Digging Deep ~ White Pass to the Golden Goat Rocks and a Little Shimmy Through the Land of the Losts

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/shoe-lake, https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/old-snowy-mountain-elk-pass, https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/coyote-trail-79, https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/clear-lost-trail-to-lost-lake-lookout Once you’ve wandered through the mountains, over long and laborious miles, climbing and descending time and again - you will never see vibrant vistas and far off peaks the same.  You'll [...]

Choosing Beauty ~Lake Chelan Lakeshore Trail – May 2021

"To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles." Mary Davis https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/chelan-lakeshore The distance between our last hike and this one feels like a million miles ago. Fear and grief have been working pretty hard to pull us down and the world around us apart. And as our date on the lake approached, those [...]

Somewhere Over the Rainbow ~ ONF, High Divide and the Grands – August 2020

"God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us - in the dreariest and most dreaded moments - can see a possibility of hope." Maya Angelou https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/seven-lakes-basin https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/grand-valley https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/grand-ridge The trails have been pretty crazy these days. So, when it came time to plan for our big anniversary hike we decided to hop [...]

Finally ~ Navajo Pass and the Peaks to Which It Leads, July 2020

"Sometimes you need to step outside, get some air and remind yourself of who you are who you want to be." Navajo Pass The world is in a bit of disarray folks.  Perhaps it always has been this bad.  Maybe it just finally figured out how to get all of our attention at the same [...]

The Sweetest of Spots ~ Buck Creek Pass Loop (Clockwise), August 2019

”Dream in light years, challenge miles, walk step by step” ~ Shakespeare Buck Creek Pass Loop - Clockwise They say you are supposed to buy each other China once you make it to the 20 mile marker.  But, we chose to give each other something a little less traditional, less delicate , less fragile.  Something [...]

Oh God, It Looks Like Daniel ~ Peggy’s Pond, Mt.Daniel and Around to Hyas, August 2019

"It must be the clouds in my eyes." ~ Elton John Peggy's Pond , Mt. Daniel Peggy's Pond sounds modest but as she sits above the Deep-est of Lakes, surrounded by Craggy Rocks of Holy proportions - we found her to be a pocket full of treasures.  The theme of our summer has definitely been to [...]

A Never Ending Serenade ~ Goat Rocks, August 2019

"You belong among the wildflowers, you belong somewhere you feel free." ~ Tom Petty Snowgrass Flats,Old Snowy, Goat Lake As you enter the Goat Rocks Wilderness there are signs warning of the crowds that cluster there.  People want to go where beauty bursts from the seams and this lovely little jaunt into the wild opens a [...]

The Longs Way Home ~ Longs Pass Lake Ingalls Loop, June 2019

"Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find what is near."  Paulo Coelho Longs Pass, Lake Ingalls      A few weeks ago we ventured into the Teanaway Wild and kind of fell in love with it.  The snow melts a little sooner in its rocky rustic terrain and the sun often shines a [...]

Back-glamping ~ Dusty Lake and Cave B, June 2019

" A forest is mystery but the desert is truth.  Life pared to the bone. " Keith Miller https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/dusty-lake https://www.cavebinn.com/tendrilsrestaurant We've caught the backpacking bug and seem to be searching for any tiny little nook or cranny in the calendar of our lives to sneak in a little adventure.  The weekend didn't look too promising [...]

‘Back’ At It! ~ Navaho Pass and Peak, June 2019

"With beauty behind me, I walk.  With beauty beneath me, I walk. With beauty above me,  I walk. With beauty all around me I walk." ~ Navajo Prayer http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/navahopass We'd spent the spring taking long walks through town enjoying the beauty that sat before us but dreaming of dirt paths and the kind of beauty [...]