Today we went on our first snowy adventure of the season!
Last night, at around… seven thirty-ish, we decided, “hey, we should go on a hike because it’s been since… September?!” Life just gets by you sometimes and before you know it, so much time has passed.
We bounced a few ideas around and Michael brought up that he’s always wanted to hike Tom, Dick, & Harry Mountain. So I told him, let’s not even think about it.. let’s just go! It was around eight p.m. when we realized we needed a few things. Michael needed a set of trekking poles because I already have some, and I needed new gloves. We got to REI with about twenty minutes to spare before closing.
We woke up around six a.m. and I made my favorite breakfast for us – lightly scrambled eggs with turkey sausage & spinach and we also made a blueberry-banana-spinach smoothie! This was perfect fuel for this hike.
Let me tell you… this hike was unbelievably beautiful! It is about eight miles long with a gradual elevation change that lead to a frozen lake and ended with a view of *five* mountain peaks (photo below)!


Mirror Lake, Mt. Hood National Forest




Tom, Dick, & Harry Mountain Trail

Snacks we brought for this hike were:
- Celery with Justin’s honey peanut butter packets
- Milton’s olive oil and sea salt crackers
- CLIF bars
- Sour Patch Watermelon gummies (best thing ever!)

Mountain peaks you can see at the top:
- Mount Hood
- Mount Adams
- Mount Rainier
- Mount Saint Helens
- Mount Jefferson


Michael was squinting so much at the top because of how sunny it was. We definitely forgot our sunglasses. At one point, he had to pull his beanie over his head hahahah 😋. It was so silly.

What a lovely day despite not knowing what to expect.😊 Isn’t that the best when that happens?
The mountain is supposed to snow tomorrow, so we got lucky with a clear view. We were giddy hiking this trail and we were bummed (but definitely tired) when we finished. But! We have a few snow adventures planned this coming week, and we are so looking forward to them. 💙
May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits.
Harley King