Hike of the Week Sailing down Puget Sound on May 24, 1792, Capt. George Vancouver wrote in his journal of an abundance of dogs that “were all shorn as close to the skin as sheep are in England … and were composed...

Our latest Hike of the Week visits one of our favorite places to visit old friends and new, and absorb the quiet beauty of a local habitat being restored to its natural diversity. The story behind the name ties it so closely to the peoples who call it home.

Looking forward to it!

nice shot, Chris.

Hike of the Week Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour…   Spring brings hope every year as we see seeds bringing forth miracles, buds bursting...

This week's Hike of the Week goes to the same place on Fidalgo at different times of the day. Hope you enjoy it!

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Hike of the Week It started as a simple walk that turned into a shocking awareness of an invasion occurring in our presence, a diverse local environment being turned into a monoculture desert. After several days of...

Our latest Hike of the Week visited the Padilla Bay shoreline trail, where we made a most disturbing discovery. Fifteen BILLION!
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Hike of the Week So there we were, lying in bed at 5 a.m. on Monday, a gentle, quiet morning, when I heard what sounded like a huge windstorm rising, or a freight train coming through our basement – and then the...

This week's Hike of the Week follows Trail 10 around Big Beaver Pond, and a galaxy or two as well.
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Kath and I hiked out to Lighthouse Point this morning in a pre-storm adventure, before the rains came. I have seen this tree hundreds of times, but this morning it really caught my eye, the sun muted behind it, the mosses glowing at its base, the storm clouds brewing.

Hike of the Week Oh the mighty Skagit River. It scours the mountains and sweeps the valley flats, bringing sand and tree trunks to the Salish Sea. After reaching Skagit Bay, winter’s southerly storm winds drive the...

This week's Hike of the Week steps across the bridge to visit a beach that makes me feel connected once again with the Salish Sea in all its raw elements.

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This week's Hike of the Week visits one of my meditative places on the island, and wonders what it could have become instead.
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Hair ice on fallen alder branches in the ACFL yesterday. What a delicate and amazing creation from a fungus living inside the branch!

This week's Hike of the Week looks at life from both sides now.
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