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Summiting Mt. Naomi

Posted on: 20 May 2019 /

Categories: Hiking

It’s also called Naomi Peak. It’s the highest peak in the entire Bear River Range (!). You know, if you sub-divide your mountain ranges thoroughly enough, every peak can be the highest peak in something. So I had this one student last spring whom I saw at the dog park last summer and we talked

Oregon Tourist Hike II: Green Lakes Hike

Posted on: 4 May 2019 /

Categories: Hiking, road trips, Travel

Next up on the Bend-area tourist hike agenda was the Green Lakes hike that, somewhat predictably, leads to Green Lakes. This would be the longest hike my dog had ever attempted. Would she make it? Whatever, here’s a little commentary and some photos from the hike. Started at the Green Lakes Trailhead (!). The hike

Oregon Tourist Hike I: Tumalo Falls and Creek

Posted on: 3 May 2019 /

Categories: Hiking, road trips, Travel

I did nothing but tourist hikes on this trip. TBH, though, I think pretty much every hike you can do out of Bend ends up being a tourist hike. Kind of like when you go to the Wind Rivers and there are a million other people there even though it really shouldn’t be a tourist

Narrows IV: Riding the Lightning

Posted on: 30 April 2019 /

Categories: Hiking, Religion

I’m not quite a year behind on travel posts yet. Last summer, I went with (led?) the River Heights 4th young men on a trip through the Narrows. This marked the third consecutive year of doing a trip through the Narrows (c.f., 2016, 2017). I didn’t take my camera on this one because I was

Wandern im Emmental

Posted on: 15 November 2018 /

Categories: Hiking, Travel

I’m six months behind now. Seems right, comfortable. Back in May, Switzerland, friends Thomas and Kristine, took me walking through the Emmental region. It looked like this. Like, I realize that when I go there I’m pretty much on vacation (although I presented some research at the University of Bern on this trip — thanks,

The Stockhorn Is a Peak in Switzerland with Clouds and Closed Trails

Posted on: 10 September 2018 /

Categories: Hiking, Travel

This is back in May. Went on a two-week trip to Switzerland (to see Thomas and Christine) and Germany (forthcoming). The flight to get there was kind of ricidulous, but I should probably let that sink down the memory hole and instead remember the trip up to the Stockhorn. So this is what I did

I Hiked the Narrows Again, October 2017 Version

Posted on: 19 December 2017 /

Categories: Hiking

TBH, the experience isn’t trite or cliche for having done it two years in a row now. OTOH, blogging about it kind of is (2016 Narrows hike, and that one previous that was pre-blog) . So what made this one different? 2017 is a different year than 2016, and I am much wizened. It’s colder

Logan Canyon and Temple Fork Sawmill

Posted on: 18 December 2017 /

Categories: Hiking

Every time I talk to someone local about a hike I want to do that happens to not be in Logan Canyon, they get upset and tell me that there’s lots of good hikes in Logan Canyon. I mean, sure, and there are, but (a) there’s more than one canyon in the world worth exploring,

Backpacking Back from Island Lake (Day 3)

Posted on: 18 November 2017 /

Categories: Hiking, Travel

This post is mostly to provide closure and post more pictures that were taken on the third day of this trip. I got my best pics of Island Lake on Day 3. I mean, fwiw. And then it was time to bid sad farewell to this magical place where I mostly just felt sick and

Backpacking to Island Lake: Day 2

Posted on: 17 November 2017 /

Categories: Hiking, Travel

And then I woke up. Because it was the next day. Here’s probably my favorite photo of Upper Sweeney Lake. I took it on the way out on Day 2. Better lakes would come, but, hey, meadow, etc. From there, you’re hiking out of the lake basin. This second day was just a series of

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