Golden and Silver Falls Date Driven: 12/29/13 Length: 5.1 miles of dirt road (one way) My drive time: 11 minutes Start: Where the dirt begins on East Fork Millicoma Road, N43º 26.610′ W123º 59.324′ End: The parking area at Golden and Silver Falls State Natural Area, N43º 28.934′ W123º 55.948′ GPS Track: GPX or KMZ […]

Happy 2014! We wrapped up 2013 with our annual road trip to Oregon to visit family. Of course, we also took the opportunity to explore some trails and see some sights along the way. We always look forward to this trip. And with 2013 having been a difficult year, we really were ready to put […]

The theme of local exploration continued over our Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Eager to avoid the “Black Friday” crowds and shopping (did I mention that I’m allergic to malls?) and knowing that we’d be stuffing our faces with rich foods on Thanksgiving itself, I had planned a short family hike for that Friday. We’d go to […]