soggy (in which I bitch about the inevitable)

[Chip Down]

Seems like I've had a lot of damp hikes lately. Maybe it's just selective memory though. Let's see what my hiking log shows:

5/13: wet
5/6: wet
4/29: wet
4/23: wet
4/15: wet
4/14: wet
4/9: wet
4/1: wet
3/25: wet
3/19: wet
3/12: dry? (cant remember for sure)
3/5: wet
2/26: wet
2/25: dry
2/19: wet

What the hell?!

("wet" = precip forecast, packed and dressed for precip, received the anticipated precip)

[naturallog]

Respect for still heading out. At this point, I'm very much struggling to grin and bear it and get out on principle. Hopefully soon. Please.

[retired jerry]

yeah, there haven't been any long stretches without rain since October, and September was really rainy on two trips I did which is unusual

there's supposed to be a week stretch without rain starting Wednesday

[justpeachy]

It's been pretty wet, for sure. This is from Mark Nelsen's weather blog on Sunday:

As of midday this Sunday, the 13.00" precipitation (mainly rain) that has fallen since March 1st is the MOST WE'VE EVER SEEN IN A SPRING THROUGH MID-MAY! That's pretty bad. The airport records go back to the late 1930s…so that's just about 80 years.

And then there was Mark's depressing April 3 tweet showing how we'd only had six clear days in the six month period between October 1 and March 31.

Even if it we get a nice sunny summer, the hiking options are going to be limited until August, at best. There is so much snow in the mountains, and it just keeps falling.

[retired jerry]

One hopeful thought, is that when it gets hot, like in July, the snow quickly melts. Even if there's a lot of snow. Maybe the hiking season will be delayed by a couple weeks.

[UTurn]

Yay for this weekend!

http://katu.com/weather

[Aimless]

Maybe the hiking season will be delayed by a couple weeks.

Ever the optimist! At the moment I'd say everything is running about five weeks later than average.

[BigBear]

Location, location, location.

I've got a nice tan from my hiking in the Gorge this past month. I do agree that it has been the soggiest year this Boomer can remember, but being selective by driving further to the east has had its rewards. Here it is mid-May and the meadows in Graham Oaks (Wilsonville) are still leaking onto the trail.

I fear how muggy it will be when the mercury gets into the mid-eighties or higher.

[drm]

So is everybody, including the OP, going to be complaining about the heat next week?

[justpeachy]

So is everybody, including the OP, going to be complaining about the heat next week?

Heck no! I know others may disagree, but at this point I welcome a bit of a heat wave.