Early June 2024 hike to Buckhorn Lake in Olympic National Forest. This was a hefty hike. The All Trails app reports that I used 3767 calories. Add to that my >25 lbs. pack/stuff — it was a real workout. It is a great hike! There is a place where a creek is right there at […]

Early May 2024, The weatherman LIED! .01 inches an hour, more like a millisecond… In spite of the weather, I enjoyed it. I wanted to see what the condition of the remaining upper Grey Wolf trail was. We would have had to go bushwhacking to actually see where the bridge was located before it collapsed. […]

October 2023 early morning hike on Oahu, HI. Great hike, but aren’t they all! To beat the heat I started as early as I could for this one. The parking is at the little airport. The gate is not open until 0700. I was there earlier and someone had already arranged for the gate to […]

Kitsap County, WA April 2021 10.9 miles, ~1700ft elevation gain, 6.5 hours My AllTrails map The way in. Starting from the large parking area at the Wildcat Staging Area trailhead, the trail is wide and easy on the feet. As you progress and start climbing the trail, being a multi-use trail, it is not the […]