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
Tag Archives: Mt. Shuksan
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 return for one of our favorite early-summer hikes to the Goat Mountain overlook and a celebration of wildflowers. Tiger lilies seem especially abundant this year: … 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
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
If you read my last blog post (July 23), you may recall that Thor, Bear dog, and I were caught in a thunderstorm and shower as we set out on the Yellow Aster Trail, so we defaulted to a lower … Continue reading
We’re happy: Thor, Bear dog, and I wrapped in our reflective tarps as we perch on the snowy flanks of Mt. Shuksan, breathing in the crisp mountain air and listening to the quiet. We’re just the right amount of … Continue reading
The Rambling Writer Goes Snowshoeing with Bear Dog and Thor (We’ll resume our British Columbia trip with Bella Coola on Dec. 12.) “How would you like to play in the snow, … 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