It’s been a fairly spectacular autumn so far. I feel like we’ve had more chilly and clear days compared to the stereotypical rain/drizzle. I’m not complaining trust me. I took a whirlwind weekend to fly back to NH to celebrate my mom’s 80th birthday. It was nice to spend some time with her again since…
Annual Timothy Lake Hike
The hike around Timothy Lake has pretty much turned into an annual fall tradition for Mia and me. We like to start from Little Crater Lake Campground and have in the past always gone clockwise around the lake. This year we got all adventurous and went counterclockwise (the scandal!). It actually turned out to be…
Waldo Lake 2019
Mia and I first went to Waldo Lake a few years ago. I’ve wanted to go back for some time now. Needless to say it is difficult to get a campsite there unless you book months in advance. UNLESS you wait until the official reservation window is closed and head down during the first come…
Another Week in Paradise
I’m almost hesitant to once again talk about the Methow Valley. As I have mentioned numerous times before….It.Is.Paradise! (or at least Mia and my definition of paradise). So I’m afraid if I keep talking about it too many people will go there. Selfish? Yes. I’ve got no problems admitting that. This year we couldn’t get…
Deep into Summer
My race season is over, perhaps this was the last one too. Not sure on that and not totally ready to commit to “retirement” from racing. There are other things I want to do, many of them bike related. Anyways I’ll save that for another post down the road. Not long after High Cascades wrapped…
What a Month!
My main focus for the past month was going to be all about the High Cascades 100. Unfortunately life sometimes throws a HUGE wrench in your plans. Just before 8AM on July 7th while making breakfast and watching the Tour de France our washing machine had a disastrous failure of a drain hose. Dumping a…
ON & OFF RHODES 