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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...

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...

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...

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....

So the plan all week really was to stay away from snow for this hike. I was going to take us to a lowland hike where we would have no...

When I told Josie Lynne that we were going to go to our favorite February waterfall, and she knew this would be her first time there, she...

We had a new plan for our snow day. After our snow boarding attempt and sleepless overnight stay at last week's shelter, I had come home...

"This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it." I kept repeating the verse over and over as I drove to this week's...

Exploration was the name of the game for this hike. We had never been to this area on Mt. Adams and decided to try it in the winter....

Okay, so I have a dirty little secret to share with you. I have a thing for snakes. I mean, I really like to play with them and spend...

Making snow angels and burying herself in powder is a dream come true for this wolf. If you look real close, you can see her saliva...

When the opportunity arises to run with Bighorn Sheep, you just have to take it. There is a river canyon on the east side of the Columbia...

So this is just an all around embarrassing story to tell. Yes, I know, the girls look so innocent here. They are very good at posing when...

You are not going to be surprised by this at all. We had read about a Lookout tower and had to go for a visit. This is one of the few...

Brrrr! This was a cold one. Once again, I was in one of my favorite places in the world...Mount Adams! There is an access road up there...

Fall colors on Mt Hood are always spectacular. Hiking in the Fall is one of my favorite times of year for sure. There were hardly any...

Everyone always asks me what my very favorite hike or backpacking trip was. This is it. Hands down, truly number one. Best night of my...

I'm not going to lie. This was probably one of the most memorable nights of my life and my second favorite backpacking trip!! I had read...