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 in the past two days and there was maybe 3-4 inches in the deepest spots. The lack of snow didn’t make it easier however. Once we reached the spot we had turned around at before ... read more

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, Gino and Tom. Bridgette met us at the lake after first showing up on the wrong side then eventually finding us just as we were about to get on the water. Bridgette was…yup, you guessed ... read more

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. Sara’s a girlfriend of mine from Phoenix that I met in the spring. Hanging out with Sara over the next week was such a great experience. She had lived in Portland for a while so ... read more

070823 Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington After leaving Seattle I drove about 45 minutes south to Sumner Washington where my friend and co-worker Bryan grew up. I crashed at his dad’s apartment which was empty at the moment. While there I waterproofed my tent because it wasn’t very waterproof when it rained in Yellowstone. We pretty much relaxed all day, watched movies, did some laundry (since both of us are nomads we wash laundry when we can), and did general upkeep on our gear, like waterproofing, sharpening knives, whatever. I was thinking about going to Mt Rainer for a day then going to Olympic National Park for a day. Bryan suggested I use both days for Olympic National Park and stressed how cool the Hoh Rainforest on the west side of the park was. I ... read more

070817 Missoula MT to Wenatachee National Forest Washington Here's a picture of what I looked like when I got off trail....nice and dirty. Missoula was fun, but I felt like I was imposing on Chad and Corey had things to do before he went back on trail next week. I heard that Kat wasn’t living in Missoula anymore and Anne was nowhere to be found. Friday Chad and I went to a place called Sandy Beaches…it’s a bunch of small sandy beaches along the Alberton Gorge. On the way Chad and I saw something that made both of us spontaneously explode with laughter for a good five minutes. Missoula was covered with a thick layer of smoke from many forest fires in the surrounding area. Chad’s roommate Sam had even asked us if we wanted a ... read more