Year of Hiking 2025: Nos. 52 - 55

The challenge is 52 hikes - averaging one per week. I completed mine on Sept. 7 with a trail run in Forest Park! 

No. 52 - Wildwood ➡️ Dogwood ➡️ Leif ➡️ Holman ➡️ Wildwood, Sept. 7:

Brad set out to complete another section of the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington. I hiked in with him for a couple miles before leaving him to his weeklong, solo adventure.

No. 53 - PCT at Rainy Pass, Sept. 14:

Before I picked him up at the other end, I did my long run on two great paths near my hotel in Bothell.

No. 54 - North Creek Trail ➡️ Sammamish River Trail, Sept. 20:

Even though he'd just hiked 130ish miles on the PCT, Brad was itching to get back out there! So we did a quick overnight in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. 

No. 55 - Siouxon Creek, Sept. 27:

Three more months! :)

2025: Nos. 67 - 74

September reading roundup...

No. 67 - Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski:

No. 68 - Fondue Or Die by Korina Moss:

No. 69 - Don't Open Your Eyes by Liv Constantine:

No. 70 - The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen:

No. 71 - Like Hacks For A Little Alien by Alice Franklin:

No. 72 - The Last Invitation by Darby Kane:

No. 73 - Lost Coast Literary by Ellie Alexander:

No. 74 - The Housemaid by Freida McFadden:

:)

Happy Fall!!!

I timed my morning break so I could be outside to welcome fall's arrival 😍

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Happy 50th Anniversary, Mom and Dad!

Fifty years ago, Mom and Dad committed to life together:

Aug. 30, 1975

And while that time together ended long before it should have, Eryn and I wanted to celebrate what would have been Mom and Dad's 50th anniversary with a weekend in San Francisco.

Some pics from our road trip and adventure:

We hit the road after work Thursday. First stop: Ice cream and dinner (in that order!) at Rice Hill.

After a night in a sketchy Medford motel, we finished the drive to San Francisco.

A walk before seafood dinner on the wharf:

Same spot - this time on the Big Bus tour!

Giants vs Orioles, though our beloved Adley Rutschman is still on the IL and didn't play.

Giants got creamed, but they put in a position player at the end to save their pitchers, and the crowd went wild! Most fun of the whole game :)

More ice cream!

Sunday's game. There isn't a more beautiful park in MLB!

Free hats!

The wind was WILD!

This time, SF creamed Baltimore!

We headed north after the game, spending the night in Redding.

Eryn has a gift for finding excellent parking and excellent food! Our last road-trip lunch was Tino's Tacos in Roseburg:

10/10!!!