It is hard to believe that it is already time to start thinking about trail work for this season. It seems like only yesterday that I was out on the Pacific Crest Trail learning how to crosscut saw and construct a water drain. We barely finished our last project adding a connector trail to the…
Two years ago, my friend Anne and I got a wild hair and signed up to participate in Hiker Rally Day (I think it was actually called Hiker Lobby Day then). I had NO idea what I was getting myself into, I just wanted to go down and support trails and talk with my representatives…
I meant to get this posted the week after I talked about last year’s weekend backpacking trip on the Pacific Crest Trail in Out With The Girls. But other things kept popping up and here it is already 2017! Since I have started backpacking, almost all my trips have been with other women. And solo. If you…
Have you visited the trails on Blanchard Mountain? You probably know the area by more popular names like Oyster Dome and Chuckanut Drive. The Pacific Northwest Trail also runs through the forest on its way to Whidbey Island from here. The land on this mountain by the Salish Bay is owned by DNR (Department of Natural Resources)…
This post was written in 2016 and edited in 2020. It’s been a crazy week and all I really want to do is hike. I hope the weather cooperates for Veterans Day and I can get outdoors. I’m sure at some point I will write about all the thoughts I am having right now…
One of my favorite memories from our work party to Hart’s Pass in September will have to be meeting the first woman to hike the Pacific Crest Trail solo. Her trail name is Ravensong and she hiked the PCT in 1976. In fact, she finished exactly on my 6th birthday! She was one of 12…