For our 11th wedding anniversary we opted to hike up to Burnt Lake. Weather was cool and overcast with a slight chance of some clearing. We were hoping to maybe catch a break and get some views from either the lake or up just a bit higher on East Zigzag, sadly no views were to…
Category: Hikes
Friday Hike With The Dog
I had originally scheduled Friday the 28th to be a PTO day so that Mia and I could be at the Crater lake Rim Tour for the weekend. However, that event was cancelled 2 weeks ago due to the wildfires in the surrounding area. It seemed absolutely absurd to cancel a day off from work…
Lost Lake
Waaayyy back in late March Mia was brilliant enough to book us a campsite at Lost Lake Campground for early August. She’d read that the sites booked super fast so the idea was to jump on it while the thought was hot. Well, total slam dunk on this one. We scored with an incredible weekend…
Twin Lakes
Another weekend, another hike with Mia and Codi. This one was all about getting out to some place a bit cooler. Temps for the PDX Metro area were calling for upper 90’s all weekend, so we wanted a hike with some water and some elevation. Mia picked Twin Lakes based on this hike being listed…
Peak Bagging
Being back in NH gives me a chance to hike in the White Mountains and gives Paul a chance to knock some more peaks off his NH 4,000 footer list. We had decided a couple months ago to shoot for the Carters which includes 4 peaks over 4K feet, but only 3 count because of…
Lava Cast Forest
Day 2 in Bend started out with a trip to The Dough Nut just up the street from our rental. Pretty good, didn’t surpass my favorite find in Oregon so far (Blue Star Donuts), but I will definitely go back. Codi was pretty wiped out from our Green Lakes Hike, so the goal was to…
