Category: Interview
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Interview with Hike Like a Woman Founder, Rebecca Walsh
A couple of years ago, when I first started exploring Instagram, I noticed posts from women about hiking that were tagged with the #hikelikeawoman hashtag. I was curious – what did this hashtag mean? Pretty soon I discovered the Hike Like a Woman website, Instagram feed, and then the podcast. I was hooked! I really…
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Interview with Hike It Baby Founder, Shanti Hodges
Way back when my first child was little, I realized that hiking would be a good way to get us both outside and help stave off postpartum depression. I asked around in my moms group and among my friends for people who wanted to go hiking with me. This was before Facebook and Meetup, and…
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Book Review and Interview: Backpacking 101 by Heather Balogh Rochfort
Summer is in full swing, and our thoughts are full of adventures we’re planning. We yearn to travel far and light, and sleep in the backcountry, with the stars and moon in view. If you’re new to backpacking, or are a dayhiker contemplating the next level of adventure, then you’ll appreciate a new book about…
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Book Review: 100 Classic Hikes: Washington by Craig Romano
My bookshelf has two rows of various hiking guides, but recently a new guide came out that will have a prominent spot in the first row. Craig Romano has rewritten and updated Harvey Manning and Ira Spring’s original 100 Classic Hikes in Washington book from 1998, including some of the initial hikes, but adding some new…
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Book Review: Leaflets Three, Let it Be! by Anita Sanchez
I recently received a book for the purposes of review that I’d like to share with you today. Leaflets Three, Let it Be! is a picture book for children about identifying poison ivy. But it also shows the many uses of the plant through the seasons. It is written by Anita Sanchez and illustrated by…
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Day Hiking: Mount St. Helens, Book Review and Interview
Mount St. Helens has held a special place in the soul of the Pacific Northwest since its eruptions in the 1980s. Many of us parents are old enough to remember following the saga on the news, and remember where we were on the day of the big eruption. We find it fascinating to visit this…
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Interview with Author Joan Burton
Whenever people are new to hiking and wonder how to get started or which trails to go on with young children, I recommend the book Best Hikes With Kids: Western Washington and the Cascades by Joan Burton, with photos by Ira Spring. I recently had the fortune to sit down with Joan Burton and hear…
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Trish, Alex and Sage and Their New Adventure
You may remember last spring when I posted a book review of Up: A Mother and Daughter’s Peakbagging Adventure with an interview of author Trish Herr. Trish and her daughters are ready to embark on a new adventure in a few weeks: the Camino de Santiago, or Way of St. James. The Camino is a collection…
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Book Review and Interview: A Kid’s Guide to Birding
If you’ve followed my blog for long, you’ll know that we love birds in this family, and we love field guides of all kinds. We have an ever-growing collection of birding guides on our guide book shelves. (Yes, we have multiple shelves for field guides.) So when I first saw this book, A Kid’s Guide…
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Book Review: The Young Birder’s Guide, Plus Interview with Bill Thompson III
As I posted awhile back, I recently received a package of books from a publisher to review. One of these books was The Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of North America by Bill Thompson III. We have several birding guides on our bookshelves, but we could see right away that this book is different. It…