Chilco Mountain National Recreation Trail, Bayview, Idaho
I’ve never had so little physical activity. I’d like to say that I would be embarrassed if it was my fault. But it’s not my fault, and I’m still embarrassed. “The content of your days becomes the essence of your life.” The shame I carry for having cancer and not being unaffected by it is […]
Lakeshore Trail, Priest Lake, Idaho
Lakeshore Trail is in Appendix A of 100 Hikes in the Inland Northwest: From Beaver Creek Campground at the northwest end of Priest Lake, Trail 294 heads south along the lake, with bridge crossings over five creeks, to Granite Creek in Reeder Bay. Hikers could carry packs and camp at several beaches off this trail. […]
Fault Lake, Sandpoint, Idaho
Less than two hours from Coeur d’Alene is one of my favorite hikes. Okay, I usually say they’re all my favorite hikes. However, facing mortality has me asking a lot of questions. And trying to find the answers. One of my staples while torturing my friends is to ask what their final meal would be. […]
Lookout Mountain, Coolin, Idaho
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. Aristotle Call me beasty. It was the first summer of Covid-19 and quarantines rearranging the world and what we thought of it and forcing most of us to decide what kind of people we were. It was also my first full year of […]
Upper Priest Lake – Trapper Creek, Priest River, Idaho
North Idaho Bushwhacking Backcrappers (the hiker trash formerly known as the North Idaho Backpacking Babes). The Trapper Creek Debacle. Day 1: Do not find the trail, so bushwhack up and down and around an entire mountain in the pouring rain. Sacrifices were made: we lost blood, a can of bear spray, and a cell phone […]
Mill Creek Recreation Area, Walla Walla, Washington
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho -> Walla Walla, Washington: 134 miles Listening to: The Revivalists Hike: Mill Creek Recreation Area (Mill Creek Recreation Trail to Mill Creek Dam, Bennington Lake Trail, Whitetail Trail) Lodging: The Finch Dinner: Phoumy Thai Cuisine (Tofu Pad Thai) ….. I often feel left out, isolated, and angry when I hear people talk […]