It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

From cloudy weather to road closures to accidentally ending up in Olympic National Park, last Saturday didn't really go as planned, but we ended up making the most of it! After a detour and a picnic along our favorite viewpoint we were ready to hike. With no service, we headed along along a dirt forest road on the north shore of Lake Cushman. 10 minutes in, to our surprise, the dirt road turned to asphalt and we were suddenly waiting in line at the entrance to Olympic National Park.  We could only take Aura around the camp area, so we soaked in a little...

Twelve Trees business park, where our office is, is next to a furniture factory that has a nice little trail around it that makes for a great lunchtime walk.

Alright, this might be the coolest hike I've been on yet.  The day started out overcast, so I almost called this one off. Luckily, the clouds to the South had already burned off by the time we were crossing the Hood Canal bridge to take 101 south. The tide was out and the water smelled just like being on the coast.  The hike to the summit was no joke. We did about 2400' of elevation gain over 3 miles on the way up starting in lush forest, over exposed rocks, near snow banks, and straight up the side of the mountain.  Mt Rainier was...

Rebecca's tinyhome, new weeping willow and bonfire.