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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…

Merry Holidays!

December 27, 2015December 27, 2015 Matt Personal Updates

I had a good Christmas this year. It began with a week of continuous snow fall. We'd have 3-6 inches here and there with warm days compacting the wet and heavy accumulation. But all of that still adds up so that by the time Christmas rolled around, the snow was over a foot deep in parts of our yard. Meanwhile…

5000 feet

November 7, 2015 Matt Personal Updates

It snowed in Moscow for the first time this season on Thursday. And although the accumulation didn't amount to much in town, the mountains were turned white the next day. But two days of sunshine, and evidence of the snow is all but gone. The mountains around Moscow are back to their baren self. But at 5000 feet, winter has…

Elk Creek Falls

October 6, 2015 Matt Personal Updates

I think I've mentioned Elk Creek Falls in passing, but haven't actually written a featured post about it. Elk River is a small outdoor recreation town (read: hunting & fishing mostly) a little over an hour east of Moscow. This small community represents the "end of the road." The paved road ends here and forest service roads pick up to…

Latah County Fair

October 6, 2015 Matt Personal Updates

Clara loves animals. At home, she loves to pet the dogs and the cats. She tries to pet the chickens and gets all excited when we catch one and bring it over to her. She loves saying hi to the goats and touching the horses. So we brought her to the Latah County Fair where she could look at and…

Seattle

October 6, 2015October 6, 2015 Matt Travel Stories

In the 5 years living out here, I haven't been to Seattle other than to catch the ferry over to the Olympic Peninsula. So when four of my college buddiesÂ from Drew mentioned they were converging in the city for a race in September, I jumped at the opportunity to pay a visit. So for a weekend in September (11-13), we…

Wallowas Weekend 2015

September 21, 2015 Matt Hikes

After a long summer with not much exploring, the pace has changed and I've had a fairly busy two weeks. The series begins with the return of the Annual Wallowas Weekend. In the six Septembers that I have lived here, I've led a backpacking trip to the Eagle Cap Wilderness four of those years, with this year being the fourth.…

Seven Devils on the Fourth of July

July 19, 2015July 8, 2020 Matt Hikes

What do you do when temperatures rise above 100Âº F? Seek relief at very high elevations. This June was one of the hottest on record for the northwest with several days above 100 degrees in Moscow. So when my friends proposed a backpacking trip for the Fourth of July weekend, i was a bit skeptical, especially given the location's tendency…