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I really want to tell you where I went backpacking this week, but I only have 2 words for you....plausible deniability. I may not be able...

After last week, I knew there was only one way to ensure that we would find wildflowers and sun. We would need to be committed (probably...

For my last hiking day in April, the weather was suppose to be the warmest so far in 2023. So you would think I would be enjoying the sun...

If you can't beat them, join 'em! This was my motto today. I had two choices based on the weather reports. I could hike in torrential...

When I woke up to over 4 inches of snow on the ground and blizzard like conditions outside my bedroom window in the middle of April, I...

You know you are going to have a fun hike when the day starts out by needing to block a major highway with your truck after putting your...

So I lost my fever on the Pacific Crest Trail. But I guess that means I have to admit to you that I was running a fever. I hate to admit...

NovaLeigh was not thrilled to find out that we were going to be back hiking in the snow this week. JosieLynne, on the other hand, was...

A sound recording device was what I really needed on this hike instead of a camera. To be honest, the sounds almost did me in! But I have...

Clearly my new Indian name needs to be "Walks with Wolf Bone Collector". Last year, my Indian name was "Runs with Bighorn Sheep", but I...

So the plan for the first hike of March was to do an easy ten mile snowshoe trip on a trail I know well near Hood River. The problem was...

When I think of this hike, I remember it as one of my favorite winter hikes! But it is also the hike where I broke more than one bone. It...

We had the best laid plans for the last hike in February, but then a huge snow storm hit us. Before we even left for our hike we had a...

There are adventure hikes and then there are blue-jean hikes. Most of the time I love adventure hikes. These are new trails I have never...

I always remember this hike as the first (and surely not the last) where I totally broke curfew. Yes, I am in my 40's and have a curfew....

So the plan all week really was to stay away from snow for this hike. I was going to take us to a lowland hike where we would have no...

When I told Josie Lynne that we were going to go to our favorite February waterfall, and she knew this would be her first time there, she...

We had a new plan for our snow day. After our snow boarding attempt and sleepless overnight stay at last week's shelter, I had come home...

"This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it." I kept repeating the verse over and over as I drove to this week's...

Exploration was the name of the game for this hike. We had never been to this area on Mt. Adams and decided to try it in the winter....