Wow, these year end review posts are always so fun. We went a lot of places this past year and saw a lot of new things. It’s a big wide world out there and as we go into year 7 fulltime RV travelling, lets look back at some of the magic of 2024. We visited …
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 trail is a 212-mile trail that goes from Cedar Falls in the .Cascade Mountains to the …
There are enough trails at Teanaway to ride more than once and we did. This time we incorporated a couple gravel road sections to get out to Mammoth Rock. We got off to a rough start when the gravel road we initially took ended at a gate and private property sign. We weren’t sure if …
Teanaway Community Forest in Cle Elum, Washington has something like 280 trails, though some of those are forest roads. The 50,241-acre landscape lies at the headwaters of the Yakima Basin watershed. Washington state purchased the land in 2013 with funding provided by the Legislature and established Washington’s first state-owned community forest. The forest contains nearly 400 …
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. We found a nice quiet spot and are settled in. Our first day we hiked to …
This Gold Creek Loop has been on our radar the whole summer but we’ve been busy and finally got around to it. Although, originally we planned a different loop, we opted out of part of the trail and subbed in a gravel road climb instead to make it easier. Getting to the ride takes some …
Elk Mountain Loop up at Observation Point might be my favorite hike of the summer on the Olympic Peninsula. This is doable from Port Angeles as a day trip or you could add on and make it a longer backpacking trip. First you have to get to the trailhead. This entails driving up Hurricane Ridge …
The trail system in Port Gamble was such a hit last time so we rode there again. This time we started at the small park in town and incorporated some different trails. The system is very well laid out so you can plan short loops or longer rides and even has a bike park where …
There are so many little port towns around the Olympic Peninsula. We visited Port Townsend earlier in the summer and had a great time. This time we were in the area to ride part of the Discovery Trail and around Fort Worden. The Larry Scott section of Discovery Trail from Milo-Curry Trailhead into downtown Port …
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 intrigue: In 1889, the Antlers Hotel was built on Lake Cushman by a pair of East …