2018 almost here
Man, this snow is sure starting to pile up on BecauseItzThere! Just been coming down for days now, nonstop. I’m gonna have to hire a Russian bot with a dump truck to haul it off. 2018 promises to be an exciting year for us. Assuming we actually can pull off what we want to do. Here’s a hint. There’s some […]
2016 Flashback…ONP
After leaving Rainier we headed south Olympic National Park. This is the only area of Washington, besides Seattle, that I have previously visited and was returning to. We had booked a few nights in the scenic Lake Quinault Lodge. Located in the Olympic National Forest, the Lake Quinault Lodge was built in 1926 and is a grand, historic retreat of […]
My Buddy, Rainier!
*We have added the Skyline Trail on Mt. Rainier to the list of Great Hikes in the USA and Canada! In my opinion there are seven natural wonders that every American should try to visit in his or her lifetime. They are: Yellowstone National Park The Grand Canyon Yosemeti National Park Grand Teton National Park Monument Valley Mount Rainier […]
2016 Flashback: The Pacific Northwest
While we put together some more adventures for next year, I want to go back and cover some of our adventures from the past few years. A few of them I delved into on the old blog, while others have never been showcased before. I’ll start with a trip we took in 2016 to the Pacific Northwest. Our goal for […]
New Updates to BecauseItzThere
New updates to Advice for hikers section! Sylvia has sanctioned it. 🙂
New stuff on BecauseItzThere
New stuff! Added an outline of basic gear to the Advice for hikers section…more to come soon. Basic Gear What do I need to bring with me?
One of the greatest hikers in the world today is Cam (Swami) Honan, editor of the blog The Hiking Life. He recently completed a fully independent hike of the entire Cordillera Real range of Bolivia. There is no official trail or even an official description of this hike, which goes for 150 miles over 23 mountain passes and seldom drops […]
Fall was a LONG time coming this year but when it came, the colors were pretty good. Much much better than last year. Pity that we didn’t get too see the full color in the mountains this year. Though we too two trips out in October, we went too early and missed the peak. On the plus side, our […]
For the mining and fossil fuel industries, Christmas just came early
Our president has been saying a lot lately about how much he would like America to return the tradition of saying, “Merry Christmas.” Yesterday, he said Merry Christmas in a big way…with one of the largest public land giveaways in US history. Ho, Ho, Ho!!! Plenty has been said about this already, but I’ll risk saying a few more. It’s […]