Have you heard of a thing called a living tree stump? In 2008, my son Mitch and I took a road trip to Southern California for two weeks to visit Legoland. Along the way we took a swing east and drove through Crater Lake and down to Ashland. Crater Lake Highway or State Route 62…
Tag: hiking
A COVID Family Christmas At Saint Edwards State Park
There is nothing like the holidays and end of the year for reflection. As I have been sorting through thousands of images to re-upload to the website, I ran across these pictures from three years ago of my family at Christmas during the height of COVID. We had decided to not celebrate…
The Greatest Gift of All
Editor’s note: it is the month of December and for many bloggers it is the season of “Blogmas”. It is a marathon of posting every day for the month of December, often with a holiday theme. For some crazy reason I have dived into this as motivation to clear out some drafts and repost some…
A Lookout and A Lake: Mount Pilchuck and Heather Lake
Editor’s note: it is the month of December and for many bloggers it is the season of “Blogmas”. It is a marathon of posting every day for the month of December, often with a holiday theme. For some crazy reason I have dived into this as motivation to clear out some drafts and repost some…
Returning After The Fire
Editor’s note: it is the month of December and for many bloggers it is the season of “Blogmas”. It is a marathon of posting every day for the month of December, often with a holiday theme. For some crazy reason I have dived into this as motivation to clear out some drafts and repost some…
Is Saddle Rock In Wenatchee A Super Volcano?
One of my new favorite places to hike is the Wenatchee Foothills in Wenatchee, Washington. Hours of trail and old jeep roads ramble on the slopes outside of town and make for great exercise all year round. Spring is the most popular time as the green hills are punctuated with intense yellow and purple of…