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Every once in a while an unexpected treat comes along. That was the case this past Wednesday evening. Somehow I got on the mailing list for The Triple Door. The Triple Door is a music venue in the style of a Vegas dinner show, meaning that the seating is all Read more…
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Earlier this summer I hiked up the East Fork of the Foss River into the Necklace Valley and then a couple of weeks ago did the same thing up the West Fork. What I’ve really been wanting to do though is the loop that connects them together. In order to Read more…
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The vast majority of my hiking the past few years has been in the Highway 2/Stevens Pass corridor and/or off the Mountain Loop Highway. These are indisputably wonderful areas for hiking and backpacking but I’ve been wanting to branch out and explore other areas. Thus my trips to the Olympics Read more…
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More than a trip report, this is a short non-fiction story so grab a cup of coffee and a comfy chair. I have, for several years, wanted to visit Stehekin. Stehekin is a town you can only access via hiking in or taking a passenger-only ferry from Chelan. If I’m Read more…
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I went to see Ben Folds at the Paramount Theater last Sunday night. I last saw him a year or so ago at the Edmonds Center for the Performing Arts. In that show Ben played solo with just a piano. This time he had a full backing band. The Paramount Read more…
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I did a quick overnight hike up the West Fork Foss River and Lakes trail this past week. The trail follows the west fork of the Foss River until it gets to Trout Lake and then takes you to a string of lakes. After Trout Lake you’ll pass a short Read more…
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The title of this post should be, “Rock Lake, I hiked there so you don’t have too”. Rock Lake is one of the lakes in the north Alpine Lakes Wilderness and is one of a couple of lakes named “Rock Lake” in the region. WTA.org’s website shows a Rock Lake Read more…
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Sam and I attended our first concert at the Woodland Park Zoo last week and saw The Mountain Goats with Blitzen Trapper. The zoo has a large field where they host the ZooTunes concert series every year. I’ve actually been to a concert there before but it was probably twenty Read more…
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There are primarily two venues on the east side of Lake Washington that host yearly outdoor concert series, Marymoor Park and Ste. Michelle Winery. I’ve attended many concerts at Marymoor but never at Ste. Michelle. I’m not sure why, many of the artists are ones that I like and Ste. Read more…
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The trail to Vesper Peak is a short but difficult hike off the Mountain Loop Highway. Technically the trail is actually called the Sunrise Mine Trail but if there is a mine in the area I don’t know where it might be. In any case, Vesper Peak is the reward Read more…