Ken Campbell, Author at The Last Wilderness

Little pink hearts

Posted by Ken Campbell July 22, 2011 0 Comment 1243 views

I went to the hearing in Port Angeles yesterday. There were times I had trouble following exactly what was going on. (I must have missed that day at law school.) Fortunately, there are other people, smarter than I, who were there as well. And they took notes. Here’s the synopsis I got in my in […]

Packing for the islands

Posted by Ken Campbell July 21, 2011 0 Comment 1121 views

I have a San Juan trip leaving in a couple of days. It’s a 5-day affair, and it looks like we’ll be spending most of our time in the northern tier (Sucia, Patos, and so on). I love that section of the islands, but I’m not sure there’s five days of paddling up there and […]

Defying gravity, again

Posted by Ken Campbell July 20, 2011 0 Comment 1156 views

The Mount Rainier story continues. My summer of elevation gain. I can’t remember now whether the whole thing was my idea or not – it probably was – but once these things get started, they take on a life of their own. I will say that I am greatly enjoying writing it up for visitrainier.com. […]

Remembering

Posted by Ken Campbell July 19, 2011 1 Comment 1212 views

I haven’t gone to the last couple of hearings in the ongoing saga of the State v. Amber Steim. Scheduling conflicts of one sort or another have conspired to keep me away, but I have not lost sight of what happened that Sunday morning this past March on the highway near Port Angeles. Of course, […]

Who are these people?

Posted by Ken Campbell July 18, 2011 0 Comment 1126 views

I know that there are a host of different ways to enjoy the outdoors and I am more than aware that not everyone shares my own beliefs on the subject. As my wife tells me from time to time, if two people agree about everything, one of them is unnecessary. I don’t expect that the […]

Chain link

Posted by Ken Campbell July 17, 2011 0 Comment 1140 views

Still working on being a mountain biker… here’s the latest…

Nuthin’ fancy

Posted by Ken Campbell July 16, 2011 0 Comment 1125 views

Went up to Mount Rainier yesterday for a bit of family camping. It rained off and on and we all were wrapped up in our winter finest – to hell with what the calendar says. A good little hike up to Carter Falls and some tri-tip on the grill when we got back. It was […]

Whither summer?

Posted by Ken Campbell July 13, 2011 0 Comment 1088 views

It’s the middle of July and summer has yet to establish a toehold here in the Pacific Northwest. I read about the high temperatures and drought that are hammering the rest of the country and the stories seem to me like crazy fiction, like creative tales of heat and fire that can’t possibly be true. […]

With a whimper

Posted by Ken Campbell July 9, 2011 1 Comment 1204 views

The Olympic Grand Circle, an idea that’s been percolating in my head for years, is going to remain there, still just an idea. I stopped the trip last week for a variety of reasons, and came back home. There was a combination of factors that contributed to my decision, but the main objective problem was […]

Flattened

Posted by Ken Campbell July 4, 2011 0 Comment 1206 views

I left Aberdeen yesterday afternoon, into a stiff wind and complicated Gray’s Harbor currents. Six hours later, I’d made it 8 miles. I crashed into the muddy shore of Goose Island, about three miles from the tip of Ocean Shores, and I felt fortunate to have made it that far. Good camp (although I’m not […]