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Day 9 - Mile 119 Creek to Bonita Creek Rapid
Thursday, September 25th was an easy day on the river. After the exhilaration of yesterday's events it was nice to have a relatively calm and relaxing day. We would travel just 14.5 miles (from mile...
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Day 10 - Bonita Creek Rapid to Mile 145
On Friday, September 26th, we would travel 11.5 miles on the river (from mile 133.5 to mile 145), run six rapids ranging from a rating of 5 to 8, and have the opportunity to go on a hike.One mile after...
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Day 11 - Part 1 :: Mile 145 to Matkatamiba Canyon
Saturday, September 27th would be a slow, easy day on the river. We would travel 20 miles (from mile 145 to mile 165), stop for one hike, go through four small rapids and one biggie.As we left the 145...
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Day 11 - Part 2 :: Matkatamiba Canyon to Tuckup Canyon
Saturday, September 27th... continued.After our shortened hike at "Matkat" we would travel 15 miles further down the river.There were only three rapids along the way, two rated 3-4 on the Grand Canyon...
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Day 12 - Part 1 :: Tuckup Canyon to Vulcan's Anvil
Sunday, September 28th was a gorgeous day! We would traverse 18 miles on the Colorado River (from mile 165 to mile 183), take one short hike, go through two small rapids, and run the biggest, baddest...
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Day 12 - Part 2 :: Lava Falls Rapid
Caution. Graphics intensive. Way more than usual!Sunday, September 28th... continued.It was after 3 p.m. when KJ, Dar, Jim and I pulled into the scouting point for Lava Falls Rapid. We were the last to...
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Day 13 - Hell's Hollow to Pumpkin Springs
Monday, September 29th would be our longest day on the river. Traveling 30 miles (from mile 183 to mile 213), we would go through six rapids (two good sized and four small ones). Much of the day would...
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Day 14 - Pumpkin Springs to Mile 241
Tuesday, September 30th would be another long-mile day, and sadly, it would be our last night on the river. Traveling 28 miles (mile 213 to mile 241) we would run 13 rapids (half of which were very...
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Travel Update... Glacier National Park
It's been 2 weeks and 2 days since leaving Indiana... Thankfully it was a rather uneventful drive through Illinois, Iowa (though I did get a chipped windshield while driving through a construction zone...
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Glacier National Park : Hidden Lake Overlook
Monday, July 20th ~ I was up early this morning and arrived at Logan Pass to a nearly empty parking lot! On the agenda was the 2.7 mile (round-trip) trail to the Hidden Lake Overlook, with an elevation...
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Glacier National Park : Fire!
Tuesday, July 21st ~ Today was an R & R day (Rest & Recovery) for me. With the elevation and the hiking yesterday, my body was saying "take a break" even though my mind and heart really wanted...
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Where, Oh Where, Have You Been?
Well here I am again. And yes, it has been over a month since my last post when I was booted out of Rising Sun campground on the 21st of July due to a wildfire and spent that night at the visitors...
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Yaak River to Puyallup - July 26th to 31st
Ten minutes after leaving Yaak River Campground on the morning of July 26th, I was in Idaho and two hours later in Spokane. As I had posted on Facebook, the battery in the laptop was no longer holding...
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Puyallup to North Cascades - August 2nd to 3rd
My visit with my Phend cousins, Jim and Nancy Zellerhoff, was quite enjoyable but way too short. Nancy and I are 3rd cousins. Jim and Nancy had attended two reunions of the Jacob and Louisa (Fisher)...
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Mount Rainer - August 4th
Upon reaching Ellensburg, I took Interstate 82 to Yakima and US 12. People have a tendency to rave about the "Going to the Sun" road in Glacier National Park, and it is indeed a magnificent feat of...
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Mount St. Helens - August 5th
I arrived at Chinook Pass a little before 9 a.m. and was more than a little intimidated by the view ahead of me! I slowly ventured into the fog and eased my way around the curves and over the pass. It...
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Mount Rainier - August 6th
It was about a 40 mile drive from Iron Creek Campground to the Stevens Canyon Entrance on the southeast side of Mount Rainier National Park but I really didn't mind the drive since the campground was...
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The Trail of Two Forests - August 7th
This morning I decided to go south out of the campground on Forest Road 25 through the Gifford Pinchot National Forest toward Pinecrest, on the south side of Mount St. Helens. Forest Road 25 is on the...
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Lava Canyon Trail - August 7th
After leaving Ape Cave I continued on up the road to Lava Canyon, my last major stop in the south side area of Mount St. Helens.This sign, at the beginning of the Lava Canyon Trail, was almost enough...
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Mount Rainier : Grove of the Patriarchs - August 8th
Each time I had come into Mount Rainier National Park, the parking lot for the "Grove of the Patriarchs," near the Stevens Canyon entrance on highway 123, was always full. But I arrived before 9 a.m....
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Iron Creek Campground - August 5th to 9th
In previous posts, I've mentioned how nice Iron Creek Campground was but never said why. It's been more than a month now since I left and I still miss the place. What made it so special wasn't the big...
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Iron Creek to the Olympic Peninsula - August 9th to 11th
Sunday morning (August 9th) I departed Iron Creek campground. I really wanted to stay longer but felt the need to get the windshield replaced. On the way to Interstate 5, I stopped at the Salkum public...
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The Olympic Peninsula :: Freeing the Elwha - August 12th
Olympic National Park comprises a rather large area of wilderness, much of which is inacessible to the average person. On the northeast side is the visitor center, the campground, and Hurricane Ridge....
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The Olympic Peninsula :: Cape Flattery Trail - August 12th
Returning to U.S. 101 after leaving the site of the Glines Dam, I continued west to Sappho, where I turned north onto highway 113, whith connects to highway 112, which goes along the coastline of the...
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The Olympic Peninsula :: Rialto Beach - August 12th
Returning to U.S. 101 after visiting Neah Bay and Cape Flattery, I continued south a short distance to Forks, apparently one of the "sites" of the "Twilight" movie - there were several billboards...
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