#blurtstepsUnmoderated tagAll PostsTrending TagsExplore Communitieshive-193552Curators Communityhive-196037Blurt LifeStyleBlurt SpaceEcoerBlurtconnect Comm...Photography LoversNature LoversBlurt PakistanNewVisionLifePromoBlurt#blurtstepsTrendingHotNewMutedPayoutAIsilvertop in # actifit • 19 hours ago • 1 min read"DROP AND GIVE ME SEVENTY!"😅...............NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Drop And Give Me Seventy!”🤗 Who’s Older than Dirt Lol?🤣 My Actifit friend @davidthompson57 said it very well………………… “keeping active is very important, perhaps even more so because being inactive in older age can mean muscle loss at an accelerated rate.”😮 Each person needs to find their own “Path” to fitness. Some jog, some pump iron…elizabethbit in # actifit • 19 hours ago • 2 min readHappy Birthday To? 🎈🎁………….....North Cascade WanderingsHappy Friday everybody! 😎👍 I’m so glad the workday is done! It was a super busy day for me. Lisa had to leave early to go to a funeral, so I had the front end, the back end and the middle to deal with. As always on Friday, the afternoon snowballs into me needing to be in multiple places at the same time! 😅 As soon as I could, I ran-as…elizabethbit in # actifit • yesterday • 2 min readNo Bull!- Really!! 😎…….….....North Cascade WanderingsNope-no bull here! However my daughter in law texted me with quite a different story today! 🐂 They have a small plot of land in where their home is located. About 7-ish acres all told. They’ve been raising hay for the past few years. They’ve already had a first cutting and are set to do another tomorrow. Then…….. Mr. Bull happened! It…silvertop in # actifit • yesterday • 2 min read"EASY AS IT GOES CAPTAIN!"😇..................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Easy As It Goes Captain!”😇 Some things in life just can’t be rushed!😇 “Liz, drywall goes up so fast, just a few cuts, tape and mud, and presto you are finished!”☺️ Liz and Silvertop are mountain people!😊We fell in love with the rustic look of tongue and groove wood for the interior of our home. Guys, are not good at multitasking, but that…silvertop in # actifit • 2 days ago • 2 min read"GROW LITTLE TREE GROW!"🤗...............NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Grow Little Tree, Grow!”🤗 “Liz…. Is “JUNE-U-ARY” over?”😎 Just like a “Muscle Car” from the 70’s, that could drink mass quantities of gasoline …….the Forest of the Pacific Northwest are addicted to rain, and it shows!😅 With a Wet Spring, the trees of the Forest grow multiple feet per year!☺️ Even the old Western Red Cedar stumps, become…elizabethbit in # actifit • 2 days ago • 2 min readBusy…..Busy…..Busy! 😅…….....North Cascade WanderingsWednesday is my Monday and oh-boy was it! The day tends to be that way for me because I come back to work with an atomic bomb, so to speaking, having gone off on my desk, along with various little fires that need extinguished! It’s never a mild day, that’s for sure! There was the usual stuff as well-insurance verifications for the day’s…silvertop in # actifit • 3 days ago • 2 min read"SO LONG OLD FRIEND!"🙄................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“So Long Old Friend!”🙄 Silvertop had just hiked up to Grants off- grid cabin a few weeks ago…………… As I approached the trailhead, I stopped in my tracks! Ohhh…… no……it looks like Grant finally made the decision to sell!😮 Liz pulled up the listing, on her iPhone……. “Escape to your own private retreat with this rustic, fully furnished…elizabethbit in # actifit • 3 days ago • 2 min readTuesday/Sunday……....North Cascade WanderingsIt’s Tuesday-however, it’s also my Sunday as tomorrow is the first day of my workweek. I wish I was as free as this grey crane is and not be going to work. Stress is a factor as well as not being able to stay on task due to the demands of patient flow and duties. 😏 Alas-not yet, but it’s coming! My day began with ladies Bible study-a…silvertop in # actifit • 4 days ago • 2 min read"HE MURDERED BITCOIN.......MAN!"🐸..........NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“HE MURMURED BITCOIN!”……..Man!🐸 “PEPE, don’t you realize this is “Inverse” Cramer Lol!”🤣😇 Jim Cramer recently stated, on live television, that “Saylor MURDED BITCOIN!….. several times!🙄 The reasoning for this statement………. Strategy recently sold 32 Bitcoin worth approximately $2.5 Million dollars!😮 The Fear and Greed index dropped like…elizabethbit in # actifit • 4 days ago • 4 min readIt’s Digi Season! 😁……....North Cascade WanderingsIt’s digi season! What’s digi season you ask? Well, here in the Pacific Northwest, it’s the time of year when Digitalis-also known as Foxglove, is in it’s ultimate blooming season! It grows prolifically here in the forest and alongside the roads. There is nothing better than a hillside ablaze with the stuff! It makes me somewhat giddy! 