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Exploring the American Wilderness and Other Adventures

Creative chaos, new places, wild beauty, and spontaneous adventures

Mackenzie Natural Area, Liberty Lake, Washington

I wrote here about Liberty Lake Loop, in Liberty Lake, Washington. On the drive to the trailhead parking lot there has been a lot of real estate development, but there remains one section reserved for recreation, called the Mackenzie Natural Area. Following the typical historical accounts of white people removing Native Americans from their homes, […]

McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Washington

Well. I am here to be anti-climatic. After a week of hiking in the south west, it is difficult to be back in North Idaho during the beginning of March. The exciting trails are still inaccessible due to snow, and the accessible trails are…well, they are not the trails of the south west. Not far […]