A Hike-a-Thoning We Go!

Sunday, August 1st, I start hiking in the name of Washington Trails Association. 

Please sponsor me and support the WTA here. My goal is 40 miles and $750 dollars raised. I do it for many reasons:  

• I love hiking.
• I love the trail system of Washington...it ROCKS!
• I want more motivation for getting up off of my rather large behind and getting out there to explore (and reduce the size of my rather large behind)!

My partner, Tom, on our hike last weekend.

So...Sunday it begins.  I have some hikes planned already. Each Wednesday night I will be joining the PNW Leisure Hiking Meet-up Group for their weekly Cougar Mountain jaunt.  It's a great way to meet people and do some "low-key" hiking.  I'm stoked!

Next Thursday, August 5th, I'm joining Kara and the gang from WTA to hike out to the Stampede Pass work crew to take them some good cheer and ice-cream.  Should be a good, hot and sweaty trek...with ice cream!  Does it get any better???

My "before" pic...next year, I'll be smaller!

The only other planned hike I have it to tackle Mission Ridge Peak again on August 14th.  Tom & I got 3/4 of the way up...but my legs and feet just couldn't take any more.  So...I'm gonna tackle it again in two weeks!  The pics on this post are from my first attempt this weekend. They (the pics...and the hike itself) are a good "before" look at this journey.  By December, my goal is to be down 30 pounds and to have hiked over a 100 miles.  

Please contact me if you wanna come along...it will help raise more money :) and I simply love the company.

Off to get ready to tackle Cougar Mountain...just a warm-up. :)