Hike description
This was my annual backpacking trip. Unfortunately, Carly was not able to join this year, so Kirk, Sarah and I went to explore the Enchanted Valley in the Olympic National Park. The trip took us up the long … Read the rest
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4/30/2016 – Cripple Creek and Cache Meadow
Hike description
The plan was for this to be another short hike with Bodie. After seeing the conditions over the past few weeks, I thought I might be able to make it up to the Rimrock trailhead (plan A). If … Read the rest
4/16/2016 – Milepost 3 Trail
Hike description
This was a relatively short hike on a beautiful sunny day – above average temperatures for this time of year – in the 70’s. I don’t think it was quite that warm up higer, but it was till
… Read the rest 4/1/2016 – Hillockburn Trail – 516
Hike description
This was no April Fool’s Joke!!! This was a quick trip down the Hillockburn trail with Bodie. The weather was beautiful and I needed to take a day off from work, so I decided to take this trip.
… Read the rest 3/18/2016 – Cripple Creek Trail – 703
Hike description
The hike today was just a chance to get out and take Bodie out while he is still able. Based on trail difficulty and snow levels, the choices were limited, but I decided to hike the Cripple Creek
… Read the rest 3/12/2016 – South Fork Waterworks
Hike description
Note: The map above was a hand rendered guess as to our route – I forgot my phone on this trip, so had no real GPS track.
… Read the rest Photos will be coming soon.
This trip was to explore some
2/16/2016 – Fish Creek
Hike description
This hike was a rather quick hike just to get out and enjoy a nice winter day. I had the day off of work (President’s Day), and the weather was supposed to be pretty good (not raining). It
… Read the rest 2/10/2016 – Cripple Creek Trail – 703
Hike description
Bodie and I took a trip up to the Cripple Creek trail today, starting from the pipeline road. I keep thinking each trip I take him on might be his last, but he keeps hanging in there. He
… Read the rest 1/23/2016 – Eagle Creek Trail – 501- Clackamas
Hike description
This was kind of an unplanned hike. I had planned to stay home today and do some things around the house. Zack texted me about 7:30 and asked if I was going anywhere today. After a few back
… Read the rest 1/1/2016 – Fanton Trail – 505 – Snowshoe
Hike description
Todays hike was continuing a 4 or 5 year tradition of hiking on the first day of the year. This year, Kirk and I decided to try a snowshoe trip, since we’ve had lots of snow so far
… Read the rest 12/14/2015 – Eagle Creek Trail – 440
Hike description
Today’s hike had been planned for quite some time. Zack and I wanted to do Eagle Creek (I had never done this hike before), but we wanted to do it with a minimum of crowds. Today worked out
… Read the rest 12/5/2015 – Fanton Trail – 505
Hike description
Today’s hike had two parameters:
- It had to be accessible (snow)
- It had to be easy enough for Bodie
In looking at snow levels and trail elevations, I thought the Fanton trail might fill the bill. It seemed … Read the rest
11/21/2015 – Dickey Creek Trail – 553
Hike description
Today’s hike was to get Bodie out while he is still able – and for me. The weather was BEAUTIFUL, so a hike just had to be made! I decided to hike the Dickey Creek trail since I
… Read the rest 10/17/2015 – Cottonwood Meadows – 705
Description of Hike:
This hike was another short day to get Bodie out hiking while he still can. Don’t know how many more hikes he will be able to do.