😁…silvertop in # actifit • 5 days ago • 2 min read"PUMP ME UP......MAN!"🐸..............NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Pump Me Up …….Man!”🐸 It’s really hard to find good help, especially when your extra help is a green frog Lol!😇 With a break in the “JUNE-UARY” rains today, PEPE grabbed his backpack, and headed for the open Ocean waters of “Boulevard Park”!☺️ “Silbertop it too dry in Mountains, PEPE need to feel the salty breeze from da “BIG Pond on my…elizabethbit in # actifit • 5 days ago • 3 min readSunday! 😇……....North Cascade WanderingsOur day began at church. Church was awesome as usual- a series on Peter. 😇 It was another overnight rainstorm which once again, left everything dripping. Check out this next photo where you can see the reflection of the surrounding trees in the surface of the droplet. Pretty cool! After church we headed to the clinic to get water for the…elizabethbit in # actifit • 6 days ago • 2 min readBlue Skies…….…....North Cascade WanderingsDespite it pouring buckets yesterday and this morning, the afternoon turned out lovely as you can see from that first picture! We’d originally planned to fill the hot tub, but the forecast was for so much gloom and doom, we changed plans and headed into Bellingham instead. We actually could have filled it, but tomorrow’s weather is to be nice…silvertop in # actifit • 6 days ago • 2 min read"IS IT REALLY JUNE-UARY?"🥶........................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Is It Really JUNE-UARY?”🥶 “Hello Dad, beautiful Weather we are having today!”🙄😅 The Weather forecast was calling for 90% chance of rain today……….😮 “If you have Lemons, make Lemonade Lol!☺️ Today’s hike was called off in favor of a trip to Walmart, Costco, and of course Starbucks!😇 Silvertop and the Liz, were just leaving Starbucks, and…elizabethbit in # actifit • 7 days ago • 2 min readIt’s Friday-It’s Friday! 😁……......North Cascade WanderingsYes-it’s Friday! I’m glad for sure that it is! My workweek has been busy, stressful and hectic. It’s been one of those days weather wise, that offers some interesting results. We’ve had seriously torrential downpours one minute and then snap your fingers-brilliant sunshine the next. It was literally like throwing a light switch! That…silvertop in # actifit • 7 days ago • 2 min read"HIKING BETWEEN THE RAINDROPS!"😅................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Hiking Between The Raindrops!”😅 On a potentially rainy day like today, it’s nice to hike trails under the “Tree canopy”!😇 The Lautenbach’s trail continues steeply uphill for about 1/4 of a mile, and then connects onto the famous , or you could say infamous, “Gold Mine Trail”!😊 The Weather changed quickly from “Careful Silvertop you’ll get…elizabethbit in # actifit • 8 days ago • 2 min readFriday Eve! 😎……….…....North Cascade WanderingsHappy Friday Eve everybody! 😎 That means tomorrow is Friday-the end of the workweek AND the beginning of the weekend! Nice! 😁 It apparently poured overnight as everything was dripping this morning which gave Zuki a much needed bath as she’s been dusty as of late because of all the road construction near where I work. Work was better…silvertop in # actifit • 8 days ago • 2 min read"TIC....TAC....BIGFOOT IS HERE!"😇..............NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Tic……Tac…..Bigfoot is Here!”🤗 “Did you hear that Liz………….. Something is moving quickly through the underbrush of the dark Forest tonight!”😳😬 Several years back when Liz and Silvertop started hiking, I had the bright idea that even in the dark days of Winter, we could continue hiking in the mountains…… with flashlights!😇 The Mrs bought…elizabethbit in # actifit • 9 days ago • 2 min readHappy Hump Day Everybody! 😁…..…....North Cascade WanderingsHappy Hump Day! 😁 As you can see, Cyle was seriously enjoying it. As far as that goes, so was Cot! Me?- Not so much other than the fact it is as good as over! I’ve been super busy at work ALL day literally, with almost zero time to even breathe! Combine that with receiving 2 complaints about a coworker and her ‘not so nice’ attitude…silvertop in # actifit • 9 days ago • 2 min read"STAYING DISCONNECTED!"😇.................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Staying Disconnected!”😇 It has been a while since Silvertop checked on his Canadian neighbors cabin………….. That sounds like a good hike for today!😊 “Grant hasn’t been spending much time at this cabin lately, life gets so very busy!😮 He usually spends the weekends “Unplugging” here. No electricity, no water, and an old fashioned outhouse…