Through the storm V

Continuing on the Columbia river paddle.Map-of-Lake-Roosevelt-National-Recreation-Area .We had spent most the summer paddling and camping along the river banks. Sometimes the fish jumped all night. At first I thought they were otters, or something else…After many times of being awakened in the dark; with the water splashing and thrashing, me and my little flash light. Peering […]

The snow peak cabin Represents.

The decision to hike up to the snow peak cabin was on a last-minute whim. Having berated myself for missing this hike for so long, I booked an overnight visit. The cabin runs for 30$ and you may get by without a reservation…. But chances are slim as it’s booked about half the time. Speaking […]

Cedonia stole my heart. IIII

We were becoming so tan and blonde from all of our paddling along the Map-of-Lake-Roosevelt-National-Recreation-Area . This time we put in at the roadside about 6 miles from Rice, Wa. It was another sunny day on the Columbia river. We were becoming accustomed to paddling all day, and stopped for a swim break and lunch at […]

Paddle or I’ll drown you! III

Continuing on our lake Roosevelt paddle was not always easy or fun. Miles and miles of paddling, day after day with 3 teenage girls. Yes, yes I am crazy. The girls were great though, they loved it….almost all the time. Some teenage girls were more fun than others. I may have almost killed one, “paddle […]

The summer of paddle. II

I actually did a lot of research about Lake Roosevelt, before we really got into paddling it. Map-of-Lake-Roosevelt-National-Recreation-Area. We planned on starting at the Northport boat launch, any further up sounded dangerous. The water moves quite a bit faster farther north, and the river is less wide. Lucky for us Floyd was available to drop us […]

The beginning of the never ending paddle. I

I bought a canoe, for the girls and I. It was older, small, built-in the 70’s. I remember, I had to have my dad come pick it up with the truck. I was ecstatic, and so were the kiddos. We always had to borrow the truck to take out our canoe. Papa never minded, always […]

Dear America, I don’t want to go to your birthday party

I hate birthday party’s. I hate that here in America; on the weekend, we all sit and eat cake. To what celebrate, obesity, diabetes, your birthday? Why are most birthday parties scheduled on the weekend? Like, ohhh I could run off to Banff… But little so and so has her 3rd birthday at 2 pm […]

It’s not bear repellent!

Speaking of lessons learned… A few years ago the girls and I took an epic trip. We researched the remote hot springs up in northern Idaho. Took off for a week and had a great time! Most of these hot springs only required a couple of miles hiking. So we would usually end up camping near […]

“You are never alone” PCT 2017.

8/19 “Be strong, be courageous, be fearless.” Joshua 1:9. In the morning we hit the nearest road and try to hitch a ride to Trout lake. “I should have brought a skirt” makes the guys laugh as I stick my thumb out. I hadn’t hitchhiked since I was a teen, this wasn’t a shady deal though. […]

Down the trail

Mileage out here is a funny thing. There’s all kinds of apps, maps and markers. We use the pct halfmile app, but it would be nice to have some other refrence. We tend to do more miles than we actually think. Considering that our camp was over a half a mile away and our water resupply […]