Old Robe (trail?)

The Old Robe trail was the first hike I ever did after moving to seattle. That was 6 years ago and I remember what a relatively easy, beautiful hike it was. Well, global warming and recent storms have certainly taken a toll on this hike. It felt a bit more like a scramble than a hike but the scenery was still beautiful...

The mountain loop highway has its share of rednecks... like this one.

One of the few remaining portions of trail

Tunnel #5

Moss diversity

There's iron in the water

Jill, doing her part to save the wildlife

Leavenworth-- washington's own little slice of Bavaria

A girls gone wild weekend in leavenworth with some snowshoeing and wine tasting. We took the town by storm!



Our home away from home... can you sing edelweiss?



cheers to washington wine! and friendly accordian players

Hot snowshoers


V for vacation

just like the real thing, you'd think we were in bavaria

My fourth decade

Unfortunately the dawn of my fourth decade landed me in bed with the flu and and a 101 degree fever. All my festivities had to be canceled, including my karaoke party. Luckily the later was only rescheduled until the following weekend. Prince sounded much better then than it would have the week prior.



what to sing...



my good friend Dana made a surprise appearance. She has newborn twin boys, doesn't she look great?



country roads....

MLK weekend-- A return to Fort Stevens and Portland

So one of my resolutions for the year is to take a weekend away for a "signifcant local trip" once a month. So far so good, but it is only march. Anyhow, MLK weekend I returned with my lovely friend Katy to Ft Stevens. The weather was once again in rare stormy fashion, even colder than the last time I was there. I have decided "yurt season" in the Pacific Northwest is mid march to mid october. 15 degrees in a yurt is just too cold. Anyhow, we were toasty warm in our down sleeping bags but hanging out in the yurt wasn't so fun. The next night we went on to Portland. I've been there in the past and just frankly hadn't figured out what all the fuss was about. I felt I should like it there but hadn't properly discovered it. This time I got what I was looking for. We stayed at the fabulous Jupiter Hotel very hip, very modern and with a great lounge, the Douglas Fir. I can't wait to go back for another weekend soon.





Pictures below....




The ilwaco fire department has met an unfortunate demise




Katy, the photographer, on the beach



Tough girls can handle the cold



windy waves



the swanky dougfir lounge

Catching up

So obviously I haven't been very good at updating this since I've been back. Do I even have any readers left checking it? Probably not. Well, those of you who are still wasting your work hours checking in vain for a new blog post are about to hit the jackpot. Pics from my January and February adventures.....