After yesterday’s FANTASTIC hike to Lamoille Lake, we decided to hike to nearby Island Lake. Island Lake is a cirque lake, which is a lake that forms in a bowl-shaped depression carved into a mountain by a glacier. Who...
Lamoille Lake Hike
Lamoille Canyon outside Elko, NV is the most amazing place you haven’t heard of. These are the Ruby Mountains and they are no joke. Known as the “Swiss Alps of Nevada,” the Ruby Mountains are a glacier-carved paradise full...
Lake Easton Rail Trail Ride
Washington has a few long distance paved or gravel routes and we rode almost all of the Olympic Discovery Trail over the summer. This time we rode a section of the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail. The full...
Snow Lake Hike
After an overnight stop to see my aunt by Olympia, we drove up and over Snowqualimie Pass and are in Cle Elum for two weeks. With our $30 annual Discovery Pass we can camp for “free” in the forest....
Lake Cushman
This is a bit late, but here are some pics from our last day at Lake Cushman. We hiked Shady Lane Trail right from camp and took in the beauty of the lake as well. A little bit of...
Olympic Discovery Trail Spruce Railroad
As I said in a previous post, the Olympic Discovery Trail is long. We plan to break it into sections and explore them all since we have time. The other day we drove out to Lake Crescent and rode...
Cooper Creek Reservoir Hike
Even though we lived in Bend for 16 years, we didn’t spend a whole lot of time on the coast or in the valley. As we travel north to the Olympic Peninsula we are stopping over in some new...
Woods Canyon Lake Hike
Woods Canyon Lake Hike is a few miles from where we are boondocking for a couple weeks up on the Mogollon Rim in Arizona. We like lakes and figured we’d hike around this one. The lake itself is fairly...
Alta Lakes Ride
With temps heating into the 90’s we decided to head to high country and try out a new loop. This route took us up a rough dirt road to the ghost town Alta Lakes with a handful of crumbling...
McPhee Overlook Ride
McPhee Reservoir is the fifth largest lake in Colorado and has a really fun trail that goes along the rim. We’ve ridden it before and love this ride so did it again! The dam was constructed and is operated...