Hike at Lake Tye 12.28.10
Showing posts with label hiking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hiking. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Hike around Lake Tye
Today we dodged the rain-squalls and braved a wind-chill to do a quick hike around Lake Tye in Monroe, WA. It might have been too cool for Ray(out visiting from Pensacola, FL) but all persevered...only a few complaints were heard from younger members of the group. Here is a shot that Colin took on his Sony Cyber-Shot.
Monday, September 01, 2008
Ashland Lakes Hike
Labor Day this year included a hike to the Ashland Lakes in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest accessible from the Mountain Loop highway. The trip included Gail's family: the Ostlings up the street; Beverly; as well as Ray (who is visiting from Pensacola); and Amy our neighbor who is friends with Kyna. The hike was a good, challenging, 3+ mile hike one way. The littlest hikers, Rilla & Cian, did pretty well. Good thing we had the baby carrier - both needed assistance - though it just added to the challenge for Mom & Dad! The wet summer we had didn't make this the family friendly trail that all the reviews insisted on. Overall it was a good hike and everyone had a good time even if in the picture below Jack doesn't look so happy while lunching at a pristine alpine lake ("Hey, we still have 3 miles to hike out ahead of us!").
Ashland Lakes Hike 9.1.08
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Extended Weekend in Leavenworth
We had a great extended weekend in the Leavenworth area. Actually it was in Plain about 20 miles North at the Whispering Pines Lodge. This was an excellent lodge accommodation for our family and a much better value than the two hotel rooms we had to have in Kennewick a few weekends ago. Gail did a fantastic job finding this one!
On the car ride over we had the kids work together as a team to spot these items:
Dog
Caboose
Boat
Tree House
School Bus (or Tour Bus)
Tunnel
Wood Carving
Tractor (or Construction Vehicle)
American Flag
Out of State License plate
With the incentive of ice cream cones everyone was duly motivated. And the team was successful finding everything by the time we arrived!
Friday morning we breakfasted at the Renaissance Café in Leavenworth then hiked around at Leavenworth’s Waterfront Park. Here is a shot at the start of the hike and here is a shot on the hike. The kids and Jack let Gail shop and played in the park across the street…next thing we found ourselves on a horse and buggy ride around town. Here is Colin's sketch of Lucky the horse. Here are some other Leavenworth shots: Caleb & Rilla, Emma, & Colin. Later that day we went out to Lake Wenatchee State Park and followed-up with the ice cream debt.
Saturday we headed over to the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery, did the Interpretative Hike over the spill way and around the area, and then had lunch. On the way back we stocked up with Cold Stone ice cream cones and supplies at Safeway. We spent the rest of the day back at the Lodge, including smores in the firepit.
Sunday we packed up and then went back to Lake Wenatchee State Park to play for a while. Here are shots of: Caleb, Emma, Colin & Rilla, and Gail & Cian. Then we hit Highway 2 West bound….stopping only at Zeke’s for burgers before rolling into home.
On the car ride over we had the kids work together as a team to spot these items:
Dog
Caboose
Boat
Tree House
School Bus (or Tour Bus)
Tunnel
Wood Carving
Tractor (or Construction Vehicle)
American Flag
Out of State License plate
With the incentive of ice cream cones everyone was duly motivated. And the team was successful finding everything by the time we arrived!
Friday morning we breakfasted at the Renaissance Café in Leavenworth then hiked around at Leavenworth’s Waterfront Park. Here is a shot at the start of the hike and here is a shot on the hike. The kids and Jack let Gail shop and played in the park across the street…next thing we found ourselves on a horse and buggy ride around town. Here is Colin's sketch of Lucky the horse. Here are some other Leavenworth shots: Caleb & Rilla, Emma, & Colin. Later that day we went out to Lake Wenatchee State Park and followed-up with the ice cream debt.
Saturday we headed over to the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery, did the Interpretative Hike over the spill way and around the area, and then had lunch. On the way back we stocked up with Cold Stone ice cream cones and supplies at Safeway. We spent the rest of the day back at the Lodge, including smores in the firepit.
Sunday we packed up and then went back to Lake Wenatchee State Park to play for a while. Here are shots of: Caleb, Emma, Colin & Rilla, and Gail & Cian. Then we hit Highway 2 West bound….stopping only at Zeke’s for burgers before rolling into home.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
FOTI & Hiking
I recently read, “The Flight of the Intruder” (FOTI) by Stephen Coonts. This was a great read and I look forward to Neflick’ng the movie (though it is currently #117 in our queue). It is always impacting when a book you are reading refers to places or things that you’re familiar with. In this case a paragraph on page 320 was a déjà vu of sorts.
“Back in the States, Jake Grafton had taken great pleasure in flights like this along training routes over stretches of wilderness where the legal altitude was a minimum of 500 feet above the ground. Being young and full of himself, he often flew as low as his nerves allowed just for the sheer hell of it. In those days, when military planes were still permitted to fly under visual flight rules, he would occasionally return to NAS Whidbey Island over the Cascade Range at 200 or 300 feet above the floor of the craggy valleys, shoot through the passes at full throttle and snake his way down between the cliffs, following the streams until they emptied into rivers that flowed into Puget Sound. He had wondered what the hikers had thought of the man-made eagle that split the solitude with a roar, then disappeared as quickly as it had come. Higher authority had finally stopped the illegal flights. Now he was glad he had had the experience.”
This actually happen to Gail and I. We were hiking with a friend in the Cascades Alpine Lakes area in the Summer of 1987 when a Navy jet came screaming up the valley. We had no idea what it was at first with just the roar of the engine. Since we were in an open area we then saw what we thought was a Navy jet from NAS Whidbey Island. Perhaps we were the hikers referred to here?
“Back in the States, Jake Grafton had taken great pleasure in flights like this along training routes over stretches of wilderness where the legal altitude was a minimum of 500 feet above the ground. Being young and full of himself, he often flew as low as his nerves allowed just for the sheer hell of it. In those days, when military planes were still permitted to fly under visual flight rules, he would occasionally return to NAS Whidbey Island over the Cascade Range at 200 or 300 feet above the floor of the craggy valleys, shoot through the passes at full throttle and snake his way down between the cliffs, following the streams until they emptied into rivers that flowed into Puget Sound. He had wondered what the hikers had thought of the man-made eagle that split the solitude with a roar, then disappeared as quickly as it had come. Higher authority had finally stopped the illegal flights. Now he was glad he had had the experience.”
This actually happen to Gail and I. We were hiking with a friend in the Cascades Alpine Lakes area in the Summer of 1987 when a Navy jet came screaming up the valley. We had no idea what it was at first with just the roar of the engine. Since we were in an open area we then saw what we thought was a Navy jet from NAS Whidbey Island. Perhaps we were the hikers referred to here?
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