I was in a hurry to get on the Badger Mountain Canyon Trail before sunrise this morning and I got the consequences of being rushed with a longer hike than planned. I wasn’t too bummed about it though as I had the time to walk home (an extra 4+ miles) and enjoy the morning stroll …
I haven’t been to the Chamna Natural Preserve in a few months so I decided to take a mountain bike ride in the late afternoon. It’s less than a mile from my home so I really have no excuses! It was a great ride, I started at the east end of the preserve near the …
Click here to see maps, directions and more details on this hike. What a fun adventure to find a new hiking area! I’ve seen the sign for the Richland Bend Habitat Management Unit on my bicycle rides and decided to see what it was all about. This is an Army Corps of Engineers site, as …
It’sIt been a while since I rode my mountain bike up Badger Mountain so what better day than one with heavy gusting winds! I think I only got blown off the trail 2 or 3 times and making a turn straight into the wind was a bit challenging but it was a great ride. Though …
About six months ago I was on top of Badger Mountain for the longest day of the year (Summer Solstice). Today marks midwinter or the shortest day or winter solstice so I headed up Badger again via the Canyon Trail. The trail was kind of quiet this morning. I saw 3 or 4 other people …
Yeah, its a little chilly out there but a brisk, purposeful hike can work up some heat pretty quickly and help you survive the chilly temperatures. I decided to hit the Canyon Trail on Badger Mountain this morning. I was hoping for a view of the sunrise but the fog was too thick. I did …
It has been a few days since I hiked the steep trail up the face of McBee Hill outside Benton City and my legs are still aching! Click here for more info, maps and details on this hike It probably doesn’t help that I went on a bike ride early the next morning before work. …
I was excited to take this new hike because I have driven along I-82 since I was a kid and saw the Horse Heaven Hills from Benton City to Prosser. Click this Link for directions, maps and more details on this hike The weather wasn’t the greatest for the hike and the skies were a …
I was very pleased with the presentation at REI on Tuesday evening in Kennewick. There was a good crowd of people (more than I expected). The interaction was great and the feedback I got on the show was very favorable. I have to work on my um’s and ah’s and lip smacking and pregnant pauses …
I usually think of tumbleweeds as the nuisance that starts flying around as the Tri-Cities wind kicks up, rolling across the freeway and getting caught under the car, only to scrape along the road for a ways until them crumble into pieces. Or, maybe its the radioactive tumbleweeds you’ve read about at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. …