Sunday, October 25, 2020
Today we headed to the east side of Mt. Hood intending to do the Eightmile Creek Loop, although it didn’t quite work out that way. Continue reading
Category: Oregon
Lookout Mountain
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Today we set out to hike up Lookout Mountain then take the Divide Trail over to Flag Point. Continue reading
Gnarl Ridge
Sunday, October 4, 2020
Today we hiked the Timberline Trail to Gnarl Ridge. Continue reading
Horse Lake, Horse Mountain, and Red Hill
Friday, September 4 – Monday, September 7, 2020
For our four-day Labor Day weekend we headed to the Three Sisters Wilderness. Continue reading
Backpacking to Elk Cove
Saturday, August 22 – Sunday, August 23, 2020
This weekend we headed to Elk Cove and had a much more low-key weekend than last weekend. Continue reading
Camp Lake
Saturday, August 8 – Sunday, August 9, 2020
Greg and I don’t get down to the Three Sisters Wilderness very much. The northern part is closest and is also busy and crowded and burned (the area has been plagued by huge wildfires in recent years). But this weekend we decided to make the long drive from Portland to do a one-nighter at Camp Lake. Continue reading
Tanner Lakes and Tanner Mountain
Friday, July 3, 2020
Today we did a loop hike involving both of the Tanner Lakes as well as Tanner Mountain, all of which lie inside the Red Buttes Wilderness. Continue reading
Babyfoot Lake
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
On our way to stay at Bolan Mountain lookout for a long 4th of July weekend we made a detour up Road 4201 to the Babyfoot Lake Trailhead. Continue reading
Big Obsidian Flow and Paulina Peak
Saturday, June 20, 2020
We spent the weekend camping near Newberry Crater. Continue reading
Camping and Hiking in the Deschutes National Forest
Friday, May 29 – Sunday, May 31, 2020
I really needed some nature time so this weekend we headed to the Deschutes National Forest. Continue reading