There is little as lovely as bright blue skies on a mid February morning here in the Pacific Northwest. And if you don’t take advantage of it you will hate yourself later when it is back to drizzly gray in March! I met up with a couple lovely ladies who all have babies (3 and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dayhiking’
In Rainier News – A Happy Sarah
Posted in hiking, tagged backpacking, Carbon River, dayhiking, hiking, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Rainier NP on February 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »
While not everyone is happy with the recent announcement that Mt. Rainier National Park would declare the Carbon River Road officially a trail, I was excited to hear it. The Carbon is so different from the rest of the park, it has its own feeling. The first time as an adult I visited the area [...]
New Footwear For The New Year
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, tagged boots, dayhiking, Gear, hiking, hiking shoes, Keen, New Balance, Road Runner Sports, running, running shoes, shoes on January 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Over the Christmas break I had noticed my gym shoes were pretty much close to flat n’ dead, worse they were starting to cause pain when on the treadmill, so I knew shoe shopping was in my future. We usually go down the local (OK, OK…2 towns over) Road Runner Sports as they have good [...]
Outdoor Baby Network
Posted in hiking, tagged active lifestyles, baby, baby gear, children, dayhiking, hiking, kids, Outdoor Baby Network, outdoors on January 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Hey parents and friends/family of those with little kidlings? Head over Outdoor Baby Network and check out a social networking site dedicated to those of us with little ones who still want to get outside and have fun! Visit Outdoor Baby Network ~Sarah
Recipe Ideas for New Years Day Weekend
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, No Cook Recipes, One Pot Meals, Other, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian, tagged backcountry cooking, backcountry food, backpacking, backpacking recipes, dayhiking, desserts, FBC, FBC meals, Freezer Bag Cooking, hiker food, hiking, insulated mug meals, Insulated mug method, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking, trail desserts, trail food, trail lunches, trail meals, trail recipes, trail snacks, Vegan, Vegetarian, vegetarian trail meals, wilderness cooking, www.freezerbagcooking.com, www.trailcooking.com on December 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Hoping to hear that some of our readers will be getting out this coming weekend (maybe the snow will slow down for some of us!). New Years Day is often a snowshoeing day for us, getting out and loving the snow till we freeze – then we head home. Good way to clear the mind [...]
Winter Trails Day Is Coming Up Soon
Posted in hiking, tagged dayhiking, hiking, snowshoeing, Winter Trails Day on December 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The 16th Annual Winter Trails Day is coming up in just over a week – January 8th, 2011. There is what they call the “anchor sites” where due to larger crowds various snowshoe manufacturers (MSR, Atlas, Tubbs) and more show up. These sites are: Echo Lake – CO Estes Park – CO (Jan 15, 2011) [...]
New Gear Being Played With This Winter
Posted in Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear, tagged backpacking, backpacks, dayhiking, Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, Microspikes, Nalgene bottles, REI on December 28, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Over the holidays I got Kirk, Ford and Baby Walker (well me really I suppose) new gear for the upcoming year. Nothing too far in detail but new fun toys include: Ford got a new REI Trail 25 pack. It was picked to replace his REI Jet UL pack which we were never fully happy [...]
A Cold Weekend On The Olympic Coast
Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged dayhiking, hiking, Kalaloch Lodge, Olympic beaches, Olympic coastal strip, Olympic National Park, Rialto Beach, Ruby Beach on December 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Due to one of the ladies I know, I found out about the deal of the decade out at Kalaloch Lodge a couple weeks ago. The deal had gone live that morning and I got our reservations in quickly – lets just say that 2 nights in a cabin, feet from the Pacific Ocean, for [...]





