Playing Peek-a-boo with Angel’s Landing
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…
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Hiking an Ancient, Canyon-Making Landslide
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…
The Watchman Trail, a Muddy Hike in Zion National Park
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...
And Now For Something Completely Different
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.
Happy Anniversary
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…
Reaching Volcanic Heights: Mt St Helens P4
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…
Reaching Volcanic Heights: Mt St Helens P3
My favorite beaches are not the sandy ones where you lay out on a towel and soak up the sun. My favorite beaches are the ones with things to climb on and explore. I really enjoy scrambling around on big…
Reaching Volcanic Heights: Mt St Helens P2
Hitting the trail so early in the morning has a few drawbacks primarily the spark plugs in my brain don’t fire as well as they should. I say that as the reason I got to the trailhead before having to…
Reaching Volcanic Heights: Mt St Helens P1
It’s hard to believe that it’s been less than 2 months since I agreed to climb Mt. St. Helens with Snesha and then proceeded to talk Chris into the same slightly crazy idea. I still can’t believe we did it.…
A Series of Unfortunate Mistakes – Part 2 of 3
Without traffic, it takes just under an hour to get to the Hoh Rain Forest Visitor Center and, for the majority of the drive, there wasn’t much traffic at all. It’s a lovely drive. You start out on 101 which…