Reflections - 9 Years Later
Nine years. What seems like a lifetime ago that went by in a blink of an eye. It was 9 years ago today I “went under the knife” and had gastric bypass surgery. While I will be the first to...
Author: Rob Portinga
Reflection Lakes - Mt Rainier National Park
It started out 3 years ago at Gold Creek, then last year we went up to Paradise… this year we enjoyed an Snowshoe Trek/Easter Dinner.. this time in the middle of Reflection Lakes at Mt Rainier National Park. Besides a...
Deception Pass
Deception Pass, an area that got it’s name from Captain George Vancouver in 1792, was today’s destination. The trip ended up a couple miles shorter than the originally planned 9 miles because we just got too swept up in all...
Fort Clatsop - Fort to Sea Trail
Today we joined the Mountain View Hikers again, this time down in Oregon. We started out at Fort Clatsop, where Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 18015-06, and we hiked a trail that roughly followed their pathway between the...
Larch Mtn - Capitol State Forest
A quick, solo day-hike in Capitol State Forest. There’s no WTA or other sites with much info on the trails I took today, but you can find out more about Capitol State Forest on the WA DNR website: https://www.dnr.wa.gov/Capitol
The Wake Up Call: Obesity in the News (re-broadcast)
This is a repost of a live broadcast from Mar 18, 2014. Back then I was a co-host on a local AM show, The Wake Up Call… and was looking at way to cover additional topics when we weren’t on...
Hurricane Ridge Snowshoe Trip
Today Bonnie and I joined the folks from the Mountain View Hiking Group for a trip up to Hurricaine Ridge near Port Angeles on the North side of the Olympic National Park. We had cloudy skies all the way up,...
Duckabush River Trail
From Feb 24th, this was an outing with a small group, with a 10 mile trip planned. Even though the days are getting longer, they’re still pretty short, so we left early enough to get back to the trailhead well...
YWM Flashback - Health is Not Measured in Pounds
We’re ramping up for Your Weight Matters 2018, I thought I would share one of my favorite speakers from a previous convention. The 2014 event in Orlando was my second time at convention. Dr. Arya Sharma is not only a...
