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A week with friends
It's one of those nights where I've done a little bit of everything--watching, reading, writing, snacking--but it all still feels...

Missy La Vone
May 35 min read


Indian, Shy Bear, and Quarry | Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Abundant ferns and moss glisten with yesterday’s rain. Banana slugs drag slime across flats of mud. The mid-morning sun peeks between...

Missy La Vone
Oct 21, 20241 min read


West Tiger & Nook Trail, Issaquah
We start the hike cold: cold ears and cold arms and we walk in the shade and I stuff my fingers in my pockets and I think about mom like...

Missy La Vone
Oct 2, 20241 min read


Bronco Trail
The road to Bronco Trail is mostly paved except for the last couple of miles, when I dodge occasional potholes on packed gravel. My...

Missy La Vone
May 5, 20243 min read


Fremont Saddle, Superstition Mountains
On Wednesday, my first official day off from work, I head back to the Superstition Mountains, a place I haven't been since 2022, when...

Missy La Vone
May 2, 20243 min read


Tom's Thumb trail
I start the Sonoran desert hike just before 9 am, the rocky peaks of the McDowell mountains a crisp outline against the cloudless blue....

Missy La Vone
Apr 30, 20245 min read


Switzerland & France
THE HIKES Gantrisch Nature Park, Nunenenberg Leiterepass Schwalmere: The hike started out in cold fog that shrouded two mountain peaks;...

Missy La Vone
Nov 20, 202312 min read


Monday-Tuesday
Monday I decided I wanted to try to get into a doctor Monday morning (before Doug and I took our road trip outside of the main city)...

Missy La Vone
Jul 5, 20236 min read


the last days
The rest of Sunday was lovely; we went to the Selfoss community center, which was swarming with kids and pale-skinned Icelanders...

Missy La Vone
Jun 16, 20237 min read
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