Last summer, the weather wasn’t working out so well at Mt. Hood, so we were looking for alternative places to visit on the trip home. A couple members of the group wanted to stop at Yellowstone National Park and see…
There’s so much wonder that is invoked in me when I’m in the natural world. When I see the towering cliffs, the rolling waves of the ocean, the minutest detail in the wildflowers, I’m filled with this awe and wonder…
If you’re going to visit just one beach in Oregon, I highly recommend it be Cape Perpetua. Why? Well, it’s already overrun, so one more visitor (or ten more visitors) won’t make much difference. Second, you get bragging rights to…
The Wind River Range of Wyoming is truly spectacular. Snow-capped peaks, jagged cirques, lovely meadows, alpine lakes, it’s a view junkie’s paradise. But day hikes of any reasonable length are hard to come by; the area is known as a…
For a long time I have wondered why it is that the Bible is filled with examples of how God and His ways are like elements of creation. I wasn’t satisfied with the answer that the people of Bible times…
While we’re on the topic of things hiding in the clouds and mist (last week I talked about hiking to Owl Point to see the clouds shifting around Mt. Hood), let’s visit a view I didn’t know existed until some…
There’s a verse in the Bible I find very illuminating: “You are worthy our Lord and our God… because you have created all things, and by your pleasure they exist and were created.” (Rev. 4:11 ABPE) God made the…
Sometimes there are just those hikes that you really try to see, yet it just never quite works out. Supposedly, the views are great, the trail is fine, and you just can’t wait to see it for yourself. But every…
This post courtesy of one of my group members. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon about a dozen times. I can enjoy looking at from the rim for hours, as I have done—But the longer I stare from above, the…
Or, How to Save the Day when Everything Goes Wrong on the Trail You all see the pictures on the blog. They’re beautiful, sunny, spectacular. Some of you might even read the write up, usually a rather blissful account of…