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Exploring the American Wilderness and Other Adventures

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

Northrup Canyon, Steamboat Rock State Park, Washington

Go hike Northrup Canyon right now. Go! If you wait any longer, then you’ll miss this. It is vibrant and lush and overrun with countless marmots, but as the heat of summer in central Washington sets in, the green will turn brown, wildfires will smother the crystal blue skies, and rattlesnakes will be out.  I […]

Steamboat Rock Loop, Steamboat Rock State Park, Washington and More

For a very long time, it has been planned that for Earth Day weekend, I would be kicking it on the trails in Hells Canyon, doing rad trail work with rad people and Hells Canyon Recreation Collaborative for four days. It makes for an incredible weekend, as I have written about here. But cancer ruins […]