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Who Wants to be a Summit Sampler?

Posted in hiking, tagged , , on April 8, 2013 | 1 Comment »

  This would be so much fun to participate in! Handing out samples as you hike upwards (or down)? This is a dream contest for hikers who love food, brought to from Post Grape-Nuts©. The contest is open thru April 19th, 2013 so you have time to enter. And did I mention the winners who [...]

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It’s Like Surf n’ Turf But Better: Beaches n’ Forest Hiking

Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , , , , on March 27, 2013 | 1 Comment »

Kirk and I celebrated our toddler,Walker, turning 3 this past weekend by a family trip to the coast and hiking in the rain forest.We had picked up two nights at Kalaloch Lodge for $99 a night in a cabin, which is a great price. And considering later winter/early spring is some of the best time to enjoy the Olympic [...]

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Roughing It In The Rain Forest

Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , on March 4, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

In a ton of emails one caught my eye awhile back. It was from Lake Quinault Lodge, which sits on Lake Quinault in Olympic National Forest. I have stayed there a number of times, it was an email with deals for previous visitors with a winter deal. I nearly deleted it, then I took a [...]

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Saturday Sandblasting (or a hike in the wind….)

Posted in Food Finds, hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , , on February 25, 2013 | 1 Comment »

Originally I was supposed to be out backpacking this past weekend with my friend Dani. Well, those plans were dashed by a late-winter storm advisory, up to 2 feet of snow were predicted for the area we were heading to – but more worrying was the wind advisory. I don’t much care for hiking in forests [...]

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Getting Out With Two Wee Ones

Posted in Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, tagged , , , , , , on January 9, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

My life has changed a lot since the summer of 2009, when I found out I was pregnant with Walker. I knew going into it, that having more children, that my reality would shift and it was OK the first year, we got out and hiked a lot, after Walker was born in March of [...]

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A Smattering of Photos from 2012

Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , on December 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Considering I started 2012 off at about 33 weeks pregnant, I wasn’t feeling very outdoorsy. Until as soon as our 3rd son showed up. Then I was missing being out there! When Alistaire was ready for the jogger stroller, him and Walker were bundled up in early spring to enjoy local rail to trails: I’ll be [...]

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Two New Hiking Guides for the Wonderland Trail in 2012

Posted in Book Reviews, hiking, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on December 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »

For many years the go-to guide-book for The Wonderland Trail was Discovering the Wonders of the Wonderland Trail: Encircling Mount Rainier. It, along with a map or two, and you were ready to go.   Bette’s book took me on my many Wonderland adventures and is still on my guidebook shelf. I have recommended this book to 100′s, [...]

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Book Review: Mt. Rainier Trails

Posted in Book Reviews, Gear, hiking, tagged , , , , on December 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

It was mid-September 2009. I knew I was hiking on borrowed time – if I were to see a set of lakes I lusted after, it was go then, or wait maybe years to get back. I was also a couple of months pregnant and on my slope to anemia-ville. It wasn’t a long hike but it [...]

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