1-18-23 Up Where We Belong
Hi there -- There is a song popular some time ago that I habitually sing on a LO hike. It is Up Where We Belong by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes. The melody suits the [...]
Kerouac and Big Sur
Sometime ago a couple of fellows put out a nice CD with original songs celebrating Jack's book on Big Sur.......it came in a presentation box of sorts and was fun.... my favorite track was the [...]
Pictures of my hike up Desolation
To see the pictures from the hike this summer -- go back to the home page and then at the top click on ---- The Hike up Desolation Peak. It also includes a guide for [...]
10-15-22 Picture of the fires
The Fire Office at North Cascades Park was nice enough to send me a helicopter shot of the fires burning on the west face of Desolation Peak. The LO ( which has been wrapped to [...]
10-10-22 There is a fire on Desolation Peak currently
My son sent me a screen shot of the fire location and size that is currently burning on Desolation. That is why they closed the trail although the trail does not go that far over [...]
Deso Lives on………
Occasionally in a bookstore on a trip such as this one in Taos, New Mexico -- I am " cruising the shelves " looking for a new book to read and there IT is -- [...]
10-7-22 Trail is closed
It has been a long fire season in the Pacific NW -- prolonged by clear weather pretty much thru September and now a week into October. The NPS has closed the Desolation Trail and Camp [...]
Fires 9-9-22
More than any year I remember -- there are numerous fires in the Desolation Peak area. Fire command has named them the NW Pasayten Complex. Here are 2 links: https://gacc.nifc.gov/nwcc/information/fire_info#WA-OWF-000469 https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8397/ The map shows them [...]