On my family’s vacation to Kauai this year, I had my sights set on backpacking the Kalalau Trail that hugs the along the Na Pali coastline. I’ve been to Kauai 3 or 4 times now and every time I’ve gone I’ve had this trail on my mind. The last time we vacationed here, I brought …
Hayden and I went up to Hurricane Ridge for his very first snowshoe trip. I’d purchased some snowshoes for him the year before but it seemed that I could never find a good weekend to get up there with him until now. I think he did pretty good for his first time out and I …
Places I’d like to go and things I want to see or do before I die. This list is in no way complete and I will be adding things to it in the future. List is not organized in any particular order. Visit The pyramids of Egypt Travel in and around Greece, see the Acropolis …
My friend Steve from the Peninsula Wilderness Club had enquired a few times about the Ancient Lake hikes that I sometimes go on. For Steve and me, this trip was a long time coming. Since it gets very hot and dry, Ancient Lake is not usually a place one goes for a hike in the summer. This however …
On Labor Day weekend this year, I co-hosted a backpacking trip around Jack Mountain in the North Cascades / Pasayten Wilderness with fellow PWC club member Kevin Koski. Joining us on the trip was another friend and club member, Isaac Sun. Originally another group of people from Hawaii that saw the trip announcement on-line was going to join us but …
I walk by this graffiti on my way to work every morning. Creepy looking Yoda using da force. Update: Glad I took a picture when I did. Someone painted over this recently and I noticed it just today, Sept 21st 2011.
When I was young and probably in my teens, I used to think it would be cool to live in an apartment. Every time I saw this bldg in Seattle I would wonder how cool it would be to live here, Jeffersons style, moving on up! My tastes have changed since then. …
This year, starting in May, myself and Doug Savage of the Peninsula Wilderness Club made a pledge to sponsor weekly hikes up Green Mountain every Thursday night after work. In the first few weeks we didn’t have many folks show, mainly just a few friends. By the end of the season, we had as many as …
I kind of liked this artwork of Bruce Lee that I saw in Chinatown in Seattle. My new office is really close to the international district and this is on the way to the Uwajamaya market where I sometimes eat lunch. This truly is the ART of fighting without fighting.
As seen at the ferry terminal in Seattle. Looks like something straight out of a Stephen King novel.
Recently, my office moved into a new building. This van is on my walk from the ferry to the new office. It is kind of beat up but looks like it might have been pretty cool at one time. The windows that once said Ford were changed to say Force. There is a bumper sticker …
July 23-25 2011 On the weekend that I was supposed to hike the Chinook Pass to White Pass portion of the Pacific Crest Trail, I instead took advantage of space on a fellow Peninsula Wilderness Club member’s Enchantments permit. This year the snow has been excruciatingly slow to melt off and I figured it would …
I was supposed to do this trip on the previous weekend but since that was the 4th of July and I had priorities with family, I put it off until this weekend. I have hiked up the North Fork Skokomish countless times, either to do the Staircase Rapids loop or to go up to Flapjack …
I was supposed to hike the North Fork Skokomish over First Divide and out the Duckabush this weekend. Lingering snow in the upper elevations and prior commitments were cutting my 3 day weekend short so I decided to stay local. My favorite option to stay local and still get a few miles in is Green Mountain. …
Four of us, Soon, Paul, Isaac and myself, went up the Tyler Peak trail on Sunday June 26 2011. We did a loop, first summiting Tyler Peak where we had lunch. Afterwards, we worked ourselves across the ridge towards Baldy. When we reached the point that drops down towards the Maynard Burn trail, Isaac and …