Quick Overview of this newsletter: ☀️ Summer is here! 💦 A menu of water-based activities 🛶 What I didn’t expect on a Grand Canyon rafting trip 🧴 Product of the month 💌 Sharing is caring 🌼 Seasonal treat SUMMER IS HERE!! It takes a while to fully warm up in the Pacific Northwest, but when it does, it’s glorious. I’m currently writing this outside on my back deck, while in the shade of my Douglas Fir trees and listening to the birdsong. Just glorious. Everything is available to do now,...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Quick Overview of this newsletter: 🫐 June Blueberry Magic 🍓 U-Pick Galore 🏕️ Tips for Walk-up Permits, First Come - First Served Campgrounds 🩱 Product of the Month 🫐 Seasonal Treat Great news, my dears, blueberry season is finally here!!! June honestly might be one of my favorite months in the Pacific Northwest (along with May and October) because the early blueberries are ripe, my local CSA (community supported agriculture) box has started up, and we likely wouldn’t have any smoke or...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Quick overview of this newsletter: 🌱 Hanna’s Waterfall Insights 💧 Let's Go Chasing Waterfalls 🧳 Don’t Overpack, Prepare 🏕️ Product of the Month 💭 Website Feedback - Vote Now 🌸 Seasonal Treat Happy May, my darlings, It’s that time of year where it feels like it’s always been bright and sunny, as if we didn’t have rainy days in the 40’s not that long ago. Early sunsets are a distant memory, and I always feel a little clumsy trying to remember how to wear my summer clothes. Maybe the shock of...
4 months ago • 5 min read
Quick Overview of this newsletter: 🌼 Ashland Wildflower Weekend Trip Report ⏰ Timing & Finding Wildflowers ☀️ Training for Summer Hikes 🗺️ Product of the Month 💌 Tell a Friend About the Moderately Newsletter 🌸 Seasonal Treat Happy wildflower season! Have you ever considered doing a weekend trip just to see wildflowers? After seeing colorful flower-filled photos every time I looked up trails, I finally took action to see the balsamroot and lupine in the Columbia River Gorge in 2025. I was...
4 months ago • 4 min read
Quick Overview of this newsletter: 🌷 March as a Transition Month ❄️ Winter’s Last Gasp: A Birthday in Banff 📋 Keeping My Banff Trip Organized: Trip Planning Template 🌸 Looking Ahead to Day and Weekend Trips 🚙 Product of the Month 🧐 Website Feedback Needed ☕️ Seasonal Treat Happy spring! Once back from my birthday trip, March always passes in a bit of a haze. It’s a big transition month from winter sports to wildflowers. Things are greening up, but not quite leafy. We’ve got daylight after...
5 months ago • 5 min read
Quick Overview of this newsletter: 🎿 Winter Sport Mix ❄️ 3 Reminders Planning Cold-Desination Winter Travel ☕️ How to Have a Cozy Cabin Getaway 🏷️ Product of the Month 🤨 Should I keep this on my site? 🍓 Seasonal Treat Happy (belated) Valentine’s Day, Yes, I’m still celebrating the holiday over here. I love celebrating Valentine’s Day with family and friends, not just romantically. It’s just so sweet! Next year, I think I’ll start celebrating in January, just to extend the love. One reason...
7 months ago • 4 min read
Quick Overview of this newsletter: ☺️ An honest reintroduction 💦 Travel Reminder: Book Campgrounds & Havasupai 🏕️ Tips for Planning a Backpacking Trip 🧥 Product of the Month 🍊Seasonal Treat Hi, I’m Hanna. You showed interest in my blog in the past and likely got my Welcome Series and then radio silence…. Maybe that didn’t bother you, but it’s been bothering me. Like when you say you’re going to do yoga more because you feel better after you do it, but you still haven’t touched your mat. With...
7 months ago • 4 min read
Quick Overview of this newsletter: 💗 I wrote for Well + Good! About XC Skiing! 💗 Caught on Social Media: XC Skiing at Hoodoo Cheers to love!🥂 Love of adventure Love of travel Love of the outdoors Love of pets and animals Love of food (hopefully not those same animals) Love of friends Love of family (that you get along with) And, of course, romantic love. Happy Valentine’s Day, here are two cutesy things I wanted to share. Cheers, Hanna 💕 I wrote for Well + Good! About XC Skiing! Yayyy!!! I...
over 2 years ago • 1 min read
Quick Overview of this newsletter: ❄️ Ice Storm Update 🎿 Christmas Gift To Myself - XC Ski Set!!!! ⛷️ Where I Learned to Ski - Breckenridge, Mammoth, & Shasta 🧤 Associated XC Ski Gear ✨ 2023 Re-cap Continued: Blog Posts with Longest Read Time “One thorn of experience is worth a wilderness of warnings.” - James Russell Lowell Hello from the other side of the great Oregon Ice Storm of 2024! What started out cute and fun turned out to be much more dangerous and overwhelming than anticipated. And...
over 2 years ago • 5 min read