Be the cryptid you wish to see in the woods
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20181118 Packwood Lake via Pipeline Trail, GPNF
Took a little day hike up the Pipeline Trail to Packwood Lake.
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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…