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Posted in hiking on May 10th, 2011
Walker has mastered walking and gone from toddling to showing off his sporty new shoes and marching everywhere – he isn’t quite down with wooden dirt paths. The only way to get little ones out is to well, take them outside! He was fascinated by the moss and stones – and a zillion little toddler [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, hiking on May 4th, 2011
If you watched the series “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea” (and if you haven’t you better!) and you watched episode 4, there is an older lady interviewed, Ruth Kirk. To get a feeling of how many books she wrote read this article on her from last year. So I was a wee bit excited [...]
Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports on May 2nd, 2011
Huh….so the news is in: We set a record for an uber crappy April this year here in the greater Seattle area. Can we get a big woo-hoo? Cause these nasty springs make people move to Tucson I quote “And, of course, sunshine was in short supply. While we broke a streak of 56 straight [...]
Posted in hiking, One Pot Meals, photos, Trail Cooking, Trip Reports on Apr 22nd, 2011
I love going through old hiking photos – especially the ones from before the concept of blogging was there. Back a long time ago I had a small website (or was it really a web page?) where I kept tiny photos and thin logs of trips that we took. That site is long gone now [...]
I get asked often about what I think the prettiest section of the Wonderland Trail is. To me that would be the section where you leave the trees on the Cowlitz Ridge to Indian Bar and then to Summerland and below to the flower fields. The trail from either direction isn’t easy nor is it [...]
Posted in Food Finds, hiking, Trail Cooking on Apr 10th, 2011
As many of our readers know I haven’t consumed artificial coloring in a long time (for over 5 years now) so when on that rare occasion I find candy that is dye-free and actually tastes like what mainstream candy tastes like I get pretty excited. To most people this isn’t a big issue but consider [...]
Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports on Apr 9th, 2011
Teresa and her daughter had come down South today and we got out for a couple hikes nearby – as she had never been to the sister state parks down the road from my house – and both are very kid friendly. That and at the end of a week long sinus infection I wasn’t [...]
Posted in Food Finds, hiking, Trail Cooking on Apr 6th, 2011
If my suspicions are correct I have reviewed this product before – but under the name of the company making it – rather than as the now privately branded version. Not an issue though, eh? The tube of nuts was calling to me as I grabbed a latte this morning on the way home from [...]
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