Let’s explore around Tacoma, Mount Rainier, Sumner, Puyallup, and University Place in Washington’s Pierce County…

With a blast of autumnal colors…

A tree-lover’s heaven! Good thing I am a tree lover…

One of — if not the very —best waterfalls in Mount Rainier National Park…

Even on a windy day you are guaranteed a lovely spectacle…

An oasis at the base of the mountain…

An easy walk past tall trees and beaver ponds in the shadow of Mount Rainier…

Visiting Narada Falls, Longmire, Paradise, Alder Lake, and more…

A funky little mining town along state highway 60, easy to ignore as you drive into the beautiful Superstition Mountains and Tonto National Forest. But it’s worth a stop, particularly for the Boyce Thompson Arboretum…

Walking (or snowboarding or snowshoeing or skiing) on an ice field at 9,000+ feet is not something you probably do every day in summertime…