My Trip Reports & Other Posts
My blog that helps me create a lasting memory of my Fourth Quarter while also being able to share backpacking trip reports with the wilderness community.
I have found a number of great hikes in and around the Grand Valley. Here is a Post of My Goto Hikes that I will continue to add more of these hikes in order of difficulty.
Our Spyglass Ridge HOA Confiscated our $2000 Landscape Deposit because the Caliper of our Deciduous Tree was at most 1/8″ short of the required 1.5″ caliper. Amazing Story
Colorado
- 14 Progressively more difficult Hikes in the Grand Valley 2023
- Colorado Trail Durango to Silverton 8/15/19
- Colorado Trail Silverton to Lake City 8/23/19
- Colorado Trail Collegiate West 8/30/19
- Colorado Backpacking Adventure 09/17 Month of Backpacking
- Where it all started – Steamboat Springs
Oregon
Oregon North Cascades, Mt Hood, Wallowas
- Timberline Trail annual trek around Mt Hood
- Timberline Trail Challenging but Beautiful 7/11/2021
- Timberline Trail a Bit of Everything 7/6/2020
- Timberline Trail Attempt in June 2019
- Timberline Trail September 2018
- Timberline Trail August 2017
- Ramona Falls Loop from Top Spur Trailhead 6/6/19
- McNeil Point from Top Spur TH 10/3/18
- Timberline to Cascade Locks – PCT via Eagle Creek 7/15
- Tom Dick & Harry Mountain
- Winter with Wind on TDH April 4/21
- Tom Dick & Harry New Ski Bowl TH 11/18
- Tom Dick & Harry via Old TH 5/18
- My Dog is Complicated, 11/19 TDH Trek may have helped
- Eagle Cap Wilderness Lostine Trail 8/12, Ice Lake – Wallowa River 7/17
- Mt Hood a Night at Paradise Park 10/15
Oregon Central & South Cascades
- Strawberry Mountain Wilderness in Eastern Oregon 6/20
- The Opal Creek Trail near Jawbone Flats 04/20
- Wild Rogue Loop 5/16, Rogue River from Grave Creek 3/18
- Bull of the Woods Pansy, Lake Lenore 6/5/18
- Jefferson Park – Sleep by a Mountain 9/15
- PCT Willamette Pass to Elk Lake, Cut Short by Heat Stroke 6/15
- PCT Three Sisters Elk to Lava 7/17, Three Sisters Loop 9/11
- Henline Mountain Snow Day Hike 12/18
Oregon Coastal
- Tahkenitch Dunes Loop, 3/20 near Reedsport
- Cape Lookout, 5/19 but trip report culmination of many hikes
- Bayocean Spit, across from Tillamook Bay 5/19
- Saddle Mountain, Neahkahnie Mountain 2 Day Hikes 1/19
- Tillamook Head Trail from Seaside 11/18
- Kentucky Falls from NF of the Smith River 4/18
- Kings Mountain Elk Creek Loop Tillamook SF 10/17
- Elk Mountain – Top Experience Tillamook SF 10/15
Washington
- Devils Dome Loop – Clockwise July/August 2021
- Yellow Aster Butte Aug 29, 2021
- Stevens Pass to Stehekin July/August 2020
- Smokey Goat Rocks August 2018
- Suiattle River TH to Rainy Pass July 2018
- Image Lake via the Suiattle River TH Glacier Peak
- Whatcom Lake Park to Stewart Mountain
- Suiattle River Trail 04/17 – to Canyon Creek
- Boulder River Trail 02/17 – Waterfalls
- Still Time for the Outdoors – Bellingham, WA
- Ptarmigan Ridge North Cascades Mt. Baker
- North Olympic Coast 08/16 Shi Shi to Rialto
- Bad Dog 07/16 – Mt Baker Chain Lakes Loop
- Scott Paul Trail – South of Mt Baker
- Stevens Pass to Snoqualmie Pass PCT 2015
- Spider Gap Buck Creek Loop – Cloudy Pass
- Goat Rocks Wilderness – Cispus, Old Snowy, Goat Lake
Norway
- Backpacking the Lofoten Islands of Norway, Plus Segment Trip Reports
- Matmora Summit from Delp to Sandsletta First Trek
- Haugen to Svolvær across the island of Austvågøya
- Vikjorda/Lake Store Krenggårsvatnet but had to turn around
- Selfjord Bay to Horseid Beach via the Kråkhammar Pass
- To the Summit of Munkebu best 360 View
- Andstabben Above Lake Ågvatnet near Village of Å
Idaho
- Alice Lake in the Sawtooth Mountains near Stanley
Indiana
- Hiking Turkey Run State Park remembering my Childhood
- Town Run Trail – Talking Tree Loop NE side of Indianapolis
- Hiking the Red Trail in Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis
California
- LCT with Coosksie Spur Loop 2/22, My Reenactment of my 2015 Survival
- Annual Lost Coast Trail 2/21, The Lost Coast throws everything at you
- Conquered the Lost Coast Trail 2/20, The Return was Awesome
- I lost to the Lost Coast Trail 12/15, Tides and Storm Survival Story
Arizona
- Into the Canyon, a Timely Documentary for my Grand Canyon BP Trek
- Grand Canyon Boucher Trail Trek, early March 2019
Canada
- The West Coast Trail – Vancouver Island, BC 2015 Bamfield to Port Renfrew
Related Posts
- My HOA Confiscated my Landscaping Deposit (Amazing Story)
- My Bout with the Shingles Virus
- My Review of Grand Junction, CO
- My Life Transition
- Closure for my Life with Brook
- My Involvement with Promise Keepers in Indianapolis
- Backpacking the Timberline Trail The Hike Podcast
- Supernatural Results and a Perfect Timberline Ski Day
- Using the Oculus Quest VR Headset for Exercise
- A New Hot Tub Project Home Adventure Spa
- Exercise so the Adventure Can Continue Elk Mountain Hike
- My Dog is Complicated, TDH Backpacking Trip may have helped
- Explanation for what backpacking is really all about for me
- Great Multi-day BP Loops in the PNW
- I Am a Backpacker My New Career
- Outside of My Comfort Zone Backpack Lofoten Islands Norway
- Why Do I Backpack Do it while you can
- RV-8 Experimental Acrobatic Aircraft Flight Video
- I Published a Photo Book First Season Backpacking
- What Retirement Means to Me
- Strong Finish My Life Philosophy
- First Ski Day – Mt Baker, North Cascades
- What is in an URL – Blog Name Transition
- Always a Dog a boy and his dog
- Of Men and Mountains [William O Douglas]
- Above the Clouds 05/16 – Skiing Timberline
- Into the Wild – Retirement? Backpacking?
- 1971 National Geographic Article on the PCT
Opinions
- Metallosis Health Scare – Skiing doesn’t work with Metal Hips
- Using NAC to Remove Chrome/Cobalt from Blood
- Nature can Help how nature can offer healing
- Hip Perspectives on “The Bleeding Edge Documentary”
- Be Cautious with your Personal DNA Report – Reflections from my Master’s Thesis
Giving Back
- Habitat ReStore Online Sales Website – Now you can directly support this ReStore
- Helping Habitat ReStore Sell Online – SCOG 2017
- Helping Launch MacHub – Transition of Swedemom 2015
- My Involvement with Promise Keepers in Indianapolis in the 90s
The Adventure Continues 