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January 13, 2017 Matt Personal Updates

We've gotten a lot of snow this winter. And then it got cold. Like, really cold. Night time lows below zero, and daytime highs hovering around 20. Â So the only thing to do with this kind of weather is go swimming. [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xz_UKNzjso[/embedyt] Last year, we took Clara to a developed hot spring near McCall and she loved it. This…

December Update

December 11, 2016 Matt Personal Updates

When I started this site, I never expected to make daily posts. Weekly? Maybe. Monthly? Less desireable. I'm kind of ashamed that it's been three months with no updates, but there hasn't been much of excitement to talk about. There haven't been any big adventures this fall. I'm just plugging away at the Ph.D. thing, which has also made me…

Camping at Hazard Lake

September 5, 2016 Matt Personal Updates

[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPFgUQ-9cwA[/embedyt] In May we bought a new tent to accommodate our growing family on camping trips. I guess the two-person backpacking tent just won't do it anymore for thee people and two large dogs. So after we bought it, we took it out for its maiden test at a nearby campground. This summer was dubbed the summer of no…

Adventures with Clara: Hobo Cedar Grove

July 20, 2016 Matt Hikes

[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fGgqlKSpXw[/embedyt] The Hobo Cedar Grove is a nice easy 1-mile hike through a grove of giant old-growth trees. It is the perfect hike for toddlers to explore nature, which is why we brought Clara up there on Sunday. She enjoyed the large trees, but wasn't into walking the trail much. Eventually Erin had to carry her for most of…

Grandmother Mountain

July 11, 2016July 11, 2016 Matt Hikes

I finally got some time to get up to Freezeout to hike Grandmother Mountain. The flowers are out and it's quite pretty, though it's not the best year for flowers that I've seen. It could be that I got up there a little late. Everything seems to be coming out a little earlier this year than normal. But then, all…

July 4 Update and Clara in Spokane

July 4, 2016July 4, 2016 Matt Research Blog, Travel Stories

It's been over a month since my last update. There haven't been any major adventures due to time and financial constraints. As I aim to write and finish my dissertation, the time for such outings decreases and thus this summer will be nicknamed "the summer of no fun." Fun isn't completely off the table, but the number and scope of…

Steptoe Butte and the Palouse

May 6, 2016 Matt Photo Blog

When I moved to the Palouse, I didn't realize just how photogenic the landscape was. Then I saw ads for the Palouse in Popular Photography. It turns out, people will pay good money to come and photograph the region, and here I am living there not taking advantage of my home turf. I've only been on Steptoe Butte once before,…

White Pine Loop & Bomber Too

May 1, 2016 Matt Hikes

Last week, Clara and I had a day to ourselves, so we had a little adventure on a nearby trail. The white pine loop is a 3-mile hike fromÂ the White Pine campground off of Idaho Rt. 6. A one-mile (one-way) out and back spur takes us to the site of a WWII bomber crash site with some pieces of the…

Canoeing on the Palouse River

March 21, 2016March 21, 2016 Matt Travel Stories

March is such a bipolar month in Idaho. One day it can be cold and snowy and the next can be sunny and 60. So while we had cold rain during the weekend of our canoe trip, this past weekend was really nice. I took Clara outÂ for a hike on the Potlatch River Trail near our house and she hiked…

Canoeing the St. Joe

March 16, 2016March 17, 2016 Matt Travel Stories

Hello. I realize it's been quite some time since my last post. That's what happens when you get into dissertation writing mode. Life tends to cease and all you can think about is finishing this damn thesis. As a result, I haven't really been on many adventures since December, nor has there been anything interesting to write about, nor have…