I only have evening duties at the monastery on Mondays so I often try to get out for most of the day. Primarily I have been doing day hikes on Fidalgo and Whidbey Islands, but every so often, if I leave early enough, I drive to the edge of the North Cascades. On this Monday I did a popular hike up Sauk Mountain which is pretty much the Westernmost peak of the North Cascades. Getting…
I’d been planning an Overnight Camping trip to Fort Ebey for June 23rd since my previous overnight trip, which happened to coincide with the Swift Campout 2019. So I added myself to the roster for that. I did of course camp one day later than the “official” date, but I overlapped with it and was there all the way in spirit. I put together the above RideWithGPS map for the campout, but it’s not entirely…
It was a dry May with only a few days of rain and increasingly hot weather. This trend would continue into June though the first weekend would bring the traditional “June Gloom” which cooled things down a few degrees. Still plenty warm for an inaugural 2019 overnight camping trip to Old Fort Townsend State Park. I set out Sunday right after lunch when it had warmed up a bit. Since this was just one night…
Mount Rainier shrouded in clouds Since returning from tour I haven’t had a lot of chances to get out in the (nearly) always beautiful PNW Autumn. My bicycle needed a bunch of work and it took getting into a new place and emptying out my storage unit to have the necessary tools. Then a visit to family out of state took me away during prime early October weather. On my return – just last Thursday…
Atlantis, loaded for camping The end of April graced us with several spectacular days. Around noon on the 24th I decided that I was going to go on an overnighter up at Potlatch State Park, which I had been to on my 2011 tour and knew wasn’t too epic of a route. So began a flurry of packing and prepping and by 2:45 I was on the road. A brief stop at a downtown Olympia…