I got started a little after 7:30 at the trailhead. The air felt warm enough that I didn’t feel the…
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I had such a plan for today, and it didn’t go exactly the way I wanted it to. I woke…
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I got up at the alarm at 6, but decided to sleep in an extra hour. Or try. I woke…
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I had a goal for today. My goal was to hike up Cuddy Mountain. I knew that it would be…
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Ambrose and I have been going up to Big Creek for many years now, but we had never hiked up…
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I’ll admit, I thought I’d be backpacking out earlier than June once I lived out here. But that didn’t happen…
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The last morning is always bittersweet. On the one hand, I have to leave my ocean home. On the other…
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We were expecting the weather to turn in the night, and it did as expected. But it never actually rained.…
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Sleeping in is nice, even if it’s only until 5:30 in the morning. And it’s also nice to wake up…
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Another early morning wake up call, on our first day heading towards the car instead of away from it. Some…
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