Published on 04/11/2013

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of climbing Mt St Helens for the first time! I had planned to do it in the summer a couple of years ago with Tasha and a few others but people's schedules got busy and it never happened.

Published on 09/08/2012

About a month ago I got to go backpacking with my good friend Kanako and her friend's daughter, Chihiro, who was travelling with her as she visited her former host family in Everett, Washington. We ended up doing a three day trip ...

Published on 07/31/2012

My birthday was a couple of weeks ago on a Sunday, and I decided that I'd like to celebrate by having lunch after church with friends and then going on a hike in the gorge. Originally we planned to go to one of my new favorite ...