10.5 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain • 1 night
Quintessential brilliance of living in the NW: Sleep in Saturday and enjoy a sunny, relaxing awakening in bed. Pack bags. Go to farmers market to get fresh product, breakfast/lunch. Buy fresh kettle-corn and vacuum seal it to send to family in Michigan. Finish packing bags, including brews and fresh strawberries. Arrive at trailhead 4pm.
At wonderful camp among heather, bleached white limbs, waterfalls, glaciers, valleys, streams, volcanoes, and layer upon layer of hued mountain ridges. Enjoy a stoveless dinner and strawberries picked within 24hrs. And an Anderson Valley Summer Solstice beer. And the sunset, and Mt. Hood. Watch the moon rise over Illumination Rock. Watch the sun shimmer off the Columbia river flowing towards the Ocean. Roil in the beauty and awe of the darkening skies and the thousands of illuminated points brightening in the metro region below.
A restful sleep, a warm awakening. Not a bother in the world. A nice hike up higher. Photography, back to the car by 4pm with a relaxing, leisurely adventure. A well made salad with glazed cashews and a wonderfully seasoned mojito-lime piece of Ahi for dinner. And a movie with my wife.
typical summer weekend --- No humidity. Great temperatures. Snow, Flowers, Beer, Food, Friends, and World Class Landscapes. What a gift!!
Comments
Kyle Meyer
July 15, 2011
Why not sleep in the shelter? I Iurve it.
Water (Matt)
July 15, 2011
you kid! maybe if it was an AT shelter.. it is dank, got trash in it..no views...muddy/dirty/damp. no way jose! in winter if you can dig it out a bit, yes.
Roman
July 14, 2011
Great pictures!