The Jordans- Cherish, Sean, Autumn and Emelia

This morning while I was watching the news and sipping on my coffee, I could see that the sun was coming out. This is no time to sit around and waste a good sunshine..... I packed my bag and off I went. Sean and I have been talking about Rendevous ridge for some time and instead of going towards Mt Gordon Lyon, I went the other way. I was hoping I could see Eagle/Symphony lakes from the ridge line, but I didn't have enough time to go that far. The trail was pretty dry and had lots of mushrooms despite the crazy amount of rain we've been having. At 1.75 miles in, I made the turn for the ridge line. In order to reach the ridge, you have to traverse through a valley. The vegetation was mostly at my knee hip height, but occasionally it was as tall as me. That is scary when you are traveling by yourself. You cannot see if there are bear trying to get you! Thankfully, that doesn't last very long. The really steep part of the climb today was in the valley p...

I had big plans for this past Friday to bike and hike out to Bold Ridge, but thunderstorms were in the forecast. I got my infusion appointment moved to the morning earlier in the week, but I knew if there was a chance of thunderstorms, I didn't want to be on a ridge line. So, Sean and I made plans down in Whittier. First, I had to knock out my infusion. My port has to be accessed 24/7 for five days in a row. The tap is getting to me. On the fifth day, they de-access and give me 24 hours. I need to lotion up on the 24 hours off and hope for the best with my skin and the tap allergy. Anyway, I got accessed, knocked out my infusion and off we went. We dropped Sean at Lu Young Park and the girls and I headed over to: Portage Pass. I think this is our fourth time there this year alone. Was not sure what to expect as far as trail conditions. The salmonberry was in fruit and some of it was ripe. A salmonberry is more tart than a ras...