I ventured out yesterday to Saddle Mountain Natural Area near the Oregon Coast. It’s a three and a half hour drive for me and I can never be sure the weather will hold. As I approached Centralia and Chehalis early in the morning, the fog…
I remain humbled by the outpouring of love and support by my postal family. I am working on thank you cards and realize that I have A LOT to send. I hope you know how grateful I am and how much I appreciate your patience…
A whirlwind day of magnificent uncertainty. I love surprises ! And today was a lovely one. As a hiker I’ve learned the creed : Always Be Prepared (and you thought it was a Boy Scout thing …) Today I came prepared and so it was…
“I imagine what it must be like to stay hidden, disappear in the dusky nothing and stay still in the night. It’s not sadness, though it may sound like it. I’m thinking about people and trees and how I wish I could be silent more,…
Spray Park at Mount Rainier. I haven’t been to this side of the mountain all year and it feels like I’m running out of time. This is one of my favorite hikes and with fall descending, it is high on my list before the access…
With rain in the forecast and a fitful night of sleep I probably should have stayed in bed. I reach over and touch my phone to see the time, just as the train whistle is sounding down in the Auburn valley. 3:31 am. That’s a…
A day in pictures. This was my first visit to the mountain with Pearl. We are going to have such a wonderful time together ♡ It was clear and gorgeous at civil twilight and over the next 60 minutes, light shifted and danced and the…
Every single time I make this drive I am in awe. This morning it was the moon on the big stage. The crescent hung bright against the full outline of the dark moon behind it. Stunning. I don’t have a camera to capture it. You’ll…
I am absolutely drunk on this day. All of it. Not the sloppy kind of drunk where you overshare and have regrets the next day. No, I mean drunk like a soft buzz. Where colors are brighter and the world seems incredibly tolerable, if only…
Last night as I listened to the bell chime on the porch thrashing wildly about, I was grateful for the day behind me. I had risen, as I often do, two full hours before sunrise and I was on the road as twilight shifted from…
My Sunday morning was stunning ! Sourdough Ridge and the Silver Forest trail at Sunrise. I’m nursing a bad foot and these are both great for all ability levels. Wildflowers will pop in the next 10 days. Go early ! I saw no one on…
