Daryl 
This was the 48th Cougar Mountain Airfield (WA49) fly in, held almost every year since the 1970s (with a short hiatus during Covid). I flew the club Cessna 150 into their sweet 3200-foot grass strip and counted 26 airplanes while I was there! This was my first time here, and I checked off another Puget … Read more
Here’s the third part of our trip back in BoCoMO (read Part 1 and our Current River float here) What a FANTASTIC, PERFECT trip!!!!! I want to thank Matt, Heather, and Jennie for helping make this one for the history books!!
I grew up in the 90s canoeing Ozark streams, and they contain some of my best memories of Missouri. I finally got to get Katt there so she could see where I grew up, and how fun the Ozarks can be. They better be fun because it felt like a BLAST OVEN when we came … Read more
We finally booked a trip to Missouri, Katt’s first time in the Show Me State! We did a float trip on the Current River, explored, hung out with friends, and more! Here’s our trip from Seattle to Columbia: After this we hauled ass to meet up at Matt and Heather’s house. Read about Part 2, … Read more
Another great weekend on the Clackamas River with great friends and perfect weather!! Been a great year for being on the water! Before this we went to Salmon LeSac and the weekend after we went to Missouri to float the Current River
This year we did our occasional annual family camping trip to Salmon LeSac Washington. We absolutely lucked out on the weather and lack of smoke despite raging fires nearby. Special shout out to Katt who arrived TWO days early to secure our campsite!! Thanks sweet love! Sadly this year the cousins missed Fisher and Ike, … Read more
We’ve made Montana Griz football a constant companion. There’s nothing like being in Washington Grizzly Stadium in Missoula for a consummate beat-down of the visiting team. Welcome to Missoula, beeatch!! 😝Since moving to Seattle, our goal has been to attend at least one game per year! Go Griz! 2026 Season:
My third year attending and second year camping. Johnny showed up early and secured us an amazing riverside spot! Katt had to leave Saturday evening since she worked early the next day, and Johnny and I decided to stay Sunday night at the last minute. On Saturday the three of us rode bikes on the … Read more
Our neighbor told us that she loves Haller Lake because there are no motors allowed; perfect for paddle boarding! Of course we currently only have our canoe, so we drive the 12 minutes to the lake and were very happy with what we found!! What a great local treasure! We’ll come back with paddle boards!
Our first trip to the Olympic Field Fly-In with the Cessna 172 was great!!
My first trip across the Cascades to pick up some Fly WA Passport Stamps was lovely!
FINALLY got out for a nice weather flight near sunset. As we’re headed to a grass strip fly-in this weekend, I needed to get some soft field practice in, and what better place than Harvey Field (S43) in Snohomish! I got three takeoffs and landings in on the grass on a gorgeous evening; the flight … Read more
A quick proficiency flight up to the grass strip at Harvey in preparation for the Olympic field fly in
We snagged three more Fly WA Passport stamps on the way to Missoula and back!
Taum Sauk Mountain, Missouri, lies at 1,772 feet MSL and is ranked #41 in elevation among US Highpoints. This would be my 22nd highpoint of 2004, and my 25th US Highpoint overall. Taum Sauk is a easy stroll along a paved trail in the woods and is located in Taum Sauk Mountain State Park in … Read more
I did something outrageous and surprised my friend Matt (not Mark) for his 54th birthday in Columbia Missouri!! Heather and I co-conspired on the trip!! April Float trip!! We got to do a long-time bucketlist item of mine, floating Cedar Creek which serves as the border between Boone and Callaway counties. I grew up caving … Read more
Tahoma (Mount Rainier), Washington, lies at 14,411 feet MSL and is ranked #4 in elevation among US Highpoints after Alaska, California, and Colorado. This was my second attempt on Tahoma and I led my friend and amateur mountaineer “Derp” to the top. We spent a day practicing self-rescue and reasoned, quite foolishly, that there were … Read more
