a trail to self discovery...

It's Wednesday morning and it is the start of my 5 days off. I have been looking forward to today for a few months now. Josh and I booked a night stay up at Doublehead Cabin. The closer the days crept up the worse and worse the forecast looked. Josh had been spending nights in this Cabin for most of his life. I wanted to give it a try. Winter camping in a cabin that even has a woodstove and is only a 2 mile hike in from the car- Sounds like my kind of winter overnight. I purchased a bundle of kindling to pack up to the cabin on Wednesday morning. I filled my entire 65L pack with that plus some basic water and snacks to get my through the hike. The forecast was looking interesting to say the least. Snow in the early morning with temperature warming up and turning to rain. Pouring. wet, rain throughout the afternoon. With a chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Josh asked me if I still wanted to go, I replied "ABSOLUTELY". We packed our packs the night before s...

Photo Credit: Denise It's been 4 days since I was last on Mount Jackson. However, a friend asked me if I would be around on Thursday to hike with her. I said yes and we agreed to hit Mount Jackson then Mount Pierce and down Crawford Path back to the car. Weather conditions were calling for some strong winds in the higher, and more exposed summits so we stuck with something a little smaller. I was pretty excited for this hike. I knew that I would not only knock off another winter 48 but I would also be red lining some trails I had never done before. If you haven't read my blog about my final finish of the 48 then you don't know I have no set goals in mind. I am not hiking anymore just to finish another "list". I am literally going out and hiking whatever path I end up on. If it works out to be that I am red-lining as well as knocking off winter peaks, or even gridding that's great! Someday, I am sure I will have every list done, but not on purpose. De...