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Hiking in Salt Lake City
After my couple of days in Spokane I visited Salt Lake City and Tuscarora, NV with my mom (who lives in DC). That was a great trip and I'll write about Tuscarora in a future blog post. I was more impressed with Salt Lake City than I expected to be...
Posted 28 June 2008 03:29 PM by AlexWetmore | 3 comment(s)
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Backpacking at Lena Lake
This weekend Christine and I hiked in the Olympic National Forest up to Lena Lake . Christine hadn't been backpacking in 6 or 7 years and this is a great hike to get back into things with. It starts with a moderate climb that is a little boring, but...
Posted 04 June 2007 03:57 PM by AlexWetmore | 1 comment(s)
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Lightweight camping equipment -- what a difference
Christine and I are going hiking this weekend to Lena Lake in the Olympic National Forest. It is a nice early season hike with good camping and nice hiking beyond the campground. Last time I really loved the contrast between the dry river bed and the...
Posted 02 June 2007 02:19 PM by AlexWetmore | with no comments
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Oregon Coast Trip
Christine and I spent last week along the Oregon coast. We had originally planned to go to Jamaica for diving but changed our plans when Christine injured her ears (due to diving with an unknown sinus infection). They'll heal but the doctor asked her...
Posted 27 March 2007 06:43 PM by admin | with no comments
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A long weekend around Mt St Helens
Last weekend Christine and I took a 3.5 day vacation away from Seattle. On Friday we drove down to Lake Trout, WA for a couple of days of camping and rafting to celebrate our friend Sam's 30th birthday. We extended the trip until Monday to celebrate our...
Posted 25 August 2006 04:24 PM by AlexWetmore | with no comments
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Little Si Hike
On Wednesday my team at work took the day off and went hiking instead. We picked Little Mount Si (near North Bend), hiked to the top in time for lunch, headed back down and stopped for some ice cream. I love this sort of team building/morale event because...
Posted 18 August 2006 06:56 PM by AlexWetmore | with no comments
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Shi Shi Beach hiking trip
Two weekends ago I went on a 3 day road and backpacking trip with my friend David. I've known him longer than anyone who isn't a family member and we've been great friends for almost all of that time. He had some time off and we decided to do a trip together...
Posted 14 June 2006 06:50 PM by AlexWetmore | 1 comment(s)
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