Camp Muir Hike, July 2023

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Rick Freeman

For my 63rd birthday, I did my annual birthday hike up Camp Muir on July 12th. Craig Schilling and Chloe Wei celebrated my day with me.

Craig Schilling & Rick Freeman Heading Up

Local Mountain Goat

Canada Fishing Trip, May 2022

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Rick Freeman

My second fishing trip to Press Lake located in Ontario, Canada.

Mexico Trip, February 2022

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Rick Freeman

We were needing a break from the Northwest rain and cool weather so my wife made up a trip for five of us to head

Dolphin Stampede

Greece Trip, April 2021

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Rick Freeman

This was my first trip to the beautiful country of Greece.

Changing of the guards

Linna overlooking the romantic city of Nafplio.

Our private pool in Oiaâ€¦on the island of Santorini.

Camp Muir Hike, July 2021

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Rick Freeman

For my 61st birthday I decided to hike up Camp Muir. It was also a way to test out my new right knee replacement that happened on March 1st.

I asked a bunch of people to celebrate my birthday hike with me, but only Tao Song, Craig Schilling and Mike Curry took the challenge. We arrived at Paradise parking lot around 6:30 a.m. with only about twenty cars in the parking lot. We started up the trail around 6:45 a.m. and stopped after we crossed Icicle Creekâ€¦pretty much where the snow started. We had a snack and put on our traction devices before trudging on.

Tao lead the way to Camp Muir making sure she maintained a lead of 100 yards from of us tired boys. I have done this hike about 10 times now and it never gets easier. We all know what the last mile feels likeâ€¦pure hell. At least we had beautiful clear sky and a warm sun beating down on us, no jacket required on topâ€¦just a dry shirt.

On the way down we made sure to hit every snow shoot there was. I brought a heavy duty garbage bag and it worked well for glissading. After descending and a change of clothes we stopped in Ashford for pizza and beer.

My support group: Tao Song, Craig Schilling, Rick Freeman and Michael Curry

Freeman on the death march up to Camp Muir.

Tao Song Glissading

Rick Freeman & Mike Curry Glissading

Paragliding, July 2021

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Rick Freeman

Linna bought Chloe Wei and little ole me a tandem paragliding flight with our friend Yun Ling for our birthdays. Yun Ling has probably paraglided over 1,000 times in his four years of experience, so I felt completely safe.

The Take-Off

The End

Colombia Trip, December 2020

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Rick Freeman

My wife Linna decided to book a trip to Colombia last minute for some warm weather.

Palouse Trip, June 2020

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Rick Freeman

Six of us drove over to Southeast Washington to see the beautiful Palouse Falls and area.

Austria & Slovakia, April 2019

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Rick Freeman

Linna and I started in Munich and drove down to Austria and then over to Slovakia.

The Beautiful Village of Hallstatt on Lake Hallstatt, Austria.

I Just Happened To Get Pulled Over For Speeding In Slovakia By An Unmarked Police Car.

The famous Blue Church, officially known as the Church of St Elizabeth of Hungary. Built in the early twentieth century.

Winthrop Trip, February 2019

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Rick Freeman

Our good friend Jim Darmiento was celebrating his 50th birthday in Winthrop, Washington and asked a few friends to come along. He rented Hazel’s Overnight rental right across the street from Copper Glance restaurant in the heart of Winthrop. In fact our first night we had dinner and drinks at the Copper Glance. Due to a late night, we headed out snowshoeing Patterson Lake next day, followed with drinks and appetizers at the Sun Mountain Lodge.