Category: Places

August 8, 2016 / kirsten / #notjustparks

Unexpected Abundance

I love it when a place surprises you. A few weekends ago, our plan was…

July 12, 2016 / kirsten / Hiking

Location and directions: Skagit County; from east-bound SR 20, turn left toward the Marblemount Ranger…

June 2, 2016 / kirsten / Foraging

In her delightful cookbook Shroom, Becky Selengut describes foragers as “a secretive and paranoid lot.” You…

May 22, 2016 / kirsten / Canoe

Over the Labor Day 2015 weekend, my husband and I finally launched the 18-foot cedar-strip…

May 10, 2016 / kirsten / California

Redwoods were my first tree love. Partly because they’re, well, gorgeous and partly because I…

April 6, 2016 / kirsten / Hiking

One of my pet projects has long been stimulating appreciation for the, ahem, lesser known…

December 22, 2015 / kirsten / Hiking

Let’s get the bad out of the way first: These boots are heavy and stiff…

September 23, 2015 / kirsten / British Columbia

One of the wonderful yet deeply weird aspects of life in Bellingham is that you…

September 10, 2015 / kirsten / British Columbia

From various vantage points around Bellingham, it’s tough to distinguish the profile of Vancouver Island…

September 8, 2015 / kirsten / Hiking

Every summer since we moved to Washington my husband and I have hiked Hurricane Ridge…