Be the cryptid you wish to see in the woods
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20181021 Tieton River Nature Trail, OCWA
Mike and I took advantage of a gorgeous autumn day to make the drive over White Pass to the Oak Creek Wildlife Area, to hike along the Tieton River Nature Trail. I suspect we arrived for peak color, and with the mildest of breezes and warm temperature, it was a sublime day. Particularly stunning was…
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20180923-20181002 Wonderland Trail 2018, MRNP
And on your left, Mt. Rainier. It seemed a continual refrain as my brother Barry and I circuited, counter-clockwise, the imposing presence of Mt. Rainier along the famed Wonderland Trail. A celebration of cancer survival, it seemed the only thing big enough. I had applied for a permit the minute the website opened on March…
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20180824 Mt Adams Wilderness #2
Returned to Mt. Adams Wilderness for an overnight at Lookingglass Lake, making it as far South as the South Climb Trail. I will never forget the lonely night spent at Lookingglass Lake – the wind howling thru the burnt-over forest sounded like the shrieking of a thousand damned souls in the depths of hell. It…
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20180818 Mt Adams Wilderness #1
Hiked up the Killen Creek Trail to the High Camp. where I spent the night in the meadow, camped in a mountain goat wallow, then south to Foggy Flat for another night in a meadow, spending a day hiking in to the Devil’s Gardens.
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20180806 Boundary Trail #1, MSHNVM
Spent the day hiking up the Boundary Trail #1, making it from the Norway Pass TH to a point above St. Helens Lake
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20180624-0704 Idaho Trip
Each time I go to Idaho, I fall in love with it just a bit more. It’s the Sawtooth NRA – I won’t be happy until I’ve explored the whole area. That will take a while. Vacation this year was the last wek of June thru the 4th of July. I stayed with the O’Reillys…
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20180604 Coldwater Loop, MSHNVM
I was finally able to complete the Coldwater Loop at MSHNVM – starting at the South Coldwater TH, up Coldwater Trail to the Boundary Trail, to the JRO, and back down to where I had parked at the Hummocks TH. It was not the most lovely day, with clouds gathering on Coldwater Peak. By the…
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20180527 West Rocky Prairie Unit, WADNR
Mike and Julie J. and I spent a sunny, birdsong-filled morning at the West Rocky Prairie, a unit of the WA DNR Scatter Creek Wildlife Area – 800 acres of prairie mounds, wildflowers, wetlands, white oak and sunshine. It was a great day for photography, and many wildflowers are blooming. Of particular interest to me…
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20180521 Coldwater Lake, MSHNVM
Mike and I took a dayhike up the first 2.3 miles of Lakes Trail #211 along Coldwater Lake, up to the lovely waterfall right next to the trail – I wish I knew the name of that creek. It was a warm, slightly breezy day, the air was full of sun and the spring scent…
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20180518 Eruption Day Hike to Harry’s Ridge, MSHNVM
Another anniversary of the Eruption of Mt. St. Helens, and once again, I took the day to be there. I can see this becoming an annual pilgrimage. This is the time of year that everything begins to wake up, and the highest reaches of the Monument are melting out. This is also the time of…