So, you might recall my previous discussion, regarding how I think getting into nature is a really fantastic form of therapy? Well, I admit, it’s something I have been pretty intentional about doing this year. Summer of the State Parks I had this realization a few years ago, of how easy […]
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Earlier this month I took a day to wander along one of my more familiar trails. It is one of the closer ‘wilderness’ trails for me to get on, and so I like to get down there when I don’t have the option of going to Rainier for the weekend, or […]
If it were up to me, I’d probably be at this mountain every single weekend that it was open. It’s just far enough away though, that I somehow manage to make it there about one weekend a year. Not good enough. That said, every time has been magical. I think […]
I feel like it’s cliche to say, but I love autumn. Everyone says that, right? I think everyone says that…and then you follow that statement with something about pumpkin, and spice, and leaves…and you hope that you live in a part of the country where you have fall foliage that turns […]
First of all, these seven snippets were supposed to happen on Saturday because it has awesome alliteration (seven snippets of Saturday)…and at the latest Sunday because it also fit into the alliteration mode that I so dearly love. It’s not Saturday or Sunday, and is in fact Wednesday because I’ve been very […]
For the love of the forest: I love trails. I love trees. I actually become slightly giddy about old, huge, trees. No, really, I do. Last weekend, I got to see…nowhere close to my fill…but nonetheless, a fine collection of such beauties. I headed over to Mount Rainier National Park, which […]