Blaise is now 12, one year away from teenage territory. This kid has been top notch since day one. He…
Summer 2022
Summer took forever to start and now it’s taking forever to end. Weather-wise. It’s mid-October now, and the weather hasn’t…
Leavenworth & Icicle Gorge Nature Loop
At this point—over a month later—the goal here is to get something posted. For memory sake, when we look back…
Snoqualmie Tunnel
Apparently August had a train theme. First there was Iron Goat Trail. Then rail riders in Shelton. And then this…
Shelton
Sometimes I wonder how life would be without the Internet. I mean, I lived without it back in the day.…
Iron Goat Trail
Supposedly the most haunted trail in Washington State. And one of the top haunted trails in the United States, “…hikers…
Gold Creek Pond
This one had been on my list for a few years. It’s a simple sucker, a mile loop. It always…
Boulder Garden Loop
Good for kids the WTA hiking description says. It’s called out with a cute little graphic. We took eight kids.…
Road Tripping 2022
Sometimes I think I like the idea of things more than actually doing them. Like an 11-day road trip to…
Eleven!
Laine is 11! Palindrome territory. With each year, Laine gets quirkier and more entertaining. And more mature, but sometimes that’s…
