Winter Camping in Sequoia National Park

Winter Camping in Sequoia National Park

Jan 12, ’16 · by · in On Adventures

This year Curtis and I made our thanksgiving feast in a dutch oven, over a campfire, surrounded by snow, in Sequoia National Park. Last summer we bought the ‘America the Beautiful’ all national parks annual pass, instead of the plain old Yosemite annual pass. Yosemite had upped their fees for the annual pass, so it was only a $20 difference – and great motivation to visit a laundry list of the…

Pend Oreille, Idaho

Earthquakes, Landslides, Convict Creek and Pend Oreille

Jan 6, ’16 · by · in On Adventures

Last week I was visiting Curtis’s family cabin up by Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho, which is a stunning place that I feel very special to have been able to visit three times now. Right now the lake and surrounding peaks are beautiful when capped in snow, and the trip requires a boat ride to reach the final destination! That is some real off the beaten path stuff for a…