Sunday, September 21, 2008

I climbed Saddle Mountain

I just got home from a weekend of roughing it with friends from Seattle. I am starting to scrounge together a nice collection of camping gear for such adventures and I'm going to go out a lot more. Better yet, figure out a way to mix it with kayaking. But for this trip, we were land lubbers near the ocean and it was awesome. We met up at Saddle Mountain State Park which is part of the coastal range. Our campsite was way up in a dense forest of tall birch trees, underneath the towering craggy mountain. We had a radio with a hand crank that was tuned to a great classic rock show on the coastal community station that night. You know when you hear a song that you've never heard before on the radio and so you sit there and wait for the DJ to come on and announce the name of the song? It was like that, but the songs were 13 minutes long and we had to keep cranking the radio back up so we wouldn't miss the vital information. Like my life depended on it. And i'd never heard of these bands before, from the late 60's? Frumious Bandersnatch? The Wizards from Kansas?.

The next day's hike was a 1600 ft climb, basically straight up for two miles. The trail was well maintained and they had foot holds on the especially steep part near the summit. it was a cloudy day and for a lot of the ascent, we were inside of the clouds, surrounded by mist. when we finally reached the top, the weather cooperated a bit and we could see all the way to the ocean. When we got back down we drove over to Cannon Beach and then to Ft. Stevens where we camped on saturday, drinking wine by the fire and chatting. In the morning, we went on another hike to a shipwreck buried in the beach and one of my friends brought the diary of Lewis and Clark and read passages to us about what the Corps of Discovery was up to when they were near this same spot. (answer: getting VD from the Chinooks). There were a lot of horseback riders out on the beach and it was sort of rainy and magic feeling. I think my legs are going to be sore tomorrow.

5 comments:

Jen said...

we camped this weekend too and although it didn't involve any mountains or shipwrecks, it did involve one baby playing in the mohican. :)

Anonymous said...

jamo rama acoustic -
linden method -
lose the back pain -
magni work -
maternityacupressure -
maternity acupressure -
musclegainingsecrets -
muscle gaining secrets -
negative calorie diet -
one minute cure -
one week marketing -
only 4 gamers -
paid surveys online -
panic away -
pc on point -
pc tv 4 me -
perfect optimizer -
phone number scan -
pick the gender of your bady -
power 4 home -
profit lance -
public records pro -
quantum mind power -
quit smoking today -
recipe secrets -
reg clean -
regi cleanse -
registry easy -
registry winner -
reg sweep -
reverse mobile -
reverse phone detective -
revolutioniz -
richard markenzie direct -

Anonymous said...

av advance -
banish tonsil stones -
bookmarking demon -
burnthefat -
burn the fat -
carb rotation diet -
catch spouse cheating -
cb affiliate blueprints -
combat the fat -
conversationalhypnosis -
conversational hypnosis -
cure angular cheilitis -
directory of ezines -
dirty talking guide -
dish tv for pc -
dog training online -
domain sales machine -
driver robot -
earth4energy -
earth 4 energy -
easy tech videos -
eatstopeat -
eat stop eat -
error killer -
error smart -
evidence eraser -
evidence smart -
fatburningfurnace -
fat burning furnace -
fatloss4idiots -
fat loss 4 idiots -
fitnessmodelprogram -
fitness model program -
fit yummy yummy -

Anonymous said...

vincedelmontefitness -
vince del monte fitness -
warp speed fat loss -
web investigator -
win clear -
win spy -
yeast infection no more -






3d covers -
500 scrapbooking sketches -
acid alkaline diet -
acne free in 3 days -
advanced pc tweaker -
apple patch diet -
art of approaching -
auction inspector -
av advance -
build a nice store -
burnthefat -
burn the fat -
carb rotation diet -
catch spouse cheating -
chikara reiki do -
combat the fat -
conversationalhypnosis -
conversational hypnosis -
copy that game -
cure gout now -
dl guard -

Anonymous said...

dog training online -
driver checker -
driver robot -
drop shipping wholesalers -
earth4energy -
earth 4 energy -
easy backup wizard -
eatstopeat -
eat stop eat -
error fix -
error killer -
error smart -
evidence eraser -
evidence nuker -
ex girlfriend guru -
fatburningfurnace -
fat burning furnace -
fatloss4idiots -
fat loss 4 idiots -
final uninstaller -
fitnessmodelprogram -
fitness model program -
fit yummy yummy -
flattenyourabs -
flatten your abs -
flat to fab -
forex grid bot -
get google ads free -
get paid to draw -
get this off my chest now -
governmentregistry -
government registry -
heartburn no more -
homemadeenergy -