Sweet Creek Falls

Sweet Creek Falls: Florence, Oregon #ThrowbackThursday

Nov 20, ’14 · by · in On Adventures

Throwing back today to a great hike that I did in 2012 while visiting Curtis’s college friend Chris in Eugene, Oregon – Sweet Creek Falls. Our whole visit to Eugene was awesome, I remember thinking “I should blog about this” but for some reason never got around to it. There was so much good beer, good vegetarian food, and the Eugene farmers market is really top notch. Looking back that…

Mystical Horizons, ND

“Mystical Horizons” – The Stonehenge of the Prairie

Apr 3, ’14 · by · in On Adventures

I recently discovered the SF Gate’s running series Tourist Trapped. The column’s writer travels to the heavily tourist-ed destinations in the San Francisco area and reports back on the highs and lows. I am in love it. I want to take a weekend and go nuts eating Jelly Bellies and taking ghost tours with hundreds of other people in the Bay Area. Tourist Trapped made me realize that a place…

International Peace Garden

International Peace Garden, ND – Throwback Thursday

Mar 20, ’14 · by · in On Adventures

The other day my prized “Why Not Minot” shot glass, a funny parody of the North Dakota city sold to me be the Minot Scandinavian center, broke in a tragic cleaning accident. I doubt the shot glass in still available in the Minot Scandinavian center, of which my mind has concocted a story of a witty scandinavian making (in good humor) the shot glass only to be lectured by the Minot chamber…

Craig Lake State Park, Michigan's most remote state park

Winter Camping Tips from Michigan’s Most Remote State Park – Craig Lake

Feb 20, ’14 · by · in On Adventures

I got off the phone a little while ago with my friend Jacquie – one friend from the group of  Michigan Tech friends I do a yearly summer trip with – discussing possible plans & how I could maybe merge running a marathon into a grand summer trip? I am excited and hopeful that everything may yet fall into place, but then again if it doesn’t it wouldn’t be our…

Iceberg Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness

Backpacking Ediza, Iceberg, and Rosalie Lake in Ansel Adams Wilderness

Nov 14, ’13 · by · in On Adventures

Another #ThrowbackThursday blog post here, this one documenting a backpacking trip I did with a few of our friends (Tom, Johanna, Pete, and of course Curtis) back in 2011. It was a two night backpack into the Ansel Adams wilderness, my first time traveling in from the Agnew Meadows Trailhead. This was the last trip with my tiny little “first” backpack, a pack that could only fit a bear canister…

This is how you backpack half dome, Yosemite National Park

Half Dome Backpacking: Yes, the Cables are down now. Meaning it is the perfect time to start planning!

Oct 24, ’13 · by · in On Adventures

There are so many hikes I have been on that I have not blogged about. These are, of course, accompanied by so many excuses: Because of the timing (summer is busy), because the lack of good pictures (you might see that in this post), or simply because back in the day I did not have the inkling to blog about my hiking trips (I am looking at you, Denise the…