June 2023-b
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...
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amyjensen98
Jun 10, 202313 min read
June 2023
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...
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amyjensen98
Jun 3, 202310 min read
May 2023-e
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...
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amyjensen98
May 28, 202310 min read
May 2023-d
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....
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amyjensen98
May 20, 202313 min read
May 2023-c
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...
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amyjensen98
May 13, 202314 min read
May 2023-b
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...
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amyjensen98
May 6, 202310 min read
May 2023
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...
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amyjensen98
Apr 30, 202312 min read
April 2023-d
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...
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amyjensen98
Apr 22, 202313 min read
April 2023-c
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...
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amyjensen98
Apr 16, 202315 min read
April 2023-b
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...
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amyjensen98
Apr 9, 20239 min read
April 2023
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...
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amyjensen98
Apr 1, 202310 min read
March 2023-e
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...
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amyjensen98
Mar 25, 20236 min read
March 2023-d
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...
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amyjensen98
Mar 18, 202312 min read
March 2023-c
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...
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amyjensen98
Mar 12, 20239 min read
March 2023-b
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...
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amyjensen98
Mar 5, 20238 min read
March 2023
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...
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amyjensen98
Feb 26, 20239 min read
December 2020
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...
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amyjensen98
Feb 26, 20235 min read
February 2023-d
We had the best laid plans for the last hike in February, but then a huge snow storm hit us. Before we even left for our hike we had a...
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amyjensen98
Feb 18, 20237 min read
February 2023-c
There are adventure hikes and then there are blue-jean hikes. Most of the time I love adventure hikes. These are new trails I have never...
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amyjensen98
Feb 12, 20239 min read
October 2020
I always remember this hike as the first (and surely not the last) where I totally broke curfew. Yes, I am in my 40's and have a curfew....
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