… Read the rest I decided on Cottonwood Meadows since it seemed like a
9/26/2015 – Baty Butte – 545
Description of Hike:
With all the turmoil the last week (coming back to work after vacation, and Carly leaving for Mozambique), a hike sounded like just what the doctor ordered. It has been over 5 months since Bodie’s diagnosis of
… Read the rest 9/11 – 9/14/2015 – Devils Dome Loop Backpacking
Description of Hike:
This trip was one of our annual father/daughter backpacking trips – it may be our last – certainly for the next 2 years at least, since Carly is heading off to the Peace Corps for the next
… Read the rest 9/6 – 9/7/2015 – South Sister Climb
Description of Hike:
Kirk invited me on this hike – it was to be a rather quick overnight trip to go up to the top of South Sister. I had not been there before, so it sounded interesting. The idea
… Read the rest 8/29/2015 – Pansy Lake Explorations – 551, 558
Description of Hike:
Today’s hike was going to be interesting due to the weather – we haven’t had any significant rainfall for almost 3 months now (except one really short intense storm about a month ago), and they were predicting
… Read the rest 8/15/2015 – Elk Lake Creek Trail – 559
Description of Hike:
This was to be a relatively easy hike – I wanted to take Bodie out – since his brain tumor diagnosis a few months ago, he is having a harder time getting around, but he still loves
… Read the rest 7/3/2015 – Thunder Mountain and Skookum Lake
Description of Hike:
This was kind of a spur of the minute hike. I had thought about going out, but we have been in the middle of a heat wave, so I wasn’t sure I wanted to. I thought maybe
… Read the rest 6/16/2015 – Whetstone Mountain Trail – 546
Description of Hike:
Today’s hike was a chance to do a quick hike with the dog (while he still can), and to unwind a bit. It was a very busy weekend.
… Read the rest After looking at some trails, I decided on the
5/25/2015 – Hawk Mountain
Description of Hike:
Todays hike almost didn’t happen. I had wanted to it to be a family hike with the dog (while he is still able to hike). No one else seemed interested, and I almost didn’t go, but mid
… Read the rest 3/27/2015 – Indian Heaven Backpack Trip
Description of Hike:
This was to be a quick backpack trip into the Indian Heaven Wilderness. In a normal year, this would not have been accessible at all in March, but due to the extreme low snow this year and
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Description of Hike:
My daughter called me earlier in the week and said the weather was supposed to be nice. I was supposed to be on call for work, but I got one of my co-workers to cover for me
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Description of Hike:
The words of the day were: Breezy, Gift and Blowdown – It was a very breezy day (although I was protected from it for much of the day). Being able to hike this area in mid February
… Read the rest 1/31/2015 – MP3 and Rimrock Trails
Description of Hike:
My daughter called me and asked if I wanted to go hiking on Saturday – the weather was supposed to be nice. She wanted mountain views. I thought about it for a while and looked at different
… Read the rest 1/21/2015 – Harris Ranch Trail – 1347
Description of Hike:
This is a hike that has been on my list for a while. I saw it in my backpacker magazine a few years ago – the part that intrigued me was the comments about lots of wildlife
11/11/2014 – Battle Creek Shelter – East
Description of Hike:
The goal for this hike (doesn’t every hike need to have some sort of goal or point?) was to hike an old trail reported on trailadvocate.org. The trail headed east from the old Battle Creek Shelter site
… Read the rest 09/13/2014 – Horseshoe Saddle, Ruddy Hill and Skyline Trail
Description of Hike:
This was originally going to be a light hiking day – the plan was to meet the daughters of “Rhondy” (a former Trails supervisor in the Mt Hood NF) to hike the trail that has a sign
… Read the rest 8/19/2014 – Three Lynx Way Trail Exploration
Description of Hike:
This was my birthday hike – in figuring out where I wanted to go, a trip report on the trailadvocate.org site intrigued me. It was a report about someone finding a trail I stumbled across reference to
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Description of Hike:
An epic backpacking trip if there ever was one. It started with the lottery that you have to go through to get a permit to stay the night in the Enchantments (an area in the Alpine Lakes
… Read the rest 7/11/2014 – Fish Creek Mountain Trail – 541
Description of Hike:
Due to all the family stuff going on this summer, I haven’t been able to get out as often as I’d like. I took a Friday off to help with moving my mom, but it appeared all
… Read the rest 5/13/2014 – Lower Burnt Granite Trail
Description of Hike:
This was a trip to explore the lower section of the Burnt Granite trail – the upper section is still an official trail, however the lower section was carved up by clearcuts and abandoned years ago. It
… Read the rest 4/8/2014 – Memaloose Trail – 515
Description of Hike:
This hike was just a “get out in the woods and clear my head” kind of hike. The weather was beautiful, and I just needed a quiet day away.
… Read the rest The day started out by seeing how far
3/22/2014 – North Fork Clackamas River – Fisherman Trail
Description of Hike:
Originally, this was going to be a hike up to Cold Springs to start the year. I had gotten up there one week prior with little difficulty (most of the roads were free of snow, with the
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