Saunter
As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens. ~Stephen Graham, The Gentle Art of Tramping
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Learning the word, Shinrin-yoku
Cathy’s preamble: I started hiking when I was a young girl. There are pictures of a day when I walked partially up Mt. Hood with my father. I was 4 years old and…
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First Snowshoe at Tamanawas Falls
C writes about her first snowshoe hike with Andy on Mt.Hood March 4, 2017 (with a small preamble). The Tamanawas Falls stats: Total Distance: 3.80 mi Trailhead Elev.: 3,020 feet Net Elev. Gain: 500 feet Trail…
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February Bike Ride, or, “Der”
J writes… I am going to write about things you already know. That global climate change is real – not an opinion – and that it’s worrisome to have a span of summer-like…
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On not hiking
This is a brief entry on not-hiking because I have been doing just that since mid-November. I busted up my ankle rather spectacularly right before Thanksgiving and a big plastic clunky boot…
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J offers… a penny for your thoughts
I was running on my familiar old trail yesterday, one of my main go-to routes, the Rock Island trail. It just reopened after being closed for the last half year for bridge repair.…
