When I want to avoid explaining to someone why I am going out into the countryside for Flipside, BM, etc., I often tell them I am going camping. This isn't totally untrue, but as many of you know, it is stretching the truth just a bit. I haven't been camping outside of a Burn or related event in years (a couple of trips to the primitive areas of ( Read more... )

With Sumer in full-swing here in Seattle, we've been turning our attention to outdoor activities. We have some lofty goals consisting of multi-day wilderness hikes, but we are not yet fully equipped, let alone prepared for such trips. To begin remedying this, we thought it best to start small; so yesterday, cuddlenoise, libbyt, double00range, and I went for a hike in a nearby ( Read more... )