Spring and Summer 06 - Kick Ass!

i am having such a good time! hiking, backpacking, camping, and visiting all over. seattle and its surrounding areas kick so much ass. let me recap for you the awesomeness of my year so far, just because i want to see how much fun i have had written out myself :)
~Robin and Tuck Lakes 4 day/3 night backpack
~JT's wedding in northern Idaho
~eastern Washington desert drive to an abandonded ranch and a huge canyon
~Point of the Arches on the olympic coast backpack
~visit to NH, MA and VT
~The Narrows (Virgin River) 16 mile overnight hike in Zion National Park
~Half Dome 16 mile day hike in Yosemite National Park
~Rachel and Rampart Lakes day hike
~Mt Forgotten meadows day hike and car camping on the river
~Lake Serene day hike
~Mt Rainier/Spray Park wildflower day hike
~Lake Melakwa day hike
~Tiget Mountain evening hike
~car camping in Elwha area in the Olympics
~visit with Steph (and wrote showdown for love)
~Dirty Harry's Balcony day hike
~random car camping on a logging road near Lake Kachess
~awesome 30th birthday party
~Tubal Cain Mine and Buckhorn Pass backpack
~8 Mile Lake backpack
~Goldmyer Hotsprings backapck
~sock puppet party
~Doe Bay/Orcas island retreat
~Rialto Beach backpack
~Big Burn Canyon backpack
~Lake Twenty Two day hike
~visit home for memere and pepere's 50th anniversary

and more... MAN - life is good! :) :) :)

Showdown For Love

My very awesome friend, Steph, and I wrote a song when she visited me in April. The song is so random, I love it. Then my friend, Evan, offered to let me use his recording studio in his home to record the song so I could surprise Steph with it! Now Evan has sooo kindly hosted the song on his server, for a limited time - so go here if you would like to hear the Western Ballad, Showdown For Love. Good times!

http://home.comcast.net/~jazzman70/music/Showdown_for_Love.mp3

I am singing and playing the guitar, while Evan added some fun effects to make it snazzy. :)

Robin Lake 3 night backpack

My first mountain goat sighting! So cool.

Chris and I went on a 4 day, 3 night excursion to Tuck and Robin Lakes this Labor Day weekend. What a tough stEEp hike! Man! It was really tough with a backpack on! So worth it though. Beautiful area, with lots of places to explore.

and mountain goats!

Click on this pic for the photo album.