50 Days, 500 Miles, and 5 States When I Turn 50

  Rain, rain and more rain. Such is life here in the Pacific Northwest in late fall. I'm trying not to be depressed - I'm telling my...

  Sammy  is mad at me. Second time in a row I forgot to take him. I left my thermos of hot chocolate on the counter as well; but more import...

Those four miles were some of the most stressful of my life. At the end I was shaking, sweating and cursing. And I hadn't even started h...

  Heliotrope Ridge is hike #1 in "100 Classic Hikes in Washington." I've had that book for a dozen years at least. When I firs...

  Heidi was amped to hike. As I mentioned in my last post , she did not go with us on our Bowman-Kintla loop because of injury. She had trai...