Ken Campbell, Author at The Last Wilderness

Smiles

Posted by Ken Campbell August 29, 2011 0 Comment 1073 views

This is one of my favorite photos. I took it on a kayak outing to the Nisqually Delta years ago… I don’t remember who this little girl was but I’m sure she’s in college now. (Funny, I haven’t aged a bit.) I do remember though, that the day was perfect for sea kayaking. There were […]

Punk’d

Posted by Ken Campbell August 27, 2011 0 Comment 1173 views

There was a report yesterday of an orca that was struck by a fast-moving boat in Haro Strait. The boat in question wasn’t a commercial whale-watcher; it appeared to be a private boat and it has yet to be located. From what I’ve been able to find out, it was a pair of kayakers who […]

Bonding

Posted by Ken Campbell August 26, 2011 0 Comment 1209 views

Two nights of car camping with a 4 year-old has its ups and downs. Mostly ups, though. Micah and I did an end-of-summer whirlwind trip around Rainier, first night at White River, second night at Ohanapecosh. (Don’t you just love saying “Ohanapecosh?” Four year-olds do, I can tell you that. Saying it, singing it, whatever.) […]

Some paper with that?

Posted by Ken Campbell August 25, 2011 0 Comment 1070 views

I went up Mount Si a week or so ago… nice hike, for the most part. It really is a beautiful place. The views from the top are breathtaking. Because of its proximity to the population centers of western Washington, it sees a lot of use. Which is ok. The thing is, there’s only one […]

Back to the mountain

Posted by Ken Campbell August 23, 2011 0 Comment 1193 views

I’m not sure if this summer weather will hold… never can tell, can you? Regardless, the boy and I are heading up to Mount Rainier for a couple days, maybe three. Going to do a little car camping and day hiking, nothing too extreme, but every bit the adventure. Especially when you’re four years old. […]

This shouldn’t even be political

Posted by Ken Campbell August 21, 2011 0 Comment 1032 views

“Sooner or later in every talk, Brower describes the creation of the world. He invites his listeners to consider the six days of Genesis as a figure of speech for what has in fact been four billion years. On this scale, a day equals something like six hundred and sixty-six million years, and thus ‘all […]

Justice delayed

Posted by Ken Campbell August 20, 2011 1 Comment 2442 views

I went to the peninsula the other day, a little surf safari before the summer ends. On the way, I stopped by the courthouse in Port Angeles for the latest hearing for Amber Steim, the woman who plowed into Ellen DeBondt’s truck back in March. (See above photo). It was a quick affair, this hearing. […]

Low visibility

Posted by Ken Campbell August 17, 2011 0 Comment 1225 views

The idea was to climb Mount Si by the light of a full moon and have breakfast at the top at sunrise. This being western Washington, however, we hiked up the steep trail in the tepid glow of our headlamps and the black of night progressed incrementally into the gray of day, rather than exploding […]

An inside job

Posted by Ken Campbell August 16, 2011 0 Comment 1260 views

The ironic thing about keeping a blog on outdoor adventure is that so little of the writing actually happens outdoors. Or I guess it’s not that ironic really, for a Luddite like me. I don’t tweet, my phone is not “smart,” and I have neither the capability nor the inclination to post from the wilderness. […]

It’s called "wildlife"

Posted by Ken Campbell August 12, 2011 0 Comment 1226 views

First of all, I need to say that the killing of Robert Boardman was an absolute and undeserved tragedy. He was the hiker that was gored to death by an aggressive and hostile goat on Klahane Ridge last October. I feel for his family in their loss and I can only imagine their grief. But […]