January 2023-d
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...
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amyjensen98
- Jan 21, 2023
- 10 min
January 2023-c
"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...
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amyjensen98
- Jan 14, 2023
- 8 min
January 2023-b
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....
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amyjensen98
- Jan 13, 2023
- 7 min
March 2021-b
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...
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amyjensen98
- Jan 7, 2023
- 11 min
January 2023
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...
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amyjensen98
- Jan 6, 2023
- 7 min
October 2021-b
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...
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amyjensen98
- Jan 1, 2023
- 4 min
December 2022-b
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...
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amyjensen98
- Jan 1, 2023
- 2 min
November 2021-b
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...
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amyjensen98
- Jan 1, 2023
- 4 min
December 2021
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...
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amyjensen98
- Dec 31, 2022
- 4 min
November 2021
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...
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amyjensen98
- Dec 31, 2022
- 7 min
October 2021
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...
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amyjensen98
- Dec 29, 2022
- 4 min
September 2021
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...
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amyjensen98
- Dec 29, 2022
- 3 min
August 2021
Iceberg Lake....one of two on Mt. Adams and both are hard to find! There is an iceberg lake on both the north and south side and they are...
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amyjensen98
- Dec 26, 2022
- 2 min
July 2021
Mount Hood is such a varied and wonderful place to hike. We frequently find ourselves up on her. Nova and I backpacked up to this stone...
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amyjensen98
- Dec 26, 2022
- 3 min
June 2021
This was a history hike! We were in Eastern Washington. While on this trail, we got to visit the site of several homesteads from the...
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amyjensen98
- Dec 26, 2022
- 1 min
May 2021
What can be better than sunset over Mt. St. Helens? We had done a long day of hiking through old growth forests along a beautiful river....
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amyjensen98
- Dec 26, 2022
- 1 min
April 2021
I love sunflowers. BalsamRoot Flowers are very similar. So when that flower season hits in April and May, we search the best unknown...
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amyjensen98
- Dec 26, 2022
- 2 min
March 2021
This was my bonus birthday hike. I had taken off for the weekend to go out to the Oregon coast with Nova. We did 2 days of hiking in cold...
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amyjensen98
- Dec 21, 2022
- 4 min
February 2021
There is a wonderful waterfall hike up near Carson, Washington that is often crowded in the summer months. We had decided to snowshoe up...
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amyjensen98
- Dec 21, 2022
- 2 min
January 2021
This was on the infamous Eagle Creek trail in the Columbia River Gorge. It had been closed for years after the terrible wild fires there....
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