SpicyGoliath

I made a quick / long jaunt out to the Sierras last weekend ending up pretty close to where I was camping earlier this year. The goal this time was quite different though, I was going to scale the mighty granite of Bear Creek Spire. My climbing partner for this particular adventure was a crazy […]

It has been 2 ½ years since I departed on my RV trip and what a time I’ve had!
There is nothing quite like being in the mountains, immersed in a view that money can’t buy, without noisy neighbors or traffic, countless outdoor adventures right on your doorstep, all the comforts of home and doing all […]

While celebrating our successful arrival at Flagstone almost two weeks ago we took bets on how many vehicles will be driving by the rv (parked on the edgy shoulder of a forest road) Mareli’s 3 cars a day made my 3 a week seem very conservative but as it turned out none came by during […]

This holiday has been full of “firsts” for me, starting with my first attempt to blog (the one you are currently reading) and continuing with my first trip in the infamous RV (currently dangerously dangling over a steep crevasse somewhere in the hills of the Willamette National Forest)
The only familiar thing is my brother’s face […]

Now in Terrebonne Oregon, Mareli and I plan to do a lot of climbing at Smith Rock over the next couple of weeks. It is amazing how much snow is still on the cascade volcanoes compared to the even higher mountains just South in California. Oregon had a big winter season as is evident in […]