Here I am, stuffed into a large metal tube, propelled through the air thousands of feet off the ground. While amazing, it is terrifying. Not the flying part, that has never bothered me. It is the falling part that gets my goat. In fact, I have had many dreams throughout my life where I am…
Month: June 2019
Women and Fear
I recently was at an educational seminar at this Northwest Overland rally. This is a pretty large gathering for those who like to go off road and take their entire house with them. These are serious backroad travel folks. It spans the gambit of national and international adventuring, as well as the all too famous…
Ice Harbor Brewing
Kennewick, WA Touring about, I needed electricity and food. Beer never hurts, so off to a brewery I go to get all of the above. I have had Ice Harbor beer but never visited the actual facility. It was not where I expected, located next to an active train track in a quasi-industrial area. The…
My Tent Bent and I Lost It
I arrived at the event on the designated day. I was a volunteer and got early access and my pick of spots. It was an open field in a little valley and the surrounding hills were gorgeous. I had driven off Mt. Rainer the same day and I literally drove through gale force winds. I…
Ten Miles and a Little Help
I have 21% battery but I just cannot wait to put this post together. Let’s hope my juice outlast my writing. I am in the Mt Rainier National Park area. Today was hiking day. I had chosen a route that I knew I would not complete or make it to the landmark. I had wrapped…
Leave No Trace
This is a saying that represents the desired wilderness practice of not leaving any of your presence behind. Nothing. Visiting the wilderness and taking all that you bring with you back out. Garbage, toilet paper (used and unused), poop, any waste products at all. Leave no trace of your presence so that the wilderness is…
Mt. Rainer, WA
Ohanapacosh Campground, near Packwood, WA
Packwood Brewing
Packwood, WA This brewery is in a little town just outside of the Mr. Rainer National Park area. I was pleasantly surprised to even find a brewery here. They do not currently brew on site, but this is the only place you can get their beer. Fun fact – they are currently using the former…
Top Case Worthy
If you live any where near the PNW (Pacific North West) you see all sorts of vehicles with a top case. I mean, literally, from motorcycles to RV’s and all vehicles in between. You know, that thing that goes on the roof? Designed to carry that which cannot fit into the vehicle itself? That which…
Weekend Revisited
It is now Monday morning. I did learn a couple new things regarding this place in time commonly called “the weekend”. While I was not wrong in what I felt and observed in my earlier post, I did not quite have the entire picture. I now have a better sense. In this new life, and…
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