Though we haven’t shared too much on the blog, Alyssa and I have been busy planning our wedding for the past 15 months ever since our engagement at the former Elwha Dam site in Washington. We picked a date, found our perfect wedding…
Hiking
Whenever we go into the woods, we take a calculated risk. We recently took a Wilderness First Responder course and our instructor Daz Stokes loved to remind us of the fact that: “The wilderness is a dangerous place. You should never go…
Last weekend we decided to kick off our first weekend in Montana with a big day in the backcountry. The plan was to hike / run with Hilde from from the Sentinel Creek trailhead up to the top of…
Happy Friday! The past few days have been a whirlwind of family fun: hiking, fishing, and enjoying our time together. I’m sad to say that this wonderful crew will be leaving Montana tomorrow, and we’ll be getting on our way as…
SMACK! I crush another bloodthirsty pest with the heel of my hand, leaving a smear of my own bright red blood across my lower calf. The mosquitos, unusually absent from our hike up to Avalanche Lake, were apparently waiting…
Happy Monday! We spent the weekend enjoying the gorgeous wilderness of Western Montana. Yesterday we hiked up Targhee Creek with Will’s family – an absolutely stunning hike. In the fresh mud from Saturday night’s rain we saw some enormous…
This post was supposed to go out on Friday, but adventure got in the way. Whoops! I have a problem that runs in my family: the restless brain. A few times a month I’ll wake up earlier than Will…
Our first foray into non-regulated camping was our stay at Tiger Mountain State Forest near Issaquah, WA. The park is a popular spot for Seattleites to hike and mountain bike so it has some nice big parking lots just…