MOUNTAIN SPRING
When the work week ends, we pack up Dave and head for the hills. In our PNW vocabulary, "hills" could mean mountains, islands, rivers, rain forest, canyons, valleys, ocean, inland lakes or ... actual hills. A top favorite on our weekend destination list is Lake Cushman, a particularly God-blessed corner of America and freshwater lake at the base of the Olympic Mountains on the Peninsula, a one-and-a-half hour drive from our apartment in Seattle. Our time here is punctuated by hikes, fire road explorations, peaceful camping, waterfall hunts and much twiddling of thumbs while watching the sun set over endless layers of rugged, tree-rich land ...