Be the cryptid you wish to see in the woods
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20160922 Third Burrows Loop, MRNP
Being Autumnal equinox, I couldn’t possibly go to work, not with a weather forecast of sun and warm temps. I told my boss as much, took a day of annual leave, and drove up to the White River CG for a hike along the Burroughs Loop, including 3B, to which I’d never been. I know,…
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20160828 Flapjack Lakes, ONP
I start today in pain, and medicated. I suppose Sunday and Monday in the wilderness were worth a Tuesday of pain. As I hiked up the North Fork Skokomish River trail, and up to Flapjack Lakes and Gladys Divide Sunday, I struggled. I had awoken early, and got out of the house by just a…
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20160813 Cape Disappointment State Park
Mike and I took a day trip down to Ilwaco to visit Cape Disappointment Cape Park – it is not called that because the beach is always grey and cold… but rather because so many ships have been wrecked off it’s shores – the Graveyard of the Pacific. We walked the length of Benson Beach, visited…
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20160731 Berkely Park, Grand Park & Lake Eleanor, MRNP
Braved the crowds to spend a couple of days rambling the northern reaches of Mt. Rainier National Park July 31 and Aug 1st, with a hike from the White River Campground to Lake Eleanor, passing through Berkely and Grand Parks – and back. The wildflowers were just getting into their peak show at Berkely Park,…
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20160725 Ohanapecosh River MRNP, GPNF
Took a low energy afternoon to wander about the mouth of the Muddy Fork Cowlitz and Ohanapecosh Rivers,
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20160630 Pacific Crest Trail, White Pass North to Fish Lake, WOD
What a stunning landscape! First, the pictures, and then I’ll tell you all about it. Because priorities. There weren’t a whole lot of flowers blooming yet, but the scenery was stunning all the same. The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT or Trail #2000) and criss-crossing side trails are all melted out, or quite nearly so. The side trails…
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20160626 The Hummocks & Johnston Ridge Observatory, MSHNVM
Mike and I enjoyed the Hummocks Trail today.
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20160620 Solstice Hike to Dege Peak, MRNP
Parked at the White River Campground, set out at 9:30 AM and covered 14.4 miles with 3423′ vertical gain over 5:51:26 elapsed/8:23:43 total hours, attained a maximum elevation of 7006′. Despite all the lingering snow, it was very dry up there; I was quite thirsty much of the time. I also took on just a…
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20160612 Ride to Sunrise, MRNP
This past Sunday, having read that while the road to Sunrise at Mount Rainier National Park was still closed to vehicles, the NPS had opened it for recreational use to hikers and bicyclists. Oh boy!! It occurred to me that bombing down that road on a bike must be absolutely thrilling! I just had to…
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20160604 Cowlitz Trail, GPNF, WOD
This weekend, I drove up to Packwood via Skate Creek – finding out that it is just as quick to drive up I-5 to SR512, and take Hwy 7 to Ashford, as it is to slog through Yelm. Gawd, I hate driving through Yelm. I had my mind set to hike up the Carlton Creek…