The Hazard Chronicles

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

We did a thing!

Mom was traveling for work, and I was invited as an acquaintance. During the 3(ish) hour drive, we listened to a few podcasts and we chatted. Did you know outhouses where invented due to hookworm?

At first, when we got there she had to work, so she dropped me off at a park. I read a book and sketched. When she returned, that's when the real fun started. Now, I may be out of order here, but that's fine. We travelled to the Yakima museum.

Can we appreciate that blue dress in the background for a moment?

It's a pretty dress. : ) <3

Anyway, at the museum there was a climbing exhibit. . .

We owned nearly all of the antique gear on display. : )

Anyway, here are some pictures!

Ok, with that last one, if you remove the text, it looks realistic. Disturbing? Yes.

Prop's to the artist though.

Speaking of podcasts... If you know. You know.

The museum also had a live turtle that played tag with you!

We also went on a six mile bike ride in the hot sun going really fast with no water and hardly any breaks! Guess who enjoyed this the most?

Ouch.

For dinner we got really good taco's. Now, when we go to restaurants I usually go for the spiciest hot sauce, because they are usually tolerable, and of less than decent quality. I went for the spiciest hot sauce, as per usual. They had the real hot sauce, so, fair warning to check before eating a rather large bite. We ate while we watched Inception. Pretty good movie.

NEXT DAY!

The two of us awoke early and went to the climbing gym.

I was finally able to take a belay test and become lead certified-which I felt highly judged throughout-But, the rest of the day was great! According to mom, many approached her to compliment our skill as a team. YAY! Also, I was able to breeze through a slightly hung over 5.10a? b? c? I don't really know the letter, but it was cool. After the climbing gym, I was so kindly "diched" at the hotel as mom completed another job. I read my book while chilling in the hot tub for an hour or so, than watched TV until mom returned. Than we both decided to go back to the climbing gym.

Mom led a 5.10b!!!

We also attended an aviation museum.

We saw some planes!

Later that day mom left me at a park again.

No, she did not forget me, Or try to never see me again...probably. She went to a job. Or, at least that's what she told me. I read my book. After that we went home. we stopped by vantage on the way and climbed for an hour or two.

That was pretty neat. I found this picture on the internet.

We had a great time together!

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This is Logan (If you couldn't tell, that last bit was written by Jackson). On Sunday after church, a few of us went on a treasure hunt. If you look at the USGS map of our area, which was made in the mid 90s, there are two areas that list "caves." It is in a forgotten area where, as we were soon to find out, there are no trails or signs of recent human activity. We knew of at least one group who went and located some of them back in 2018. The other ones remain so obscure that we can find no record, on the internet or through our own social networks, of the other ones. But we had an afternoon with no plans, so we put some water and ropes in the car and headed onto the forest service roads.

I think this is a picture of the forest service road. I am not joking. We drove through trees so thick that we only assumed there was a road under us. At one point, Addy pointed our a large drop-off that was barely visible through the undergrowth. My car did well, but we were eventually forced to stop and continue on by foot.

We did a lot of checking on our progress by using the photo of the USGS map and comparing it with our location on Google.

This is the "trail." It's not a trail. We spent the whole afternoon bushwhacking our way around the mountain. We never did locate the caves, but we had fun out there and are better prepared for next time. The hunt continues!

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Just a few more photos of a pretty chill week: