Tag Archives: outdoors

Frenchman Coulee

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

Ok, I’m getting to the Frenchman Coulee hike, but first check out a few photos from the Wild Horses Monument.  These stunning steel stallions were placed high on a bluff overlooking the Columbia River in 1989 as part of the … Continue reading →

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Skiing The Backcountry

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

I was up and out early today, headed up to the snowy backcountry for some cross-country skiing.  The nice thing about leaving at first light on a weekday morning… I had the wilderness all to myself. Here is a little … Continue reading →

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The Snow Geese

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

I spent the morning up in the Skagit River Delta watching the thousands of wintering snow geese.  Have a look at this little movie. Thanks for watching.  Kat

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The San Juan Island Cycling Adventure

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

The previous weeks of thick, gray freezing fog slowly began to fade away from my memory as the brilliant early morning sun began to heat up the back of my neck. For the moment I was nestled into a cozy … Continue reading →

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The Colorado Backcountry Discovery Route – Movie Premiere

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

Ok, this one is for all my motorbike friends out there.  Here is the setup: I happen to be one of the six to ten dedicated listeners of a zany motorcycle podcast hosted by two delightfully goofy guys called The … Continue reading →

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Chuckanut S-24-O

Posted on November 25, 2012 by

Ok first off let’s get this concept of S-24-O out of the way.  S-24-O is an acronym referring to a Sub- 24 hour- Overnight.  I think it was first “coined” by Grant Petersen in Adventure Cyclist magazine as a concept … Continue reading →

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The Digital Moleskine Notebook

Posted on November 13, 2012 by

Over the years I have sure scribbled a lot of stuff down in my Moleskine notebooks.  The high points of just about every backpacking trip, MotoRaid, and kayaking adventure has found it’s way into one of these handy little journals. … Continue reading →

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The Sacagawea Heritage Trail

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

A little work project landed me in Richland Washington, on the banks of the Columbia River, for the last two weeks of October.  Since the weather in the mountain passes was pretty dismal I decided to leave the motorbike at … Continue reading →

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The Return of the Rockhopper

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

Way back about a quarter century ago I bought my first Specialized Rockhopper.  I was upgrading from my Raleigh Elkhorn, at a time when the technology and innovation of the mountain bike was absolutely charging forward.  Advances in components, frame building, … Continue reading →

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The Dosewallips Van Slam

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

“Right, What’s a Dosewallips?”  Or, “What’s a Van Slam, for that matter?” Well, the Dosewallips is a river on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.  The name comes from a  Twana Native American myth about a man named   Dos-wail-opsh who … Continue reading →

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