Ani Trone Photography

Tonga Ridge Trailhead

BTW if you are into hiking around the beautiful Pacific North West, then please pick up a copy of Rick McGuire’s book, 55 Hikes Around Stevens Pass. We’ve found some amazing places to explore and have not been dissapointed yet, this guide is packed with information on some of the top places to hike.
Check out the photos from our hike to Wallace Falls, a hike we found in the above guide and continue reading more below for our latest venture!
As we began our venture to new territory, we had a group of three before us…these 3 ladies were backpacked and ready to go in their Columbia hiking gear…hydration packs, Maxpedition backpacks and mind you I think the youngest gal of the bunch was in her late 50′s and oldest in her mid 70′s! They were such a delightful and helpful group as we ran into them at least 3 times during the hike. They educated us on one of the coolest and most friendly birds, sorry the name escapes me at the moment, checkout the photo below of Rick feeding it from his hands.

Rick feeding da birds!

Our hike started at 11:00AM and ended at 3:15pm as we reached our starting point…yes the truck…my legs and Rick’s as well as Dante’s were screaming for the comfort! In short, the hike was amazing…beautiful views, amazing weather…although our intention was to reach Fisher Lake…too many mosquitos and an additional 1.5 miles, we opted to turn out and head home due to time constraints; but all in all a wonderful day spent with my baby!

Music must be having a big effect on me lately cause I cant seem to get enough…I just watched P!nk’s new video…cause her performance was the best of the VMAs…no doubt about it! Check it below!

Love em’, love em’!

Feel like feelin easy? Then checkout one of my favorite new bands since southern rock was the Black Crowes…Zac Brown Band is too kewl! I’m feelin’ easy and at peace right about now …

Rick, Rain, Indy and I (ani) headed out to meet up with the neighbors but unfortunetly we did not connect until the last part of the ride…so Rick and I headed off to a journey that was near perfect…here is the only shot from today, it was Rain and Rick in the driveway just before we left; as many of you know Rick is not an avid horseback rider; in fact he loves his quad as his first choice of mobile entertainment so this was a special treat for me to go riding with my hubby and our horses!

Rain & Rick