One of the most popular things to do in Olympic National Park is hike to Sol Duc Falls. We picked a morning mid week before the summer crowds to check this out. It’s worth it. The name Sol Duc comes from a Native American word meaning “sparkling water” or “magic waters”. The latter is a more …
Madison Creek Falls is located within Olympic National Park near the Elwha River, west of Port Angeles, Washington. A very short hike to a mossy maple and cedar lined grotto and bam, there is the 50 foot Madison Creek Falls. There is almost no hike to get to it and while I wouldn’t drive all the way out here …
Salt Creek Recreation Area began life as a harbor defense military base named Camp Hayden, built between 1942 and 1945. Remnants of Camp Hayden remain throughout the park and we passed several. Camp Hayden consists of two large concrete bunkers, and several smaller structures. Our Striped Peak loop had a couple out and back legs and …
Marymere Falls hike is an easy, less than 2 mile hike by Lake Crescent in Washington. We were coming from Forks and stopped here to do a quick hike and stretch. It was a cool, foggy day which is perfect for forest hikes. First we passed by the lake before taking the trail through the …
I’m running out of things to say about all the remote gravel routes we keep riding. Derek mapped out this one so that we’d swing by and see National Falls first and then climb up onto a huge ridge before looping around on some moto trails to return to the start. Our ride was 26.1 …
After a hard day on the bikes yesterday, we opted for a hike to get back into the wilderness where bikes aren’t allowed. We hiked out to some falls in the Eagle Cap Wilderness Our hike was 6.7 miles with around 1000′ of elevation gain though it did seem like more than that. The hike …
After a long spell of some really hard riding, we decided to take a week off and recover. We are camped along the Snake River and Palisades Reservoir in Swan Valley, Idaho. We spend most days lounging around reading with the occasional dip in the river or reservoir. Fall Creek Falls is a short distance …
Last month we hiked to a wind cave in Logan and blogged about it here. Here in Driggs, ID we found another wind cave to hike to. Our hike to Darby Wind Cave was 6.7 miles with 1800′ of climbing and endless amazement. Once again, we entered Wilderness not very far from the trailhead and …
You never know what you’re going to get. That’s why it’s called an adventure. Going into it, Sulphur Creek hike was a bit of an unknown. We read reports that some of the waterfalls were impassable unless you scrambled way up and around cliffsides. What the hell, let’s check it out. Our hike started across …
Our new spot in Panamint Valley is beautiful! We are alone on BLM land up against big desert mountains like Sentinel Peak (9634′). A couple cars go by during the day as hikers head up to Surprise Canyon Wilderness. Other than that it’s dead quiet and very remote. The down side is there is no …