I had today off from work, the weather was looking to finally clear after days of rain, so that meant a hike with Codi. The cascades got dumped on the past several days with fresh snow (or POW if you want to use the skier speak) and I didn’t really want to do anything in…
Category: Hikes
Hiking the Salmonberry Corridor
Mia and I decided to #optoutside (Yeah REI!) on the Friday after Thanksgiving. It took some convincing from me to Mia for us to hit up the Wolf Creek Trestle Hike out in the Tillamook Forest. This rail line was abandoned in 2007 after the devastating storms known as the “Great Coastal Gale” and resulting…
Ft. Stevens Hike
It’s been a bit of a lazy November so far. Mia told me that Codi wanted to do a longer hike this weekend since it had been awhile since we had taken him out. We settled on Ft. Stevens out near Astoria, OR. The weather forecast was cool, clear and sunny with some winds. We…
Tillamook Forest Exploring
It was another day to get out and do some exploring. We wanted to stay a bit close today and had decided on hitting up the Tillamook State Forest. I was in the mood to do something new though. I didn’t want to just head out to the Forest Center and do the Wilson River…
Rhodes in Washington
My nephew started college at UW-Bothell this week, so Paul and Shannon were out here last week to drop him off. This was a good reason to head up to Packwood, WA to meet up with them and do some hiking and spend time with family. We rented a sweet little place from Great Northwest…
Winning in more ways than one
It’s been a good couple weeks. I did the Gateway to the Gorge 8 Miler on the 12th and somehow ended up 2nd overall and won the Masters Division. I was “accused” by an unnamed friend of finding the least competitive races around, but my reply is you can only compete against those who show…
