Coffee On The Trail: A Reader Photo
One of our readers, Nate, who got one of the VIA™ coffee samples sent me this quick note today: “Sarah, I got a chance to try the coffee this weekend. mixed with a pre-mixed sweetener/cocoa/dried milk...
View ArticleMorning At Chinook Pass
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...
View ArticleKautz Creek Ramblings
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...
View ArticlePictures For A Cold December Day
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...
View ArticleOld Photos Found
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...
View ArticleWhat Others Bring Along
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...
View ArticleFinding Valentines Day In Nature
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...
View ArticleSummer Dreaming
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...
View ArticleSummer Dreaming – Indian Bar
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...
View ArticleA Smattering of Photos from 2012
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...
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