Due to a drought and warm winter weather, this year’s get-together at Copper Creek was different than past years: we hiked in on muddy trails, and then spent most of our time in the cabin hanging out enjoying each other’s company. Lots more games, jabbering, catching up, and pigging out […]
For Karen’s birthday, we explored Whidbey Island for 3 days, visiting some of the local sites. Pies at Greenbank Farm and art shops in Coupeville and Langley attracted us, plus a sunset beach walk at Double Bluff Park and a visit to the Captain Whidbey Inn. We stayed at a […]
We stayed at the Mount Tahoma Trail Association’s High Hut for 3 days to get out and about for some good cross-country skiing, sledding, snowshoeing, and fine vittles back at the cabin.
Karen […]
We got together ’50s schlockfest movie style at the Pacific Science Center theater to see “The Polar Express ” in 3D IMAX. It was a fun addition to a movie that was originally created for regular movie theater screens and without the 3D.
Flying down the entire length of Mexico’s Baja peninsula gives one a sense of the land’s rugged repetitions interrupted by little surprises. Pastel reds, purples, greens, and yellows leach from ore and mineral, painting accents on top of the otherwise resoundingly brown canyons and mesas. “Brown” has all its many […]
The Tswassen – Swartz Bay ferry took us over to the southeast part of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. We had two definite ideas on our trip list – Butchart Gardens and bungee jumping – and the rest was all back roads exploring to seaside towns and unique accommodations.
Mount Catherine is a pleasant hike located east of Snoqualmie and Hyak in the Cascade Mountains. Near its summit are the rusting remains of a 1930s radio beacon used for airplanes, and otherwise it’s panoramas all around. Lower, the valley below is etched out by Cold Creek and there is […]