A Personal Blog
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Snovernight up at Lake Stuart
Linked up with Patrick around 6:30 Saturday morning at the Eastgate park-and-ride. Classic Seattle start, overcast. We stopped to recharge the car for about 20 minutes, then took a Blewett Pass up to Leavenworth. It was overcast there too, so we were already kind of chalking the weekend up as more of a training run…
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Granite Mountain Day Hike
Went up to Granite Mountain yesterday for a casual hike and it was an absolute bluebird of a day. Left Seattle around 8:30. My mom met me in the city and we took my car out toward North Bend. Cappuccinos at Huxdotter, quick Safeway stop, and we were at the trailhead around 9:30 or so.…
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Cave Ridge Ski Tour – Commonwealth Basin
Went to Cave Ridge for some ski touring with Patrick. He was kind enough to pick me up at my place, and we met up around 7 a.m. The weirdest thing happened right off the bat, I kept trying to text him my address, but for some reason my address just wouldn’t go through as…
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First Winter Hike of the 2026 Winter Season: Lake Annette
Fun day hiking up to Lake Annette in Snoqualmie. Met up at the Eastgate park-and-ride in the morning, got there a little early, no problem, took a short nap. Broke my monthly fast and felt great heading into the day. We made it to the Lake Annette trailhead around 10 a.m. Temps were chilly, probably…
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Just Preseason Mashed Potatoes
We met up at Eastgate park-and-ride around 8am. It was raining pretty hard down in Seattle, which didn’t feel very auspicious, but we linked up anyway. Peter offered to drive, so Lawrence and I piled in. We were up at Snoqualmie around 9, started at Summit East, and skinned up toward Silver Fir. Conditions were…
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Cutthroat Ridge… too intense of a name for anything
I chatted with cashier while she smoked outside the gas station. She was saying that she thought it was weird that guys would wait in line for the bathroom at the convenience store when they could just go pee outside. It was inconsiderate to the ladies since they had to wait longer. Sophie and Patrick…
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Yellow Aster Butte
Over the weekend we headed out from Seattle to Yellow Aster Butte. The drive up took about two and a half hours from Northgate, with Lawrence kindly taking the wheel while the rest of us caught up and enjoyed the sunshine. Not a cloud in the sky, perfect hiking weather. We hit the trail around…
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Dream Themes and Selected Sequences
Following up on my last blog post, here are some highlights from my dream log… Tech & Travel Adventures Tesla at the dump → You found a discarded Tesla sedan, restored it with bodywork, and drove it down to Tacoma like a prize reclaimed from ruin. * Tesla road trip from Texas → You realized…
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ChatGPTs Interpretation of 1.5 years of Daily Dream Logging
I’ve been logging my dreams lately. Below is ChatGPTs response when asked to deduce some things about my life, my purpose and what vision I’m pursuing. 1. Themes of Building, Repairing, and Reconstructing Across many dreams, you are building houses, patching drywall, shifting foundations, fixing cars (Tesla, damaged windshield, bald tires), or evaluating properties. Even…
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A Weekend of Patience, Perseverance and Promises Kept!
Good Thing We Got Everything Wrong Out of the Way Early… The adventure kicked off Friday evening with a real *classic*: turning into the northbound express lanes during peak southbound traffic. As we cruised north, we glided past miles of bumper-to-bumper southbound cars, soon, we too would be joining them. Our first opportunity to exit…