Join Thor, Bear dog, and me as we hike the Ridge Trail off Chuckanut Drive and enjoy the diversity of Pacific Northwest native ground covers. When we’re off on our forest rambles, we always stop to smell the roses — … Continue reading
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…at the start zone for the Mt. Baker Ski to Sea Race. Thor, Bear dog, and I face the early-summer dilemma for our day trips to nearby Mt. Baker, since the snow is melting and rutted, not the best for … Continue reading
The strange weather patterns continue this year in our far corner of the Pacific Northwest, with oddly cool mornings and sunny afternoons, and those darned clouds piled up against the mountains where we want to hike. (For those sweltering in … Continue reading
Here in the far corner of the Pacific Northwest, we’re still in the traditionally-unsettled transition from spring to summer. This year, while the Southwest literally blazes, we’re having one of those cool, wet Junes (after a very unusual heat wave … Continue reading
This is the awkward time of year for mountain forays — many of the winter snowshoe trails now too slushy or high-risk for avalanches, and the higher trails still socked in with the white stuff. But Thor, Bear dog, and … Continue reading
Thor and Bear dog and I just discovered that we haven’t been hiking in our nearby wooded trails—we’ve been “forest bathing.” At least we think so. Reading an article from The Washington Post by Meeri Kim, “Forest Bathing,” we learned … Continue reading
By the time this is posted, I’ll be joining other Book View Café authors at Sasquan, the World Science Fiction Con in Spokane, where I hope the heat and wildfire smoke don’t fog the festivities. So before Thor and I … Continue reading
Time for another mountain hike with Thor and Bear dog. As I’ve mentioned before, this year in the Pacific Northwest is presenting us with some weather patterns I’ve never seen before, and I was born and raised here. We’re in … Continue reading
The Rambling Writer celebrates an early summer with Thor and Bear on the trail. Summer! Darkness finally falls around 10:00 pm in our far corner of the Pacific Northwest near the Canadian border, and this year we’ve been swimming … Continue reading