What a great sign of spring on Badger Mountain! I was hiking the other day and started seeing several varieties of yellow flowers. I was hiking on the new Orchard View Trail, which is on the south side of Badger Mountain. This side gets the most sun exposure so the other trails are playing catchup …
The largest freezer in North America is nearing completion in Richland and it is easy to spot from local places like Badger Mountain, Candy Mountain, and Red Mountain. Preferred Freezer Services is building the massive structure for use by many local businesses. The building is 455,000 square feet and cost about $115 million to build. …
Aaron Ellig completed a “through-hike” of the Pacific Crest Trail. It’s an accomplishment few people can claim. Listen to this episode of the Hike Healthy Podcast as Aaron shares his experience and wisdom from the Mexico to Canada epic journey! Click the play button below to listen to the interview. http://traffic.libsyn.com/hikehealthy/HHP_022__PCT_Through_Hike_The_Hike_Healthy_Podcast.mp3Podcast: Play in new window …
Meet Dick, he should serve as an inspiration to us all. Dick has been hiking Badger Mountain for years with his son’s black lab (he’s pretty much adopted the dog for himself!) I’ve known Dick for almost 20 years and he started hiking Badger Mountain after he had open heart surgery and coronary artery bypass …
The snow we had when we woke up on Sunday morning was calling me to one of my local mountains for a hike. I chose Candy Mountain because it is closer to my home than other trails. I really wanted to hike in the snow, especially since it was only a couple of inches deep. …
What a pleasure to hike the Rattlesnake Wildlife Preserve with the Boy Scouts from Troop 290 from West Richland this beautiful day! This was an awesome hike, we covered 9.5 miles. Our moving time was about 3 and a half hours and we climbed about 1885 feet. You can see our path on these GPS …
The Hike Healthy Podcast was recently featured as a success story on the 48 Days to the Work You Love podcast with my mentor, Dan Miller! You can listen to the brief clip by clicking play on the podcast player. Please visit the Hike Healthy Podcast to learn more about it! http://traffic.libsyn.com/hikehealthy/Dan_Miller_Reads_Pauls_Letter_Hike_Healthy_Podcast.mp3Podcast: Play in …
A Richland man had a big goal and he decided to go for it! Aaron Ellig had heard of people hiking from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail. Now, 5 months and over 2600 miles later, He’s done it! To quote Aaron from his Blog (One Man, One Trail), “The PCT was a …
Aaron Ellig from the Tri-cities is almost done with his 5-month journey on a thru-hike on the Pacific Crest Trail. Ellig started on the Mexico/California border and headed north from there with Canada as his goal. Ellig has seen everything from nude hikers to bears. He also experienced some of the California wildfires from an …
I remembered a friend who knows I love to hike. He asked me to give him a heads-up when I was going to hike and he might join me. Well, I saw him at church and knew I wanted to hike the next morning because I would not be riding my bike to work and …