Fourth of July Creek Hike
April 17th was my much anticipated first hike of the season. I picked my friend Jose up at 6:00 AM and we headed east over Stevens Pass, both of us wondering how our bodies would...
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A Geocaching Misadventure
I woke the girls up at 5:30 AM with plans for a nice hike to a cache named Panorama that is supposed to offer a grand view of the Monroe area. On a clear day you can see Seattle...
Geocaching
For Christmas Mike very generously gave me a Garmin Nuvi GPS receiver so I can stop getting lost whenever I try and drive anywhere. I’d heard of geocaching, where you try and...
Fun in the snow
The snow really started coming down in earnest last night, and we awoke to a true winter wonderland. I measured 11 inches this morning and the snow kept falling throughout the day...
Family Vacation Day 2: a Hike in the Rain
We started our family summer vacation yesterday, which was mostly spent organizing ourselves for the week and wrapping up some house projects. Today we decided to switch into full...
Summer Evening
It’s so nice that summer has finally arrived and we can enjoy evenings outside in the fresh air. Liam and I played several games of Schoko-Hexe this evening, a German card game...
Play time
Charlotte and Lucy are growing up and really starting to enjoy play time. It’s so fun to watch them beginning to interact with each other more and more!
Eye splice
I had some success trying to make an eye splice this evening. Earlier in the day I picked up some rope and cheap plastic fids at the hardware store to play around with. Tonight I...
Sailing to Horsehead Bay
Yesterday morning Mike tooks us out on Der Dom for a nice little day sail. We left Fox Island at around 11:00 and motored out to the Tacoma Narrows. We hoisted sail but there was...