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Sunday DayHiking – Ebey’s Landing

Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , , , on May 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »

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 [...]

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Before I Blogged – Vintage Trips Along The Columbia River

Posted in hiking, One Pot Meals, photos, Trail Cooking, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »

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 [...]

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Summer Dreaming – Indian Bar

Posted in hiking, photos, tagged , , , , , on April 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »

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 [...]

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Saturday Two-Fer Hiking

Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , , , , on April 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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 [...]

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M-Rock Camera Bags

Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, tagged , , on March 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Awhile back Kirk had gifted me a Canon PowerShot G11 camera but I wasn’t carrying it much due to not having a case for it. Having carried tiny compact digital cameras that could hang off my sternum strap, going to the G11 was a pretty big difference. But I had wanted one that might take [...]

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Ooh-La-La! A New Pack!

Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, tagged , , , , on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A couple months ago I won a backpack from Outdoor Baby Network (which is a fantastic resource for parents and even thinking-about-becoming-parents). The contest was sponsored by Osprey Packs. I had no idea what pack was coming so that made it even better – when the UPS man rang the doorbell last night and there [...]

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Summer Dreaming

Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , , , on March 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Spring is here and that puts me in a happy mood (well until I looked at Washington DOT’s set of photos up on Hwy 20 in the North Cascades!). My mind is drifting to where I want to hike when the snow melts (er, maybe I better plan out to August with dump-o-rama of snow [...]

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Cheapie Gear Find: New Balance Trekking Poles

Posted in Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, tagged , , , on March 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Looking for an affordable pair of trekking poles? We came across New Balance branded poles at Target for $19.99. Yes, under $20! The set includes the poles, rubber tips (though I have yet to meet anyone who doesn’t lose those within minutes….), small baskets and winter baskets. Are they the lightest poles? Well no but [...]

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