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…
Our beautiful sunrise turned quickly into a smoky, hazy hike up to Skyscraper at Mount Rainier. Still not sure which fires contributed to that, but it made for some drama (and some fun) on the trail. It began to clear on our way back. Great…
A four day weekend is pretty rare in my world. The stars have to align “just so”. So when it happened THIS weekend, I vowed not to squander my good fortune. I wrote a friend yesterday about thinking I could do three hikes over these…
Some mornings I’m just not feeling it. Maybe I had a terrible night of sleep. Maybe some body part is screaming for rest. Or maybe I’ve let the fear creep in. It usually does. And always before a long-ish solo hike. (And a lost hiker…
Spending two weeks near Paradise allowed me to explore a different side of the mountain. As is most often true, it really just helped add to my growing list of must-do hikes. My goal for the dwindling weeks of summer include Indian Henry’s Hunting Ground…
Mineral School Class of 2018 I am home now after 14 days living, breathing and working in the smallest town I’ve ever spent time in. Mineral Washington is an unassuming (and unincorporated) community just off of State Route 7 in Lewis County. The population…
I know that isn’t the official trail name. But there was this dance happening from early morning to early afternoon that defied any better description. Oh. My. God. Part of that “oh my god” was for the relentless UP UP UP of this trail. I…
“Let me fall if I must fall. The one I will become will catch me.” —THE BAAL SHEM TOV I could be wrong. But I feel like I’m on the precipice. I keep dipping one foot over the ledge and marveling at the way my…
For the better part of this year I have been growing my obsession with the sun. Well, to be fair, not just the sun, but the whole sky. Sunrise, sunset, the formation and density of clouds, the position and phases of the moon and every…
