Poo Poo Point is a popular day hike on Issaquah’s Tiger Mountain. Even though it’s been in our backyard for nearly 25 years, Dad and I had never done it until last week. And we brought Mochi along too, since we all needed to work off our Christmas treats.
Poo Poo Point is best known as [...]
Bryn and I made our first trip to Yosemite this weekend, and summit-ed Half Dome with a group of 16 friends. At over 8800 ft in elevation, Half Dome is the centerpiece of Yosemite National Park. It is a 17 mile round trip hike, with 4800 ft in elevation gain — a serious endeavor even [...]
Who says shih tzu’s aren’t hiking dogs? Mochi proved the naysayers wrong this weekend on his ascent of the 2500 ft Mission Peak in Fremont. It was warm on the trail and there was almost no tree cover. But fur coat and all — and panting all the way — he pushed on like a [...]
Mt. Baker has been on my to-do list for a long time, and Chris and I finally got down to it this past weekend. At an elevation of 10,781 ft, it is the 4th highest peak in Washington* and the second most-glaciated after Mt. Rainier. For me, it was the last of the five Washington [...]
