Written by Katrin Valdre who has a permanent address in Portland, OR but does not believe in one physical location. You should follow her on Twitter
Hike mileage 2025
January 23, 2025# Date Distance in miles Elevation gain in ft Hike 1 01/01 7.37 1483 Hamilton Mtn from Hardy TH (WA) 2 01/05 10.93 1256 Nels Rogers trail…
Hike mileage 2024
January 23, 2024# Date Distance in miles Elevation gain in ft Hike 1 01/07 4.99 2016 Dog Mountain (incomplete)(OR) 2 01/15 2.69 167 Maunu Ulu TH (HI) 3 0…
Out with 2023, on with 2024
December 31, 20232023 in a nutshell: I survived. It was one of the harder years. I didn’t get that promotion at work I was hoping for. I learned to let go of…
Yellowstone and Grand Tetons - June 2023
June 18, 2023This trip checked off two boxes on my 2023 list - planning a solo trip and checking two new national parks off my list. Overall it was…
Hike mileage 2023
January 02, 2023# Date Distance in miles Elevation gain in ft Hike 1 01/01 7.1 826 Barlow Pass to Upper Twin Lake (snowshoe) 2 01/02 5.0 1514 Elk mountain…
Out with 2022, on with 2023
January 01, 20232022 in a nutshell: 0 side hustles (the first year since 2008) 1 new puppy and 1 new job 2 new countries visited (France and Belgium) 3 long…
Timeberline trail 2022 (9/9 - 9/11)
September 28, 2022Circumnavigating Mt Hood has been on my bucket list for many years. I first wondered about it after summiting it in 2017. However I have…
Hike mileage 2022
January 23, 2022# Date Distance in miles Elevation gain in ft Hike 1 01/23 6.14 758 Cape Falcon 2 01/30 10.95 466 Klickitat 3 02/06 5.0 902 Lower Hardy Loop…
Hike mileage 2021
January 17, 2021# Date Distance in miles Elevation gain in ft Hike 1 01/03 7.81 551 Eagle Creek 2 01/03 2.65 1168 Wind Mountain 3 01/09 5.87 440 Big Tree…
Hike mileage 2020
June 07, 2020# Date Distance in miles Elevation gain in ft Hike 1 01/19 4.4 0 Trillium Lake (snowshoe) 2 01/19 3.2 265 Cooks Butte 3 01/20 4.92 580 Aspen…
So you too want to work remotely?
August 12, 2019First it was individual offices, then cubicles, then open floorplans followed by remote friendly workplaces. The reality is that some of us…
Work With Me
June 21, 2019I am a strong believer in autonomy. I’m not a mico-manager by default unless I feel the project or directions have changed in such a way…
Grand Canyon Rim to Rim in a day (May 25th, 2019)
May 28, 2019We came up with the plan of hiking Grand Canyon R2R in a day during a long weekend trip to Utah in November 2018 after hiking Angel’s…
Not Defied By Mt.Defiance
May 19, 2019There weren’t many takers when I asked if anyone would be up for a “leisurely stroll” up Mt. Defiance on Saturday earlier this week. My two…
DrupalCon Seattle 2019
April 12, 2019Reflection on past DrupalCons and links to interesting sessions from Seattle.
Hello World
April 11, 2019For over a year I’ve had a task in my todo list - spin up the site on this domain in Drupal 8. Quess what? It never happened. I realized…