Short day hikes to overnight backpack trips.
January 2020 I said I would give the Mountaineers a second chance after my disastrous North Fork Sauk River backpacking trip, and I did: I signed up for a snowshoe class. Before I signed up, I made sure to contact the class lead instructor to ensure I would not get…
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Sunday, January 12, 2020 I met a friend for a hike at the Billy Frank Jr. National Wildlife Refuge this afternoon. This place holds a special significance in my life: I spent the summer of 1978 helping to restore the Nisqually Delta, as it was known at that time, as…
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Sunday, December 8, 2019 I was pretty bored today. The weather wasn’t that great: damp, not warm, damp, gray, and just plain damp. I didn’t feel like heading out to River Song; I didn’t feel like doing much of anything, really. After spending the morning measuring my dinette and researching…
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Saturday, December 7, 2019 I had wanted to spend the day at River Song, but spent the day dealing with plumbing issues, instead. Plus, it had rained pretty hard off and on throughout the day. Not really the best weather for dealing with mossy, fungal-infested deadfall. However, I had to…
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Saturday, July 20, 2019 I had planned to join a day hike with a Meetup group at Sequalitchew Creek early Saturday morning, but I had a pretty rough night and ended up sleeping in. After doing a load of laundry and a few other chores, I decided to head out…
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Two days, one night backpacking in the northern Cascade Mountains June 1-2, 2019 This was my first hiking trip with the Mountaineers, an outdoors group I joined in late April. The Mountaineers describes itself as “teaching skills, sharing adventures” and “getting people of all ages outside safely and responsibly for…
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Three days, two nights backpacking in the Olympic Mountains July 12-14, 2019 I signed up for the Lena Lake trip on MeetUp. I didn’t know anybody in the group, so it seemed like a great opportunity to both meet new people and explore a new area. I met up with…
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