a nice camp. The trail heads up the Waterworks…

  • 20210915 Tatoosh Wilderness Loop, GPNF

    20210915 Tatoosh Wilderness Loop, GPNF

    Tatoosh called and I went. All the way. Up, over, and around, and back. By boot and by bike. And it was amazing! The night before, I had driven in to the valley and up to the Tatoosh North TH, way up Butter Creek Rd (USFS 5270) and ditched my bike out of view in…

  • 20210816 Tatoosh Mtn, GPNF

    20210816 Tatoosh Mtn, GPNF

    Low-key weekday retreat to the river for some soul-healing, and some sole-healing. I’ve hurt my foot, so I needed to take it easy. I decided to drive up to Packwood and find someplace along the river – the weather was forecast to be cool, cloudy, and dampish, with really low overnight temps. Sweet! I arrived…

  • 20201214 Kaiser Woods

    20201214 Kaiser Woods

    A visit to the Oak and Madrona grove at Kaiser Woods, Olympia WA

  • 20210313-19 Willow Creek Hot Springs Campout

    20210313-19 Willow Creek Hot Springs Campout

    Back to the hot spring at Willow Creek for a birthday bike-n-hike-n-soak retreat. I spent Saturday thru Friday alternately soaking in the hot spring, biking up BLM roads, or hiking up roads, trails and x-country in an exploration of Willow Creek and Whitehorse Butte. Highlights include snow, wind, rain, sun, wind, flying alkali grit, amazing…