Maple Pass Hike, October 2022

Five other couples joined Linna and I for a beautiful fall weekend in the Winthrop, Washington area for a three day weekend filled with food, friendship and fun.

All of us hiked up Maple Pass on Saturday and spent most of our time taking pictures of the fall colors.

We Got To The Maple Pass Parking Lot About 7:30 a.m. And All The Parking Spots Were Full So We Parked Along Highway Like Everybody Else.

Overlooking Lake Ann
Maple Pass Hike Offers Up Beautiful Fall Colors During October. The Hillsides Are Filled With Penstemon, Indian Paintbrush, Monkeyflower And Sitka Valerian flowers.
The Women Of Our Group
About 1.25 miles In You Can Hike Down To The Beautiful Lake Ann
The Larches Were Just Turning Into Their Bright Yellow Fall Colors
After A Day Of Hiking In The Sun With Elevation, I Joined The Chinese Women With A Soothing Facial Moisturizer
We Had A Wonderful Dinner After Our Lovely Hike That Was Handmade By Our Beautiful Chinese Women
Craig Schilling & Freeman Yoga Hiking

Mt. Baker Hiking, September 2022

Linna And I Met Up With Jim And Ione Darmiento On Thursday to Start Our Long Weekend In Glacier, Washington. Jim Rented A Super Cool Three Bedroom Airbnb That We Took Full Advantage Of The kitchen.

Our First Hike On Thursday Was A Short Hike On Table Mountain. Next Day Was Yellow Easter Butte…But It Was So Socked In From The Clouds The Views Were Thick Soup.

Freeman Ready To Go
Ione & Jim Darmiento Indian Dancing
All About The View
Linna & Mt. Baker
Freeman, Linna & Jim
Eric Espling, Jim Darmiento, Linna & Rick Freeman
with Mt. Shuksan In The Background

Jim Darmiento & Mt Bsker

Camp Muir Birthday Hike, July 2022

It’s becoming a tradition on my birthday to hike up Camp Muir on Mount Rainier if I am not flying somewhere to celebrate.

Camp Muir, 10,100 Feet Elevation
Ione and Jim Darmiento
Chloe Wei Memorized By The Scenery
Freeman On The Slide
Tao Song & Chloe Wei At Camp Muir
Local Marmot
Resting At Camp Muir
Rick Freeman & Chloe Wei At Camp Muir

Canada Fishing Trip, May 2022

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

Caught The Biggest Walleye For The Day
Morning At Press Lake
Eric Robinson And His Northern Pike
My 27 Inch Northern Pike
Sunset At Press Lake
My Original Minnow Lure Was Stuck
Fish Cleaning Station Under Water
Another Nice Walleye
Lunch Break

Mexico Trip, April 2022

Did a boys only trip to Puerto Vallarta and the small fishing village of Yelapa.

Jimmy Loving Life On Our Personal Beach In Yelapa.
Jimmy Enjoying A Nap
Yelapa Sunset…Coming Back From Fishing
Puerto Vallarta Sunset On Our First Night
Yelapa Evening
We Had The Famous Mango Margarita
Fresh Ceviche On The Boat
Our Perfect Weather
The Boys On Our Deck Over Looking The Bay

Canada Fishing Trip, August 2021

I was lucky to be asked to come along on a 5 day fishing trip up in Ontario, Canada at Press Lake.

Press Lake Camp www.presslake.on.ca is the only resort on this pristine lake of 73 miles round. It’s filled with tasty Walleye, aggressive Northern Pikes and good size Smallmouths. You will have the lake to yourself most of the time, you hardly see other fishing boats. The resort is owned by a super nice guy (Ryan Nicholas) that will make sure you know where the fish are and how to fish for them.

Most of the days we caught our limit of Walleye and threw back a bunch of Northern Pike.

Noticed the death grip on my Northern Pike! This fishing trip was the first time I have fished for Northerns.
Old Men And The Sea
Rick Freeman and Eric Robinson with a day limit of Walleye
Beautiful Press Lake
Longtime friends John Kaestle and Eric Robinson taking a break
Rick Freeman and John Kaestle with a day limit of Walleye
Our first day catch of Walleye. Eric Robinson was the executive chef for our cabin and he cooked up a hearty breakfast and a delicious dinner each day.
Sunrise at Press Lake looking from our cozy cabin.

Eagle looking for a floating fish