The Mountain Above

Something very satisfyingly eerie about a mountain looming over you, mostly cloaked in mist.

Deep Winter Drive

There’s a whole side of deep winter we never got to experience until we added the Tacoma to our garage. The Tacoma takes us up un-hikeable mountain trails for an up-close-and-personal look at icy creeks, frosted trees, and misty peaks in the environs of North Bend’s Mount Si

Mountain Drive

Sometime in July we took a casual drive into the lower Cascades, not really expecting anything, just intending to kill time. As it turns out, the most memorable mini road trips are the ones that surprise you. We departed under overcast skies with dimensionless light, and reached a scenic point just as the first rays of golden hour shot across the mountainsides.