The day started at 5am when our alarms went off. Morgan (who had been “carbo-loading” for the week prior) had oatmeal. Avery had tomato bread, and egg, and some cheese. They had laid out all their half marathon stuff out ahead of time. Morgan had a new running backpack. This […]
Read MoreZoey5 came to me from some friends (Andrew and Karissa who we run, climb, and backpack with) who had taken a sourdough bread class and had extra starter. Theirs was named Zoey3, but they said Zoey4 was already taken by someone else. So my portion of the starter became Zoey5. […]
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Day 1 Aaron met Avery and Morgan at their house at 5:40. It was an easy and uneventful drive to the Pinecrest ranger station. After getting their backpacking permit, they headed to Crabtree Trailhead and were on the trail by ~10am. On the way to their first lake they decided […]
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Backyard chickens We live in a small house with just a patio backyard, so it never felt like an option to keep chickens until we move to a larger house. But after months of pining, Morgan finally said, “lets get the chickens”. I did a lot of research on which […]
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Ever since I went to Norway in 2015, I’ve regretted not getting a knitted sweater as a souvenir. While browsing free mitten patterns on Ravelry, I came across this Norwegian style pattern. So I decided to give it a go! This is 4mm needles and DK weight wool yarn from […]
Read MoreBuilding a jive-ass anchor… Jk! We used a few cams and slung a really big rock. The rock wasn’t wet on the top. Morgan the guinea pig. Anchor seems solid! You can’t see in the picture, but underneath us is a 20ft fall onto jagged rocks and water. There are […]
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