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Mountain Worship
Adventure Log Date: January 11th, 2013 Location: Artist Point, End of Mount Baker Highway Goal: A sunset view over Mount Baker Temperature: Between 14 and 20 degrees Farenheit Adventure Soundtrack: Recordings of Grateful Dead concerts recorded during their Spring tour of 1972 in Europe. Words of Inspiration: Goin’ where the wind don’t blow […]
Exploring Rainbow Ridge
What is the noblest delight? What brings greater pride to man? Discovery! To know that you have been where no others have been before. To behold what no other human eye has taken in before. Breathing in an atmosphere that is totally fresh. To come to an idea no one has stumbled upon […]
Spring Melt at Yellow Aster Butte
It was when I was down all fours trying to climb over a log that blocked the trail, snow in my hair and mud in my fingers, when I realized that the log wasn’t blocking the path […]
November in the North Cascades
November brought a dusting of snow up in the mountains. The first signs of winter began at about mile post marker 40 on the Mt. Baker highway, somewhere around 2200 feet up. I didn’t bring enough clothing with me. No gloves. I was still wearing my autumn hat and hadn’t brought out the full winter, […]
Mushroom hunting with dogs in the October light
In a place marked by mazes of logging roads I had to try every one, so the dogs and I went up a new spur off the 38, a dirt National Forest road hidden off Mosquito Lake Road that brings you pretty close to the Twin Sisters, two masses of dolomite and small glaciers. We […]