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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Summer Dreaming
Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports on Mar 21st, 2011
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 [...]
Do you ever see things in nature that make you stop and take a photo? Heart shapes are something I love seeing On the side of a trail in the Central Cascades in Washington State: Kirk dwarfed by a massive heart shape in Arches NP in Utah: A heart shape rock cross country in the [...]
What Others Bring Along
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, photos, Trail Cooking on Jun 29th, 2010
One of our readers, Erich, sent us these great shots of a 3 day solo trip he did recently. Food layed out: Cooking gear taken: Closeup of meals: And from the summit of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park (and featured on our Cozies On The Trail section as well): Thanks Erich, love them! ~Sarah
Old Photos Found
Posted in photos, Trip Reports on Feb 26th, 2010
Teresa “Dicentra” (One Pan Wonders) my long time friend and hiking partner was digging through stuff and came across a couple forgotten CD’s of photos from past trips we had done. A number of these photos I hadn’t seen before! From 2004 and 2005 mostly A very young Ford on the way up Dog Mountain [...]
Pictures For A Cold December Day
Posted in photos, Trip Reports on Dec 13th, 2009
At the tail end of a deep arctic freeze here it leaves me looking at this years photos – got to find something warm to do Just some random photos from hikes this year that left me smiling. It wasn’t the biggest year for hiking for me but that is OK, what I did get [...]
Kautz Creek Ramblings
Posted in photos, Trip Reports on Aug 6th, 2009
In the summer of 2005 my friend Drew invited me on a trip at Rainier. We did a loop of sorts, starting at the Kautz Creek Trailhead along the Nisqually Road. We left a second car at Longmire, where the Wonderland Trail touches. Off we went. The Kautz Creek has changed since we did it, [...]
Morning At Chinook Pass
Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports on Jul 1st, 2009
The weather from today through the coming Sunday is slated to be HOT, blue skied sunny. Woke up to blinding skies and decided Ford and I needed to get out – work could be done later tonight. Sounded good to me! Loaded up our daypacks and took off for Chinook Pass on Hwy 410, mostly [...]





