Category: Trip Report
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Salmon Ridge Sno-Park Snowshoe, 1/28/17
I heard about the REI-sponsored event called AllOut, in which they were partnering with other organizations all over the country to host all kinds of activities. It sounded like a neat way to explore a new area, so I picked an event to go to that I hadn’t explored before. The Salmon Ridge Sno-Park area…
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Pete Lake Backpack, 8/20-21, 2106
Way back in August, Gabe had a camping trip near Salmon La Sac with the teen group at our church. I was ferrying boys up there for one night, so I thought I’d take advantage of the weekend and explore a trail I hadn’t been on before. I asked around for people to come with…
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Gold Creek Pond Snowshoes, Day and Night (December 2016)
In December, we made two trips to Gold Creek Pond for snowshoeing. The first was a normal day-time trip, and the other was our second-annual twilight year-end snowshoe. We did both trips with our friend Cindy and her dogs. The first trip was after a large amount of powder had fallen, and the snow was…
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Little Cranberry Lake Trip Report – 11/25/16
Even before REI made #OptOutside an event, we have tried for several years to get out into nature on the day after Thanksgiving. This year, Annika was fighting a cold, and I was pretty worn out myself, so we slept in and rested up. In the afternoon, I took Gabe up to Anacortes for a…
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Rattlesnake Ridge Winter Hike – 1/2/17
We went on our first hike of the New Year yesterday, up to Rattlesnake Ledge. We had originally planned on snowshoeing, but the forecast in the mountains and on the east side of the crest were for temps in the teens and windchill below zero. That really didn’t sound fun, so we picked a hike closer…
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Big Rock Park and Ebright Park, Sammamish
Annika and I went on an local outing on Friday. We wanted to explore some of the parks on the east side of the metro area. We also wanted to check out some nature play areas as we research ideas for adding a new play area to our school. I had heard good things about…
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Heather and Maple Pass TR, 9/30/16
Ah, the mythical larches. I hadn’t heard of these magical trees until I started following various hiking forums several years ago. Every September and October, reports started coming out about people going to great lengths to see them. I didn’t pay much attention for a few years, then I started to view those TRs wistfully,…
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Second Burroughs Loop, Trip Report 9/9/16
The road to Sunrise will be closing next month, so we felt it was time to get up high again. Gabe has been wanting to hike to Second Burroughs since he got his new camera, and I thought it would be fun to take a different path than the normal Sourdough Ridge Trail that we’ve…
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Chain Lakes, Mt. Baker, Trip Report 9/16/16
Fall is definitely in the air, especially up high in the mountains. We feel the internal drive to get out to see fall colors and enjoy the high country before the snow comes and we are stuck down low for the winter. Gabe requested a trip to Artist Point again, as he remembered it being…
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Panorama Point, Mount Rainier Trip Report, 8/25/16
Ah, summer! Time for big adventures, getting up to high elevations, wildflowers, mountains, and glorious light. Last week I let the kids each bring a friend along to Mount Rainier. We were hoping to catch the wildflower show, and we did see some flowers, but we also did an amazing hike up to Panorama Point.…