Stories
 

The weatherman told me it was suppose to be 100 degrees today and there was a wildfire in the Gorge in the same county I live in. So...

Today's story is about taking risks, communing with mountain goats, finding cures for deep disappointment and depression, soaking in a...

Have you ever experienced the feeling of being more alone around other people than you are with just yourself? That was surely the way we...

After having finished reading the book about Truman and his love for Mt. St. Helens, this hike picked itself. I needed to be on the...

The lesson from this week's hike was all about not judging a book by its cover...with books and with people. But in any good story, we...

I didn't think it possible, but here I was suffering hypothermia and getting near frostbite in my hands on a sunny end of May day. There...

Today, I am going to tell you a story about a hike with a trail-side birth, a tree of life, bones, lizards and snakes with long tongues....

Since we are friends, I am going to show you my favorite bare butt photo....but not until later in my story. So no peaking ahead! If you...

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...