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Capitol Reef National Park
April 28-29, 2015. View the photos from this part of the trip here. I’d never heard of Capitol Reef National Park until partway through our road trip. Spending hours riding passenger in a car, I had...
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Silver Island Mountains
April 30 – May 1, 2015. Our last stops in Utah were west of Salt Lake City. When researching possible trip destinations, I noticed that a nice route would take us by the Bonneville Salt Flats, famous...
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Twin Falls, Idaho and Bruneau Dunes
May 2- May 3, 2015. As we said good bye to Utah, it was clear that we were on the tail end of the trip. Our route was looping us back towards home in the central Willamette Valley. We made a couple of...
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Crater Lake: Wallowas edition
May 4, 2015. Photo album on Google plus This was the last big stop on our spring roadtrip. We had no plan, except Aaron had never visited the Wallowas and he wanted to check it out. Although most of...
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Lavapalooza 2015
August 5-10, 2015. Black Crater | Lava River Trail | Belknap and Little Belknap Crater | Scott Mountain to Hand Lake | Obsidian Trail to Collier Glacier Viewpoint | Millican Crater I planned this...
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South Sister after dark
September 11-12, 2015. Photo album on Google+ Ever since I’d read the first trip report of someone hiking to the top of South Sister in time to catch the sunrise, I’d had this trip on my to-do list....
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Cannon Mountain
July 16, 2015. 7.8 miles | 2300′ ele. gain | 4.5 hours Lonesome Lake Trail > Dodge Cutoff > Hi-Cannon> Kinsman Ridge> Pemi Trail Photo album This summer, I returned to the place it all...
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And snow it begins: Iron Mountain
November 3, 2015. 7.8 miles | 1900′ ele. gain | 2.5 hours Tombstone Prairie > Cone Peak Meadows > Iron Mtn Trail > Santiam Wagon Road Google Photo Album I can’t believe this is my first trip...
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Hart Mountain Thanksgiving
November 26-29, 2015. Photos on Google Photos (no captions) or Picasa (captions). Since 2009, Thanksgiving weekend was an excuse to bail out of social engagements for a few days and retreat into the...
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Brown Mountain Snowshoe
January 2, 2016. Summit Sno-Park > PCT > cross-country to Brown Mountain summit and back 7.5 miles | 2400′ ele. gain | 6:45 hrs. | Photo album We spent new year’s just outside of Ashland, with so...
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Waihou Spring Trail
We’re not in Oregon anymore (even though it kinda feels like we are.) Take a walk through a man-made forest in the Maui upcountry. May 21, 2016. Waihou Spring Trail > spring and loop 2 miles | 500′...
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Haleakala Crater
Explorations of Maui’s big volcano. See rare plants, dramatic geological features, beautiful flowers and some curious wildlife. May 22, 2016. Haleakala photo album Leleiwai lookout 0.25 mile | <100′...
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Makena State Park
Get an early start and the island is your playground. On Maui’s South Shore, climb a big red hill and relax on Big Beach with a capital B. May 23, 2016. Big Beach > Pu’u Ola’i (Red Hill) and tide...
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Road to Hana
Road tripping Maui: Discover wild tropical flowers, hike through a bamboo forest, walk on a black sand beach, and the highlight of the trip! May 24, 2016. Click to view photo album We got up at...
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Exploring West Maui on land and sea
May 25, 2016. We came, we surfed, we ate shave ice, and we traversed an acid war zone. But that’s not all! Blowholes, banyan trees, dragon’s teeth, and much more awaits the curious visitor on Maui’s...
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Waihe’e Ridge hike
May 26, 2016. Check out all the photos! Waihe’e Ridge 5 miles | 1500′ ele. gain Another beautiful day on Maui, another beautiful hike. There aren’t a ton of hiking trails on Maui, so it was important...
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Crater Lake National Park
October 8-9, 2016. Living in Bend has opened up many doors for recreation. Now, Crater Lake is only a 2 hour drive from home. So we sneaked in this last chance opportunity to visit several of the...
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Four-in-One-(Sno)-Cone
October 19, 2016. Scott Trail > Four-in-One-Cone 8.5 miles + | 1500′ ele. gain | 5:45 hr. Photo album Weather window + free day on the calendar = adventure time. Today I decided I wanted to see some...
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Thanksgiving 2016 off the beaten path
November 23-27, 2016. It’s become something of a tradition, the annual Thanksgiving trip. There are a few important components: Get away from humanity. It’s not that I don’t like you guys, it’s more...
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2016 Hiking year in review
I started writing this blog and chronicling my hikes over ten years ago. It’s been an incredible journey for me, learning how to explore the mountains safety, maintain an appropriate level of fitness,...
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