December 30 to December 31, 2024 Switchback Falls 3.5 miles 750 feet gained 1 night
Cowboy, nearly two (in February) carried his own pack, finally! It was a gorgeous night.
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Hikes by runandsew in 2024
November 28 to November 29, 2024 Trillium Lake Campground 4 miles 500 feet gained 1 night
Full on Thanksgiving dinner while meeting daughter's boyfriend for the first time. At least he knows what he's getting into.
September 21 to September 22, 2024 Alpine Campground 3 miles 750 feet gained 1 night
Our son and another son's dog joined us and our dog. 3 backpacks, 3 adults and 2 dogs fit just fine in a Subaru. However, when Oregon is requesting dark skies for migrating birds, The Taco Shoppe had spot lights roaming the sky. ugh.
September 5 to September 8, 2024 Wallowa Falls 40 miles 8,000 feet gained 3 nights
Gorgeous trip
August 10 to August 11, 2024 Paradise Park 5.5 miles 1,000 feet gained 1 night
Well. I forgot the tent, so we "cowboy camped" with Cowboy on a gorgeous night.
July 30 to August 3, 2024 Blue Mountain 45 miles 12,000 feet gained 4 nights
Lollipop with three other gals clockwise around Grey Wolf Pass, Lost Pass and Cameron Pass. It was possibly the most difficult backpacks I've done.
July 6 to July 7, 2024 Timberline Trail 3 miles 1,250 feet gained 1 night
Beautiful night even though it was a tad windy. Got our first Milky Way shot of this year.
June 22 to June 23, 2024 Alpine Campground 9 miles 2,000 feet gained 1 night
Left White River in a sand storm and made it to our favorite spot on the PCT. This morning, we headed to Timberline Lodge to see if it the snow was passable and it was. On the return, we took some unmaintained trail and made it back to White River.
June 17, 2024 Woods Point 5 miles 2,500 feet gained
June 16, 2024 4.5 miles 500 feet gained
Father's Day hike with our daughter.
June 8 to June 9, 2024 Twin Lakes 5.5 miles 500 feet gained 1 night
Trip to find missing tripod part with no luck. Did put out camper's fire in the morning by the lake. They were less than 5' away from the lake and couldn't be bothered to smother out the fire and left nice wood on top to continue burning.
May 25 to May 26, 2024 Frog Lake Campground 5 miles 500 feet gained 1 night
Quick overnight with our daughter and pups.
May 11 to May 12, 2024 Alpine Campground 3.5 miles 750 feet gained 1 night
Quick overnight with our daughter and the pups.
April 14, 2024 Tillison Creek 7.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
jGot my first tick in my life taking a nap on the moss. Found it Tuesday, got the head removed Thursday. Yuck! Now we have a tick remover tool.
March 30 to March 31, 2024 Alpine Campground 4 miles 750 feet gained 1 night
March 24, 2024 Balch Canyon 3 miles 500 feet gained
All three of our adult kids and three pups out for a great morning.
March 15 to March 16, 2024 Trillium Lake Campground 4 miles 500 feet gained 1 night
Backpack with our daughter and our dogs.
January 1 to January 2, 2024 Trillium Lake Campground 4 miles 250 feet gained 1 night
Barely any snow, but our family had a great start to 2024.