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This blog remains in hibernation (see previous post), but I thought it would be a good place to let a few longtime followers kno...

Observant followers of this blog may have noted that the last post was back in November and it's now almost February. It's not...

Fort Worden is located where it is because of its strategic location at the entrance to Puget Sound, where it, Fort Flagler on Marr...

I think this is a pretty common name for hiking and climbing routes in similar settings, but it certainly fits this place well. No...

Mount Gilbert is the highest point in the Goat Rocks, at 8200' (it's the ragged peak in the earlier Goat Rocks post). At ...

Snowgrass Flats was home for two nights. I camped in one of the many great sites scattered around the junction of the Snowgrass Trail ...

The theme of the last few weeks has been beautiful fall weather in the Cascades. And the next few posts are more of the same. The chal...

We hadn't been up to Mount Baker in a long time. It's a long drive from Seattle and other mountains seem more convenient, bu...

I think this is Kalsbeek Farm in Acme. On Route 9 along the South Fork of the Nooksack, just upstream of Van Zandt. On the way to Mount ...