State of Wilderness

Author: keely

  • 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…

  • Something Wicked This Way Comes: Snoqualmie Version

    After our disheartening defeat at GCD, we drove across the highway and found the parking area for our next quest: to travel through the Snoqualmie Tunnel to the other side to get another grandfather cache, one called “IronHorse”. Jason had already found this cache, but I had not. Both of us had been to this…

  • Mission Aborted: GCD

    One of the main objectives for our trip was some specific old geocaches – “grandfather caches”, and GCD was one of those Do Not Miss ones. It was a prime reason for us being in this area in the first place. So, after a breakfast we cooked at our rental cabin, we drove out an…

  • Butter Fingers and a Broken Leg

    So, for the past four weeks I have been laid up with a broken leg and have not been able to go exploring in the great outdoors.  It has been very depressing and the thought that there is still a long road ahead of me before I am walking again, and able to participate in…