A Sense of Doubt blog post #3060 - Last Week: A Road Trip and a Hike

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A Sense of Doubt blog post #3060 - Last Week: A Road Trip and a Hike

Since I was on break, I took two days completely away from work because even during break, there is prep to do, and I do teach for another school.

Friday June 30th, I drove up the Washington Coast from Longview to Aberdeen and then over to Olympia for lunch with a friend and then home.

I did not take pictures.

I am considering setting a great deal of my current novel in Aberdeen, WA.

Then, on Saturday July 1st, with my friend Paul, we drove up past the Lewis River Falls (Lower, Middle, and Upper) to the Quartz Creek Trail for a hike.

The Quartz Creek Trail is an eight mile hike -- four miles out and four miles back -- but we did not know it would be up and up and up and UP!! The trail followed switch backs hundreds of feet above the creek. After about two miles, we were whipped and turned around.

QUARTZ CREEK TRAILHEAD

Here's a bunch of pictures in this entry.

It was good self-care. I feel closest to my Mom in nature. As I wrote yesterday, it has been eight years since her death.

Thanks for tuning in.

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Chris Tower

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