Seattle temperatures are mild year-round and so one would assume that the hiking would be amazing year-round. To be honest, it kinda is. The problem is I want to hike in the mountains where the challenging elevation changes and stunning…
We take a walk, the sun is shining down
Burns my feet as they touch the ground
We left a super-saturated Zion National Park (NP) and arrived a few hours later at the incredibly snowy Bryce NP. Originally the plan was to go for a short snowshoe, but we chose to spend more time in Zion plus…
It rained a LOT during our time in Zion National Park (NP). I don’t know if it broke any records but it was unusual enough that everyone was talking about it. Shuttle Drivers Know Things Most of the park has…
Day 3 of the REI Adventure was my most anticipated hike in Zion National Park (NP), the West Rim trail. When we were in Zion NP a few years ago, we hiked to Observation Point via a now closed (due…
Day 2 of our REI Adventure in Zion took us to the Sand Bench Trail. I still read this as a beach trail, but no beaches were to be found during this trip. One of the factors that caused the…
I wanted to go somewhere warm and sunny to get away from the dreary Seattle winter, so we decided to go to Zion & Bryce National Parks (NP). Please note the irony here as one of the activities listed in the itinerary is snowshoeing...
I did a thing late last year that amused the heck out of me and, as a warm-up to getting back into this whole blog writing thing, I've decided to share him with you. My dear reader, please meet PeeNie.
This past weekend was our 2 year anniversary of living in the metro Seattle area. When we moved here I had big plans of spending copious amounts of free time exploring our new home. I purchased guidebooks and bookmarked a…
While I have absolutely ZERO regrets about this adventure, the only reason we climbed Mt. St. Helens is because Snesha wanted to use it as a training hike. Yeah. This was a training hike for her! The part that absolutely…