Category: Washington

Crystal Mt. – Sunday July 28, 2013

Hank and went for a hike this morning.  I did not hurt that much but after we got started I didn’t have all that much energy.

This is a view back down the valley.

We went up the right side of the valley today.

I am here: 46 56.076 N 121 27.231 W http://map a googled com/maps?q=loc:46.9346,-121.45386

5011 alt.
Here is my hiking equipment until age 49.
Here is what I hiked with during my 50’s.

This is what I’m hiking with in my 60’s.

Now the question is how long do I get to hike?

Today’s hike
This one show’s stats from our high point.  I noticed today the stats page shows location and altitude.

Crystal Mt. – Saturday July 27, 2013

Saturday evening and a bottle of my favorite wine. Blog on hold.

Sunday morning, yesterday Hank and hiked up to Bullion Basin.

Not much to see, I think the first time I spent the night here was in 1963 with Scout troop 419. Brian, Christine and stayed here about 8 years ago and I have pass through at least 2 dozen times over the years.

This year I used the trekking poles Tanya got me a couple of years ago.
Here is the top of Mt Rainier looking past Crystal Mt.

Here is the hike:

Started here

I am here: 46 56.909 N 121 28.409 W http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:46.9485,-121.47349

elevation 4152

Bullion Basin

I am here: 46 56.076 N 121 27.231 W http://map a googled com/maps?q=loc:46.9346,-121.45386

Elevation 5871

(Edit I had the wrong GPS location pasted in).

Great day and I don’t even hurt to much this morning. It was 45° outside this morning so Hank and I are just setting out for a hike now that It’s warmed up a bit.

 

Fort Flagler – Saturday July 13, 2013

Sunny day in the hammock, yes I know it is in the shade.
Hank and I went on our morning walk.
I was thinking about getting a GPS however I like Google maps on my phone.  The problem with the phone is that the phone’s GPS uses a lot of battery.  After an hour and a half walk the battery is down to 56%.

To solve this I got an Anker external battery 10,000 mAH. I think having this extra battery will work great.

Crystal Mt. Saturday June 29, 2013

Beautiful sunny day at Crystal Mt, great day for a hike. After Wait Wait Hank and I hiked up to lodge and then up the valley to the top of one of the sky runs.

It was nice hike and I can tell I’m getting older.

Last night as it was getting dark I realized we were parked under lights that actually worked.
We move a little further up the area away from the lights.

 

Fort Flagler – Saturday April 27, 2013

Got here about 8:45 last night and only three sites were still open. This is site 72 with no power.

Camp site picture will not post :-(.  Got an android WordPress update the other day, updates are not always a good thing.)

Sunday morning.
Got the picture problem fixed. So I’ll continue. I got another WordPress update Saturday.

That is site 72 way up in the trees. After Wait Wait Don’t Tell me Hank and I left for our regular Saturday morning walk. We walked out of the trees and found three front row sites open. We moved to site 112.

The park remained mostly full with at least 5 sites open the rest of the day. Couple more people left and couple showed up.

One of my projects before vacation was to create steering reminders so I don’t forget thinks when we move. Like the time last fall when we spent the night at a truck/rest stop and I forgot to put the bedroom slide in BEFORE we started to leave. I usually walk around the outside of the motorhome before we move however this time I didn’t.

Here are the pieces of Velcro I put on the steering wheel so I don’t forget. They are things like are the leveling jacks up, Hanks rope picked up, thermometer picked up, etc.
It rained most of the night and has been pretty wet this morning.