So the family went driving yesterday, we were looking for a road that went to the top of a mountain which overlooks the Washington sound. So after two hours of driving we reach the road and of course, since it is January, the road is closed for the winter. There is a trail to the top one person says to us, but it's a two mile trail with 2,000 foot of elevation gain. So we decided to go to a waterfall trail my wife looked up.

The trail is inside of the Falls View Campground. The...

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This is the first hike that I am posting onto my blog. My family and some friends went to the Duckabush River Trail #803 in Olympic National Forest, Washington. It was a great day, with temperatures in the upper 40's, fog in the morning and overcast skies in the afternoon.

The trail head starts out at about 120m elev. and heads uphill instantly. The grade is not bad (I took my 5 year old) and it's uphill for about the first half to three...

I went trail running yesterday on Mt. Tam in the Bay Area of northern California. It was fun, and a darn good workout. The trail I used was downhill on the way in, and uphill on the way out. So I really had to push myself at the end. I couldn't just "ease" to the finish line. There were a few times when I had to slow down to a walk, for safety. The terrain was to uneven, rocky or rough. Staying at a run over those areas would have simply been irresponsible. But the hard work it took to...