While looking for a place to hike this fine fall weekend, my friend Cheryl and I decided on Hawk Peak in the Olympic Mountains. You get to Hawk Peak by way of the Tubal Cain and Tull Canyon trails. I had been this route before on a hike we called the Koski Loop which is …
Trying to get caught up on the blog so I’m writing up some older trips this week. This trip is from September. Desiring somewhere new to go, I decided on Skyscraper Mountain near Mt Rainier. Skyscraper is a very easy to do scramble just off the Wonderland trail near Sunrise with amazing views all around. …
I had the good fortune and privilege to hike with guidebook author, Craig Romano on the weekend of Sept 8th 2012. Craig is the author of several of the Day Hiking series Mountaineers books. We hiked the Mt Whittier “trail” in the Mt Margaret Backcountry of Mt Saint Helens. We also hiked the Lakes trail …
This was my rather weak attempt at capturing some star trails. I drove up to Tipsoo Lake and spent a couple hours there waiting for darkness and shooting the stars. I’ve learned that I’m going to need to perfect the infinite focus thing on my camera if I want to be successfull at this.