This was an event I sponsored last October for my hiking club – the Peninsula Wilderness Club. A lot of the events my club puts on are really close to home, which usually means the Olympic Mountains so I was excited to find out that there was 11 of us on this particular outing to …
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 Friday the 22nd of April 2011, I drove to Eastern Washington after work to do a micro backpacking trip at Ancient Lake near Quincy. Ancient Lake is about 20 miles or so from the Gorge Amphitheater. The trail itself is only a couple miles and its a good thing because I didn’t arrive until …
In an effort to get away from the rain and for a change of scenery, I drove to Eastern Washington to check out Umtanum Falls and Black Canyon. Both places are located in the Umtanum Area between Ellensburg and Yakima. While I have been to the Lower Umtanum Canyon and ridge area before, this was …
After reading recent trip reports of the area, I decided to head over to the sunshine of Eastern Washington and the Gorge area to do a loop hike around the Ancient Lakes and Dusty Lake area. Trip was about 10 miles but felt a little longer do to scrambling around on the rocks by the …
On this first real warm spring day this year, I drove to Eastern Washington to the Yakima Canyon and parked at the Umtanum Creek Recreation Area parking lot. I intended to hike to the top of Umtanum Ridge and also hike the canyon as far as I could but I cut the canyon hike about …
Wenatchee RiverMiscellaneous pictures from a trip we took to Lake Chelan.
During a trip to Lake Chelan with the family, I took a morning and found a place to hike. Pot Peak was not one of my favorite hikes, as it was burnt out and did not offer many view opportunities but it did offer solitude. I also drove up to the top of Chelan Butte, …
Lakeshore Trail Lake Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness May 10th and 11th 2008 After a bowl of Raisin Bran at my hotel’s complimentary breakfast, my wife Dawn drove me the three minutes down to the Lady of the Lake ferry dock and said her goodbyes. I think she was almost as nervous as I was concerning what …