Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
I know we're already through the first quarter of 2018, but it's taken me that long to organize our major travel plans for this year. Not that other things won't pop up along the way, but I usually like to head into a new year with a good idea of our time off/holiday schedules, important …
Continue reading Travel 2018: Weekend Warriors
Despite Daylight Saving Time making it more difficult than usual to climb out of bed, we managed to get ourselves in gear and out the door early enough to be the second ones on a new-to-us trail near Granite Falls called the Old Robe Canyon. It was a good thing we were early. The trailhead …
Continue reading Washington Hikes: Old Robe Canyon
Although it's not Brian's preference, some weekends we opt for length over gain when it comes to selecting a hike. That was the case when we landed on exploring the Lime Kiln Trail near Granite Falls. We ended up loving this snowy, seven-mile round-trip trek along an abandoned 1800s railway bed to a historic lime …
Continue reading Washington Hikes: Lime Kiln Trail
We talked all week about hitting the trail on Saturday morning but it wasn’t until Friday night that we realized we hadn’t actually decided where we wanted to hike! Planning out our hikes in advance is not a reflection of my need to be constantly organized, although it certainly eases my mind to have a …
Continue reading Washington Hikes: Teneriffe Falls
We tend to go hiking as a couple, mostly because we're amateurs and don't want to embarrass ourselves and hold back our friends who are extremely proficient. Lately we've been doing more hikes and getting in better shape so when our friends recently asked if we wanted to go hiking together, we finally said yes! …
Continue reading Washington Hikes: Rattlesnake Ledge and East Peak
My evenings and weekends have been subsumed by my studies, making weekend getaways more challenging this year. To combat cabin fever, we’ve been spending more time hiking, which has proven to be the perfect weekend activity—a good amount of time being active outdoors but without taking up the entire weekend so I still have time …
Continue reading Washington Hikes: Lake 22
Little Si was our last hike of 2017 and a perfect bookend to a year of hiking that officially commenced with our summit of its big brother, Mount Si. We were planning to ring in the new year in Falls City so we packed everything up for our overnight and arrived at the Little Si …
Continue reading Washington Hikes: Little Si
This ended up being an interesting year for travel in our household. On the professional side of things, Brian traveled more this year than any other. While the airline and hotel points are great for stretching our travel budget, it’s felt a little like we’re back to the long-distance relationship we maintained the first six …
Continue reading 2017 Travel Recap
Last Friday after dinner, I spent some time looking through my 'backpack' on the Washington Trails Association website to see what local hikes I had saved. There were a couple within an hour or so drive from our house that we were considering, but while I was opting for those with some mileage, Brian was …
Continue reading Washington Hikes: Sugarloaf and Mount Erie
Now that the holidays are here, I'm constantly seeing articles with gift ideas for every type of individual under the sun, including a ton targeting travelers. I'm adding my own top 15 gift ideas for travelers to the mix, but here's the catch--I'm not getting paid or pitched to promote any of these. These are …
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Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
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Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
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