I had a great time off..I had almost three weeks off from April 10th through the 28th. I spent a few days in Boise with friends, watching the BillyGoats play some, went four wheeling with a bunch of co-workers(I'll add pics later) and going to the Komyozan Dojo to practice Aikido. I needed some alone time and my Aikido Sensei (teacher) suggested I visit Leslie Gulch, which is in Oregon, but it's only an hour and a half away from Boise. I got direction from my buddy Ty and headed out. I camped there for two nights in the dry campground [View Full Entry]

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I flew home in February to attend the Winter Count primitive skills conference in Maricopa, Arizona. I had an amazing time, sleeping in my tent in a warm Arizona winter, 65 degrees is heaven compared to the average at work of 20 degrees during the day. I had a few co-workers to keep me company at Winter Count, but I wouldn't have been lonely had they not been there. Everyone at Winter Count was very friendly. Friendly and usually a bit eccentric in one way or another. There are people like me, Wilderness Instructors, from various programs around the West. Anthropologists [View Full Entry]

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It's been a while since I've last updated my blog..maybe a month or so. I've had some downtime recently to write about my last couple of trips and my time back home. However; the universe had different plans for me. First off, after my last trip I still hadn't heard back from the guy from the dog sledding place, so that job feel through. I had already asked for that time off work , at least the month of December, so I had to figure out what I wanted to do for the month until I got back on trail on [View Full Entry]

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071007 Utah & Idaho I drove to Denver from Boise in twelve hours, but it was a tough drive. On the way back I decided I’d take two days. Last night I found a place to camp in eastern Utah. Just as I was driving past a huge stand of Aspen trees that still had their golden leaves on them I saw a sign for Aspen Grove Campground. I pulled off the highway and found the campground about five miles down a dirt road. There wasn’t much of an aspen grove there, more pine than anything. I had seen a few [View Full Entry]

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After a couple of days of relaxing at Tony & Diana’s where I didn’t nothing but watch TV and movies Seaver and I were determined to try Grey’s and Torrey’s peaks again. This time we left two hours later and had much better snow gear. On the drive up Seaver said that the weather said it might have snowed up there the night before so we were ready for more snow. However, there was no snow and the peaks could easily be seen from the trailhead. At the point where we originally turned around most of the snow had melted [View Full Entry]

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On Tuesday, the 2nd, Seaver and I had the bright idea to hike Grey’s and Torrey’s peaks about 50 miles west of Denver. Once off of I-70 the road immediately turned rugged and we could see snow on the peaks. I didn’t realize it would be as cold as it was. Along the three mile 4x4 only road flecks of snow drifted across the hood of Seaver’s Tacoma. Once at the trailhead the wind was blowing a bit, but we were determined to attempt the summit despite gnawing fears of doubt at the cold and wind. I had a long sleeve [View Full Entry]

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070928 Denver, CO After Boise I headed to base dropped off some stuff then drove straight through to Denver. Seaver was at a place called the Ginn Mill. It was a long twelve hour drive and I should have driven faster because apparently the grand opening of the Ginn Mill had free beer until 10 and I showed up just after that! I stayed at Seaver’s parents’ who had an extra room and were really nice. The next day we met up with Neil, yet another co-worker, and headed to Stanley Lake to go wake boarding with some of Seavers friend, [View Full Entry]

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070925 Boise, ID I wanted to drop some stuff off at Base in Idaho so I could sleep in the back of my truck while I was in Colorado because it was getting cold. It being a two day drive to Denver from Portland I’d have to stop anyway and Boise is about half-way in between. I figured I’d stop in for a night and then be on my way…it didn’t happen that way. I stopped in and met up with Jonathan and Evan. They’re room-mates and both work with me. That night we toured the bars of Boise, however; not [View Full Entry]

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070918 Portland Oregon So much happened in Portland. I saw so many cool places and met hung out with some good people. The first night I was there I hung out with some people I work with. Portland is a place where a lot of co-workers live. Amber, Noah, Neil, Tamra, and I went to a couple of cool local bars and made we make it back to Amber and Noah’s despite a couple of misadventures with the Portland PD. Monday after brushing off a slight hangover I made my way to PDX, the Portland International Airport to pick up Sara. [View Full Entry]

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070915 Crater Lake National Park, Oregon I almost missed seeing this. I was planning on driving up the coast from southern Oregon to Portland, but as I was driving I saw signs for this national park. I’ve heard about it before, but didn’t even think of it as I was planning my weekend. Luckily I had camped just about 30 minutes outside of Klamath Falls. When I entered the city and saw signs for Crater Lake I immediately changed my destination. Driving up to the crater you can see Mount Baldy, Diamond Mountain, Diamond Lake and a whole slew of other [View Full Entry]

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