Backpacking the Northwest

Ingredients: 1 cup of red wine (merlot or cabernet) 1 ½ cup of olive oil 1 soup spoon of fresh minced garlic 1 soup spoon of white pepper 1 soup spoon of 1 soup spoon of fresh rosemary Spring of fresh sage 1 chopped shallot ¼ cup of Dijon mustard ½ cup of fresh Italian [...]

Date:  Monday, November 14, 2011 Contact: Summer Derrey, WSDOT communications, 509-969-7784 (Yakima/Chinook) Kris Olsen, WSDOT communications, 206-440-4475 (Shoreline/Cayuse) CHINOOK PASS – Several feet of snowfall over the weekend sent Chinook (State Route 410) and Cayuse (State Route 123) passes into hibernation for the season. Crews temporarily closed the passes on Friday, Nov. 11, due to avalanche danger. On [...]

  Just a reminder that the following dates are free entry dates at National parks in 2011 November 11-13 (Veterans Day weekend) See complete info here – http://www.2heeldrive.com/2011/01/11/no-fees-for-national-parks-on-seventeen-days-in-2011/   The 2012 National Parks free days   January 14 – 16 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend) April 21 – 29 (National Park Week) June 9 (Get [...]

HOW TO START A FIGHTOne year, I decided to buy my mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift…The next year, I didn’t buy her a gift.When she asked me why, I replied,“Well, you still haven’t used the gift I bought you last year!”And that’s how the fight started…..______________________________My wife and I were watching Who [...]

Even the military can be flexible when the need arises.

Despite the snow that continues to fall at higher elevations – they had 3 inches of new snow at Paradise Wednesday – Cougar Rock Campground at Mount Rainier National Park will open Friday at noon. “There is still snow on the ground in the campground, so campers should be aware that while they may have [...]

In light of the dispatching of Osama Bin Laden     ALERTS TO THREATS IN 2011 EUROPE: BY JOHN CLEESE   The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from “Run” to “Hide.” The only two higher levels in France are “Collaborate” and “Surrender.” The rise was precipitated by a [...]

On wisdom, Confucius say… Man who walk through airport turnstile sideways going to Bangkok. Man who run in front of car get tired. Man who run behind car get exhausted. Man with one chopstick go hungry. Baseball is wrong: man with four balls cannot walk. War not determine who is right, war determine who is [...]

SEATTLE (AP) — Climbers will have to pay more if they want to scale Mount Rainier. Mount Rainier National Park officials announced Tuesday that an annual climbing pass will cost most adults $43, or an increase of $13. A new youth fee will cost $30 for climbers 24 and younger. The new fees go into [...]