Silver Star Mt. hike provides the quintessential hiking experience in the SW Washington Cascades! The Forever Young Hikers of Clark county were at it again. This hike affords outstanding 360 degree views of 5 volcanos (St. Helens, Rainier, Adams, Hood and Jefferson) … on a clear day. We saw the bases of all but Mt. [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Silver Star Hike
Posted in Hikes, wildflowers, tagged Hikes, wildflowers on June 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Summer Nights
Posted in Sky, weather, tagged Sky, weather on June 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve neglected this blog the past few weeks. I’ve been busy with major household projects and boosting the local economy with my plant purchases. My brother Tom and I tend to talk on the phone in the evenings and compare dusks. He’s in Ojai, CA. Up here at the 45th parallel, dusk is a prolonged [...]
Lava Falls hike
Posted in Hikes, tagged Hikes, Mt. St. Helens on June 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The intrepid 50+ hikers were off again. We hiked the Ape Canyon and Lava Canyon trails at the base of Mt. St. Helens (MSH for short, hereafter). MSH was right in front of us, but with the overcast skies it was hard to appreciate her majesty. We only went about 2.5 – 3 miles up [...]
