It was late August and I had just finished a climb of Mount Rainier a few days earlier. I had left Portland recharged after the exhausting climb. I was ready for some more exploring. When I talked with a friend about my road trip a month prior, they had mentioned Crater Lake and suggested I
Today's Signs Of Adventure takes me back to my 2012 trip to Oregon to climb Mount Hood. While we never got onto the mountain due to terrible conditions, we did get to visit Crater Lake National Park. Crater Lake is the only national park in Oregon, and one of my favorite parks in the Country.
I had been on the road for over three weeks by the time I reached Oregon. Fresh off a two day climb of Washington's infamous Mount Rainier, I was fixing for something a bit more low key. After a good nights rest and a proper shower, I continued south along the Oregon coast before making
Day one on the road is complete. Not a bad day with stops in Harrisburg, and Columbus, Ohio. Despite the rain, and a few tornado threats, we made it to our destination in one piece. Check out this short video of our day. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSezE6HVwp0&feature=youtu.be']
I am back at it again, out on the road, and this time I head to Oregon and northern California to climb some of America's most well known volcanoes: Hood and Shasta. I'll making my way across the country in the next few days and will be sharing my story as I go, so keep
Count Down! T-Minus 14 days and counting until I embark on yet another cross country adventure. This time, I will be heading first to my very own state capitol in Harrisburg, PA to add another photograph to my state capitol project, then I will be heading west, hopefully grabbing a few state capitol buildings along
Daily Photo - On A Long And Lonesome Highway After an epic and enjoyable summit of Mount Rainier and a restful night in Portland, Oregon, I continued my 5 week pilgrimage south. This time I departed for the day with an unexpected goal in mind, that goal was Oregon's Crater Lake National Park. The deeper
Before August of this year, I had not known much about Crater Lake National Park. Actually, It was barely on my radar at all, that was until a suggestion from Outdoor Informer's Jason Renda turned me on to the idea. I had just come off a two day stay on Washington's coveted Mount Rainier and needed some down time after a successful summit bid. With Mount Shasta in Northern California on my month-long cross country warpath, Crater lake made perfect sense.
If you ask me to climb a mountain the day before your birthday so we can camp on the summit to watch the sunrise on your birthday, as has been your tradition for a number of decades, I'm inclined to say, “Yes”. If you're cute and female, I'm legally barred from saying, “No”. And that