Sometimes in life, you just need a push. I went to Paradise at Mount Rainier National Park recently, when my sister-in-law Tori’s best friends – Tabitha and Cody – were in town from Texas. Like a good Washingtonian, when out of town visitors show up, I immediately took them to the mountain. My goal was…
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We won’t forget Big Creek Campground
One of my favorite parts about camping is waking up on a crisp summer morning in the woods, lighting the Coleman camp stove to boil some water, pour it in the French Press, wait for it to stew and then pour it into a cup and enjoy some piping hot coffee. Mmm, just thinking about…
Whitman Mission Historical Site
Frontier life has long interested me. I’m not sure if it is from frequent playing of the old Oregon Trail game on our mid-90s computers, or perhaps from reading Lonesome Dove a million times. The westward expansion of our civilization across America is infinitely interesting to me. Part of that expansion, of course, involved a…
Sunrise: Heed the name
Going hiking is not always beautiful views, gorgeous sun and a good time. Sometimes it is screaming children, long lines, annoying tourists and traffic jams! Veronica, Catarina and myself recently picked my sister, Olivia, up at the airport and had a free day before she had to be at a church camp she was speaking…
Paradise found: Part II
When you are standing in the parking lot in the Paradise Historic District in Mt. Rainier National Park, you have many choices about where you can hike. You can go see glaciers, waterfalls, lakes, heck the top of the mountain itself. So, what do you do? I think in some ways it depends on the…
Paradise found: Part I
If you Google the word paradise you are immediately met with images of tropical beaches, links to the John Milton book “Paradise Lost”, descriptions about the Garden of Eden and potential afterlife destinations in general. My results page also includes links to Paradise Bowling alley in Tacoma – I would never cheat on Tower Lanes,…
Traveling the PNW 