Nothing so far in 2026 has gone as planned, it is obvious that it is going to be a year of just rolling with it. Back in November, I made plans to knock a long desired trip off my bucket list: a trip to Stehekin in the winter. I dreamed of a snowy arrival on…
About this time two years ago, I took a trip down to visit the bestie. After several discussions about what we felt up for, we opted for a local hike that afternoon and urban hiking in downtown Portland the next day. I had read about the Portland Winter Light Festival that sounded intriguing and since…
Last weekend my friend Diane and I went to see Neil Diamond’s musical, A Beautiful Noise, at the Paramount Theater in Seattle. She had seen it in New York a few years ago and as soon as she saw it would be playing here, she got us tickets. We have been best friends…
January is a funny month in the Pacific Northwest. We should be in the throngs of winter but the month has earned itself the portmanteau of “Juneuary” because the weather often feels like a typical day in early June. A fake spring. We almost hit 60 degrees last week! But next week we will dip…
This poster hangs in the hallway outside the student office at the school I work with and I have an opportunity to walk past it often. The first time I saw a similar poster was in the Head Start preschool I worked at years ago, my supervisor had hung it on the staff bulletin board….
I have had a Tonga Ridge snowshoe on my to-do list forever so with no trip report on the Foss River Road since November, I figured I would go check things out. I had considered Surprise Lake but with a considerable avalanche forecast, I opted for safety. I think to snowshoe on Tonga Ridge, you…