Chris on ferry en route to Bremerton for Josiah's birthday (March '09)
On the trail with Eve, our lovable yellow Lab.
March '09 - Josiah on ferry to Bremerton.
Josiah aboard the U.S.S. Turner Joy, Bremerton.
Cape Disappointment, Oregon. April 2009. (It was COLD!)
Lighthouse - Cape Disappointment. April '09.
Fort Clatsop, OR. Winter encampment of Lewis & Clark Expedition.
La Push in April - Easter trip around the Olympic Peninsula. (Yeah, it was WET!)
Easter trip around the Oly. Peninsula.
Josiah & wall mural - Port Angeles.
Feiro Marine Life Center/Public Aquarium - Port Angeles, WA. (L to R: Sam, Josiah, Chris.)
Near Hurricane Ridge, Port Angeles.
Lake Angeles Hike
Lake Angeles Hike - "Is this fun, or what?!"
Gatton Creek Hike, Quinault. Our 26th anniversary, May.
Nisqually Wildlife Refuge, May.
Daniel - Senior Trip with Dad around the Oly. Peninsula. June.
Hurricane Ridge - June.
Daniel @ Hurricane Ridge - Senior Trip. Olympic Mtns. in background.
At Half-Moon Bay, near Westport.
Josiah at "our" campsite - Ohanapecosh, Mount Rainier Nat'l Park. June 15 -19.
Owyhigh Lakes Trail, Mount Rainier. The sign says "Bridge Out."
Owyhigh Lakes Trail.
"Home sweet home" - Ohanapecosh.
Josiah at Paradise, Mount Rainier.
Remains of old Jackson Visitor's Center - Paradise, Mt. Rainier.
East Side Trail, Mount Rainier.
Ohana Visitor's Center, June.
Trail to Layser Cave.
Cowlitz Divide, near Mount Rainier/Randle.
Nathan (facing camera) aboard Lady Washington.
nathan w/Capt. Les Bolton, Lady Washington.
Josiah - Day camp @ Shiloh! (late June/early July)
Shiloh camp pool!
4th of July with friends.
Sam @ Lake Quinault - June
lake Quinault - July.
Lake Quinault again - July. (Josiah w/ shirt on; Sam on floating log.)
Nathan and Sam - Picnic @ Westport.
Nathan (R - if ya squint hard) & friend @ Lake Quinault.
Josiah - Mail Call @ Boys Camp, Shiloh Bible Camp. Early August.
Morning devos - Boys Camp.
Saturday! Boys Camp - Shiloh.
August.
Josiah - base of Astoria column, OR.
Near Astoria Column.
Boating at Lake Sylvia - August.
Lake Sylvia.
Burroughs Mtn. Trail - near Sunrise @ Mount Rainier Nat'l Park. Sept. 21 - 25.
Frozen Lakes Trail out of Sunrise, Mount Rainier. September.
Atop Burroughs Mountain.
Ohanapecosh #A-29 - September trip.
At Reflection Lakes - Mount Rainier Nat'l Park.
"Reflection Lakes" (if you haven't already guessed).
Part of Mount Rainier's famed 93-mile Wonderland Trail.
"Our" mountain from Stevens Canyon Road.
On Mazama Ridge - Hike Lakes Trail, Mt. Rainier. It was 85' on the ridge!
The Tatoosh Range from Mazama Ridge, above Reflection Lakes.
At new Visitor's Center, Paradise.
En route to Paradise - hiking Mazama Ridge.
Longmire - Mount Rainier.
Loop trail back to Reflection Lakes.
Until next time...
No wonder they call it "Mud Bay" - September.
Tolmie State Park - September.
Four Cedars Trail, Tolmie State Park - September (Josiah, Sam, Chris).
Go Natho! October XC meet.
Natho suitin' up for a meet.
Hoquiam XC Invitational - October.
Chris & Josiah - October.
Happy 50th! November.
Birthday breakfast with friend. (November)
Birthday breakfast followed by trip to the beach, hot chocolate at a quaint cafe overlooking the Pacific, next to a roaring fireplace.
Sam and Josiah (sort of). November @ Vance Creek Park. Crisp, but sunny!
Birthdays on the trail @ Puget Sound! November.
Priest Point hike, Puget Sound. November.
Priest Point Trail.
Sam being Sam - Puget Sound. November.
Hiking "the Sugarloaf." (Improvised "rain gear.")
Josiah stringing Xmas lights.
"Every dog needs a good kid."
Love your pictures! We didn’t get to do too much hiking this year because of working but we did go to Sunrise a couple of times and Chinook pass and hikes off of 410 and bumping lake road. It’s fun to see Mt Rainier from a different perspective! (From the other side of the mountain). Joshua has decided that he doesn’t like to go hiking so it makes hiking kind of hard but once we get going on a trail he hikes really well. Ethan weights alot so carrying him when he gets tired is really hard! He weighs over 40 pounds so when I carry him my back hurts for at least 2 days! It’s all worth it though! Merry Christmas, Marie