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  • Soapstone… An Alternative Meditation
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  • Dogfish Bay (AKA Kendrick Island), Valdes Island, BC, Canada… 9/15/23
  • After Prideaux: Galley Bay, Then… Powell River.
  • After Cortes Island: Prideaux Haven and… Galley Bay
  • Departing Waiatt Bay and Exploring Cortes Island: 9/1/23 to 9/10/23
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  • 10/28/23.  The Discovery Islands:  Rebecca Spit to Waiatt Harbor and the Octopus Islands
  • 8.26.2023, 20:00; Drew Harbour, Quadra Island, BC
  • PNW Shoulder Season Cruise, 2023
  • An End of Year Jaunt in the Local Woods
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  • Soapstone… An Alternative Meditation
  • Tis Middle Autumn… Leaning Towards The Cusp of Winter
  • Autumn In Pacific Northwest Forests: Flagler State Park, Port Ludlow and Surrounds
  • Well folks… it’s shroom season in the Northwest…
  • Our 2023 Shoulder Season Cruise Finale: Bedwell Harbour, Hunter Bay… Port Ludlow
  • Dogfish Bay (AKA Kendrick Island), Valdes Island, BC, Canada… 9/15/23
  • After Prideaux: Galley Bay, Then… Powell River.
  • After Cortes Island: Prideaux Haven and… Galley Bay
  • Departing Waiatt Bay and Exploring Cortes Island: 9/1/23 to 9/10/23
  • Images of Our Shoulder Season Travels in Great Northern. 8/15/23 – 8/31/23, Hunter Bay to Waiatt Bay and the Octopus Islands, British Columbia
  • Gorge Harbour… Late August, 2023
  • A Photogenic Tapestry: Waiatt Harbour and the Octopus Islands, Quadra Island, BC, Canada; August 2023
  • 10/28/23.  The Discovery Islands:  Rebecca Spit to Waiatt Harbor and the Octopus Islands
  • 8.26.2023, 20:00; Drew Harbour, Quadra Island, BC
  • PNW Shoulder Season Cruise, 2023
  • An End of Year Jaunt in the Local Woods
  • Images of Our 2025 Timeline
  • Compelling Images…
  • The Captivating Contronym: Raveling
  • Blog Feed
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Tag: Hiking

An End of Year Jaunt in the Local Woods

In just a short while it will be 2026. Since it was another sunnyish day in the Great Northland… We … Continue reading An End of Year Jaunt in the Local Woods

Images of Our 2025 Timeline

And… Les has been knitting: Continue reading Images of Our 2025 Timeline

Prevost Harbor, Stuart Island, 5/2025.

Geologic Time.  An interesting concept studied by many but understood by few.  Where you stand, hike, swim, ply your craft, … Continue reading Prevost Harbor, Stuart Island, 5/2025.

So There’s This Place… It’s Ancient, and New

There’s this place near Ludlow Falls.  It’s a little over a mile from where we spend our winters.  It’s an … Continue reading So There’s This Place… It’s Ancient, and New

The Steam Donkey Trail: A Dosewallips State Park Highlight, 2/11/23

Describing it as a rough and tumble life barely covers what it once meant to be a lumberjack. It was … Continue reading The Steam Donkey Trail: A Dosewallips State Park Highlight, 2/11/23

Day 2:  Garrison Bay, the reprise…

Memorial Day weekend in Garrison Bay… The usual… As a comparator I offer a snap of Avalon Harbor, our old … Continue reading Day 2:  Garrison Bay, the reprise…

A Day In the Life: Hiking Around Gibbs Lake… 12/2/20

Dawn crept out of the silky night with the subtlety of a jaguar stalking its prey in the deep shadows … Continue reading A Day In the Life: Hiking Around Gibbs Lake… 12/2/20

The Rainier Trail and the Trees That Live There

I ran across the most interesting book a month or so ago. It was written by Peter Wohlleben, a lifelong … Continue reading The Rainier Trail and the Trees That Live There

Combining And Hiking The Rainier Loop, Talbot, Osprey, and The Around The Bay Trails in Port Ludlow

We started our May 24th sojourn from the docks of the marina, traipsed across the pond on the floating bridge … Continue reading Combining And Hiking The Rainier Loop, Talbot, Osprey, and The Around The Bay Trails in Port Ludlow

Today’s Featured Hike: The Niblicks Loop, Port Ludlow

Moments can be difficult to freeze in time.  Photos attempt to lock a memory in place, but they fail miserably.  … Continue reading Today’s Featured Hike: The Niblicks Loop, Port Ludlow

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