Showing posts with label national parks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label national parks. Show all posts

Friday, July 8, 2011

au revoir for now!

Hello latest readers!

I've been missing in action because I am now stationed in wordpress. Please bookmark it. Well, since then I spent the first day of Summer hiking at Cougar Mountain, where I did the Coal Creek Falls trail. I went too close to the falls and ended up biting it right on my tail bone (which is still healing). I also went back to the forests of Evergreen State College and went all the way down to the Eld Inlet, then went up a different trail, and ended up doing a little bit of street hiking. Last weekend I took my sister to Snoqualmie Pass to hike the Franklin Falls trail for her birthday. Washington's Summer finally hit the 80's! Although I'm absolutely miserable at any temperature past 70. Oh, a friend and I also went to the Olympic National Park (no Twilighters allowed) to Hurricane Ridge where it was still packed with snow. So we went to the Sol Duc Falls trail. Absolutely beautiful. I spent the fourth of July with friends, and ended my night early at 10:30 with scared cats close to my side.

I've been busy trying to save up money for college, planning trips, working, having too much of a life to keep up with house work, and then doing a lot of house work when my to-do list starts piling up.

Here are some pictures from the past month!

Eld Inlet at The Evergreen State College

Oh, Evergreen nudists and your tomfoolery!

Eld Inlet

Franklin Falls at Snoqualmie Pass

Momma's eggplants. Spent the day being educated on making my own veggie garden by her :)

Parent's chihuahua, Casey, basking in the 70 degree sunshine.

Fourth of July's tank wars!

Me Casey-sitting today :)

Me hiking Sol Duc Falls trail!

Mmmm...Sol Duc Falls

Sol Duc trail head

Hurricane Ridge at Olympic National Park

Tree pose at Hurricane Ridge

Took the ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island to get to the Olympic Natl Park!

going up Sol Duc Falls trail



Coal Creek Falls, right before I hit the ground on my butt

Nike Horse trail to Cave Hole trail to Coal Creek Falls trail. Phew.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Has been walking in a Winter wonderland.

















Happy belated Holidays! As some of you know, I'm not a very big fan of "Merry Christmas". Right after Christmas day, I went to Mount Rainier for the second time this year. I walked in snow that was 3 feet deep, and took a short hike in their Trail of Shadows. It was an easy trail, good enough for me since I've been sick for the past few days. We only went 15 miles up until we saw patrol telling people to turn around who don't have chains for their cars. It was a nice to spend after Christmas, since we knew Rainier wasn't going to be busy, and everyone was going to be shopping in the city.

Now it's time for a day trip to Leavenworth, WA for New Years!