As the U.S. West is on fire and our mountains obscured by smoke, here’s a reminder that many wilderness hikes are still there, waiting or recovering. Here’s a favorite below Mt. Baker in NW Washington. I plan to return soon … Continue reading
The last couple of years have presented their challenges for all of us, and I hope to keep hope alive for more outings in our beautiful Pacific Northwest wilderness and wherever we all can venture. I plan to return soon … Continue reading
Thor, Bear dog, and I seize a lucky day between very welcome rain showers and very unwelcome, choking wildfire smoke. Our annual hike to Lake Ann! Despite the “new normal” of climate change and the terrible wildfires all over the … Continue reading
Join Thor, Bear dog, and me as we hike the Ptarmigan Ridge trail beneath Mt. Baker and cool off in brisk, clear mountain lakes. It was one of those “life happens” weeks, but we managed a quick escape between those … Continue reading
Join Thor, Bear dog, and me for one of our absolute favorite hikes to Yellow Aster Meadows — whether decked in early summer blooms or in autumn crimson. Up a very rutted dirt road off the Mt. Baker Highway about … Continue reading
Join Thor, Bear dog, and me as we enjoy the abundant snow still cloaking Mount Baker and Mount Shuksan! Welcome back to the Pacific Northwest after our rambles through Greece. Thor and I are looking forward to a return trip … Continue reading
Thor and I recently celebrated ten years together by repeating one of our favorite outings, the first hike we made together in 2007, from the Artist Point staging area below Mt. Baker (above), along Ptarmigan Ridge Trail, and down into … Continue reading
It’s been an odd year for Thor, Bear dog, and me in terms of our usual mountain excursions. After literally a year of physical therapy for my chronic neck degeneration/nerve compression issues, I am starting back to hiking, but Thor … Continue reading
…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
In my Book View Cafe blog post of May 28, Thor, Bear dog, and I went “forest bathing,” a trendy new term for an age-old practice of simply being in the forest and soaking in the “is-ness.” So this summer … Continue reading
