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When in Chicago…Eat at The Chicago Diner! There are 2 locations. We went to the Logan Square one…
FRIDAY DINNER…
BUFFALO WINGZ
Spicy buffalo seitan “wings” with vegan ranch.
THE RADICAL REUBEN
Corned beef seitan, grilled onions, peppers, sauerkraut, thousand island & cheeze, on marbled rye.
No animals in here!
THE SOUL BOWL
Seasoned quinoa, black beans, charred balsamic brussels, mashed sweet potatoes, spicy blackened tofu with chimichurri sauce, and avocado slices.
FLAUTAS
Corn taquitos with mashed potato-cheeze-jalapeño filling, enchilada sauce, lettuce, tomato, sour cræm, guacamole, black beans & Mexican rice.
NON-DAIRY MILKSHAKES
Lucky leprechaun mint shake.
Chocolate peanut butter shake.
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CAKE
Chocolate peanut butter cake.
SUNDAY BRUNCH…
FRENCH TOAST COMBO, PANCAKE COMBO
2 French toast wedges, scrambled tofu, potato hash, seitan sausaeg, seitan bacun & fruit garnish.
Pancake combo
MONTE CRISTO
French toast sandwich with melted cheeze, veggie bacun & creole mustard, and potato hash.
CINNAMON ROLLS
Vegan cinnamon rolls.
Need I say more?
Vesper Peak, WA – Backcountry Ski
This was a trip to remember…Lucky Sevens! 7/07/07. Vesper Peak is accessed from the Mountain Loop Highway, just before Barlow Pass. Take the Sunrise Mine road (#4065) and Sunrise Mine trail (#707).
(Click on a picture to enlarge and view in a photo gallery.)
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- Del Campo Peak
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- Wertz Basin
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- Sperry Peak
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- Sperry Peak
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- Wertz Basin
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- Headlee Pass
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- Headlee Pass
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- Vesper Peak
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- Vesper Peak
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- Mt Rainier
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- Summit
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- Glacier Peak
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- Copper Lake
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- Three Fingers & White Horse
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- Big Four
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- Glacier Peak
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- Sperry Peak, Headlee Pass, Morning Star Peak
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- Del Campo Peak
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- Foggy Pass
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- Descent tracks
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- Headlee Pass Gully
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- Wertz Basin tracks & ’74 BMW
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- Tracks from the road
Some videos of the descent. Despite the sun cups and rain runnels, the corn (snow) was nicely cooked!
I love the following video! I didn’t know that I was being filmed, but this was a euphoric moment. I had to take a minute to savor it, because the descent from Headlee Pass was steep, narrow, and not a place where I wanted to fall!
Here is a video of the main creek crossing:
Freeheel Vegan 