It wasn’t until we moved to the Greater Seattle Area that we spent any effort investigating the benefits of train travel as a viable means for exploring this new area of the world we call home. While purchasing rail passes and mapping out stations and time tables has been a no-brainer when we travel abroad—and …
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Due to Brian’s crazy travel schedule, we ended up piecing together several experiences throughout the month of September to celebrate our fourth wedding anniversary. One of those getaways took place the weekend following our anniversary, which we spent exploring Port Townsend and the northeastern tip of the Olympic Peninsula. Although billed as a weekend getaway, …
When I told people at work we were going to Yakima for a long weekend to celebrate our anniversary, some of them seemed surprised. Why in the world would we drive *all the way* over to Yakima? What was there to do in Yakima? I was flummoxed. I had been wanting to go to Yakima …
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It probably comes as no surprise that I am the planner in my household. It's in my nature. It's just what I do. Possibly to a fault. Therefore, it was a leap for me to turn over the responsibility of planning our one-year anniversary get-away to my husband. It wasn't that I questioned his capability. It …
Happy One-Year Anniversary, Travel Blog! I can't believe how quickly this year has gone by. I thought so long and hard before starting this blog not sure if anyone else would ever take the time to stop by, or if they did, whether or not they would care about my thoughts on travel or want to hear …
Yesterday I had the privilege of taking part in a historic event-- the 40th Anniversary of the Kent State University shootings that took place May 4, 1970. I didn't learn much about the era, protests, war or music until high school, and I learned a great deal in a very meaningful way during college. Kent …
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Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
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