Hello friends! I will be giving a presentation at the Everson Library on Sunday, April 22 if anyone is interested in hearing more about my 2017 hike. I’ll share stories and pictures from my summer on the Pacific Crest Trail. Feel free to bring your questions as we’ll have a QnA session at the end.…
Mailbox Peak – Sunday, March 18 9.4 Miles 4000 feet elevation gain Mailbox Peak has been on my bucket list for a long time. Located near North Bend in the area fondly known as “The Issaquah Alps”, Mailbox Peak is one of the more popular hikes near Seattle. And it’s also one of the most…
Thailand 2017 – Railay Beach November 9 – 14 Daniel and I flew to Railay Beach in Southern Thailand for the second week of our Thailand vacation. Surrounded by impressive limestone cliffs, the beach is cut off from the mainland and is only accessible by boat. We spent a lazy week relaxing on the beach,…
Thailand 2017 – Sak Yant Tattoo November 7 Hello dear readers. So, after a bit of a break over the holidays, I’ve finally returned to finish up the posts from my trip to Thailand back in November. Enjoy. Prior to our Thailand adventure, Daniel mentioned that he was interested in getting a Sak Yant tattoo.…
Thailand 2017 – The Sick November 5 & 6 I awoke on the morning of November 5th to find that Daniel had been up half the night with stomach troubles. He was pale and too exhausted to get out of bed. We assumed that his illness was the result of something that he ate or…
Thailand 2017 – Stewed Pork and Yi Peng Day 4 November 4 On November 4th we hopped on a plane to Chiang Mai. The largest city in northern Thailand, Chiang Mai has the highest temple-to-person ratio of any city in the country. As we wandered around town, we did indeed seem to stumble upon a…
Thailand 2017 – Wat Pho and Loi Krathong Day 3 November 3 Today we felt like old pros when we hailed a tuk-tuk to take us to Wat Pho, another famous temple in Bangkok. When we reached a temple mobbed with crowds of tourists, the driver indicated that we had arrived and dropped us off.…
Thailand 2017 – Wat Phra Kaew and Bo.lan Day 2 November 2 We began our tour of Bangkok by visiting Wat Phra Kaew (also known as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha) and the Grand Palace. Grouped together into one compound, these two sites are the most popular tourist attractions in the city. We…
Thailand 2017 – Arrival in Bangkok Day 1 Oct. 31 – Nov. 1 Daniel and I love to travel together. Before I began my 2017 PCT hike, we discussed the possibility of traveling abroad after my trip was over. But we lost track of the idea during the summer and I had all but completely…
The Journey Home October 2017 I awoke on Tuesday, October 3 at Little Yosemite Valley Campground with swollen lymph nodes and a painfully sore throat. It was time to get out of the backcountry and back to civilization where I could lay low and recover from whatever illness had descended on me. I previously made…
Yosemite National Park Part II Sunday Oct. 1 – Monday Oct. 2 I was not in a big hurry to break camp this morning as we only planned to hike about 4 miles to the Little Yosemite Valley backpacker’s Campground. We left camp by mid-morning and took the Yosemite Valley shuttle to the Mist Trail…
Yosemite National Park Part I Friday Sept 29-Sat Sept 30 On Friday, September 29, I began my post-PCT Hike adventure in Yosemite National Park. I bid goodbye to Beth and Jaime and hitch-hiked down to the Yosemite Valley floor. I quickly got a ride this time from a backpacker who was about to begin his…
