State of Wilderness

Month: January 2013

  • Mono Lake MonoMyth, Episode 1

    Departure After a couple of hours at my former in-laws – visiting, packing up things the kids had forgotten, and repairing the small dent we put in the front bumper of the rental SUV, we were ready to leave for our next adventure. The Call to Adventure This one had us traveling south on US-395,…

  • Fremont National Forest Fun

    Tumalo State Park has a few caches in it, but we left without finding any, mostly because we wasted some time on a bad hint on one and another looked like it was going to be a longer walk than we had time for. We did have time for breakfast at Shari’s Restaurant before leaving…

  • Bend Bound

    It was with sadness that we finally made our way out of this area.  After a last morning driving around the southeastern side of Mt Rainier, we took the turn for White Pass, and began heading into Oregon, via Yakima. Of course, our drive took twice as long as it should have, since we had…

  • Mount Rainier Requiem

    After our adventures in Hyak, we headed back to our cabin in Greenwater, planning to take it easy. We could not resist the double lure, though, of the Natchez Tavern, where we had awesome cheeseburgers, and further exploring towards the direction of Mt Rainier National Park. The section of the park that was closest to…