Doldrums

Biking on Sauvie on Christmas Day and it's 35 degrees out.

Lolo Pass shenanigans.

What? I am perfectly comfortable like this and do not miss the sun at all.

Christmas Eve Wish List

2013

• Blanca Lake via Stevens Pass West, WA
• Colchuck Lake via Stuart Lake TH, Leavenworth, WA
• Gem Lake via Alpental with options for Snow and Source Lake, WA
• Yocum Ridge, Mount Hood, OR
• Middle Sister Summit backpack, OR
• Spray Park, Mt Rainier, WA
• Skyline Divide, Mount Baker, WA (weekend trip)
• Heliotrope Ridge, Mount Baker, WA
• Kendal Katwalk, Snoqualmie, WA
• Lyman Lakes/Spider Meadows/Phelps Basin (backpack) via Spider Gap, WA
• Indian Bar, Mt Rainier
• Mt Pilchuck, WA
• Lake Serene via Stevens Pass West, WA
• Illumination rock, Mount Hood, OR
• Robin Lakes trail, Snoq. Pass; Salmon LaSac/Teanaway, WA (backpack)
• Maple Pass Loop, North Cascades,WA (views of lake Ann)
• Goat Lake, North Cascades, WA
• Gothic Basin, North Cascades, WA
• Glacier Nat'l Park Vacation (day hikes)

Life List (in order from most to least realistic):

• Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC
• Ptarmigan Ridge, North Cascades, WA
• Wonderland Trail, Mt Rainer, WA
• JMT from Red's to Mt Whitney 
• PCT Section K, WA
• Telluride/Durango, CO and 14ers
• Chasm Lake, Longs Peak, CO
• Kootenay Rockwall Trail/Skoki Lakes/Lake O'Hara, BC
• Routeburn Trek, NZ
• Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
• Salkantay Trek, Peru
• Annapurna Circuit, Nepal
• Zermatt, Switzerland 
• Tank Lakes via Necklace Valley, WA
• Mount Hood Summit, OR 

Weekend In SF

I went to San Francisco for the weekend to take a WSET course offered through my work. I ate my weight in oysters and drank upwards of 50 wines. I know this might surprise you, but it is STILL an awesome city.

Use it Or Lose It

I have not been biking this winter, like at all. So Hagg Lake was a little bit harder on my lungs than it should've been, considering the last time I was out there, I was all "Pshaw, this is for noobs." But it was pouring rain and we still got some good exercise, so whatever.