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Sweet sound of silence: In a time of joy and cheer, The quiet is missed.   With the festivities under way, it can be hard to find a moment or two of respite this holiday season. Not to mention the holiday caloric roller coaster of rich meals and decadent desserts that seem to cover everyContinue reading “Taking a Time-Out”

I am now a contributing author and photographer for Southeast Living Magazine! Dream. Come. True. I asked Hoke when I would stop getting misty-eyed seeing my writing in print. I think it will take a few months. But I hope my heart never loses this feelings. Stains of Summer If you haven’t already gotten out to pickContinue reading “Stains of Summer”

“I’m yelling at a bear right now, and there is no one around to hear me”. We are all told to take safety precautions: always wear a helmet, hike and run in groups, wear hunter orange, always wear a life jacket, and the list goes on. But I would like to stress the ‘always hikeContinue reading “Courtney and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Run (Judith Viorst)”

We may not be worth millions of dollars, passing out our business cards at the Fishermen’s Expo each year, talking about what IFQs we have or how many pots,  coordinating with Icicle or AGS, or looking for quality deckhands, but we are just as fervent about our fish. In every community, there are many littleContinue reading “My Fishing Community”

“The mountains are calling, and I must go.” – John Muir I don’t know how to fully describe the feelings I get looking up at the mountain peaks here at sea level. Seeing their snowcapped peaks in spring, knowing the wildflowers are a rainbow carpet abuzz with bees in the summer, and the ombre ofContinue reading “Mt Juneau Summit in Snow 5/16/15”

As this week of sun has rolled along, I have been left with my first tan lines of the season (Go-go-gadget hiking boot tan lines!), and a noticeable lack of beer. I have been in such a rush to get home, to get packed and grab the dog, to get outside and relax, that IContinue reading “So Many Adventures, So Little Beer”

I finally had an evening to upload a lot of the pictures from the last week. I am still a post or two behind, please forgive me. And just to mention, I only adjust the ‘levels’ in photoshop, so there is limited ‘touching’ before I post them. Court

Dry trail. Very few bugs. No snow we had to cross. No bear sing. MapMy Hike Time and Trail info The forecast said that the clouds would be moving in, so we didn’t want to go up a summit where we would be stuck in the clouds. So, we headed up Eaglecrest and headed outContinue reading “Eaglecrest Ridge Hike 8-3-2013”

Dry trail. A little snow to walk on, near the top. Bugs were bad in the trees, and when the wind died. No bear sign. Marmots and Ptarmigans. MapMy Hike time and trail info It was a nice day, so we went hiking. To cut the first and last hr off our hike, we tookContinue reading “Mt Robert Tram, Gastineau Peak and Gold Ridge 8/2/2013”

Dry trail. No snow. Bugs were bad if you stopped. No bear sign. Marmots and Ptarmigans.  MapMy Hike time and trail info We wanted to go someplace sunny, as it is supposed to get cloudy this weekend. We went after work (no, didn’t take time off today like yesterday), so we didn’t have enough timeContinue reading “Mt Robert Tram Meander Hike 7-31-2013”