This post was originally published on January 9, 2016. Yesterday as I was out on a walk at lunch, I was reminded of one of the reasons I love to hike. One of the reasons I must hike. The trail I usually walk at lunch is next to the Skykomish River and the storms…
#ThrowbackThursday This is part of a series of journal entries I have made while section hiking the Pacific Crest Trail since 2013 over on Trailjournals.com. I am moving them here to Must Hike Must Eat and updating them with photos (and maybe fixing typos). Look for them on Thursdays or you can head over to…
This week on the Nature Writing Challenge, the quest is an elevation gain that inspires adventure. Thinking about this for a short time, I realized that for me that means the side scramble. You know when you have been in a green corridor forever or make it to a pass after slogging it up a…
#ThrowbackThursday This is part of a series of journal entries I have made while section hiking the Pacific Crest Trail since 2013 over on Trailjournals.com. I am moving them here to Must Hike Must Eat and updating them with photos (and maybe fixing typos). Look for them on Thursdays or you can head over to…
Last year this time I shared with you a meal planning boot camp I participated in that helped me get back on track with the healthy habit of meal planning. I did this over a course of posts here on the blog. As I will be repeating them again this year myself, I thought I…
The Wonderland Trail is a 93 mile trail that circumnavigates Mount Rainier (Talol, Tahoma) in Mount Rainier National Park. Hiking this route takes you through all the beauty that the national park has to offer in one trip. It is on many a backpacker’s bucket list! But is there a way to increase your odds…