Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
“All I wanna do is have some fun. I gotta a feelin’ I’m not the only one. All I wanna do, is have some fun. Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard.” – Sheryl Crow Recently Brian had to go to LA for a work conference, and I was fortunate enough to have …
Continue reading An Afternoon on Santa Monica Pier
When my mom mentioned that there was some sort of sandcastle building competition held in Washington each year, I had a couple of reactions. First, I had a hard time believing there was a beach somewhere in the state that offered enough viable sand for this activity. While I love the rugged Pacific Northwest coast, …
Continue reading Sandcastles and Sea Views in Long Beach, Washington
There are so many things to learn when you move somewhere new, and among them is the geography. I'm guessing many people have heard of Long Beach. I certainly had. I just assumed that when people here in Washington were referring to it, they meant the one in California. In my defense, a ton of people …
Continue reading Hikes and History of Long Beach, Washington
We had an incredible four days exploring Hawaii's Big Island. We were on the move each day, staying in different towns each night, and experiencing the island's variety-- in landscape, activities, people, sites and more. During the second half of our trip to Hawaii we visited Oahu for three days and took an opposite approach, staying …
Continue reading Hawaii: Oahu’s Waikiki Beach
After an incredible morning exploring the Kona Coast, we continued our drive south toward Volcano Village, where we were planning to spend our second night on the Big Island. It was incredible how much the scenery and geography changed as we continued south and into the areas more recently shaped by volcanic activity. The lush, …
Continue reading Hawaii’s Big Island: Green Sand Beaches and the Southern Point of the U.S.
We started off 2017 with a bucket list trip to Hawaii. We only had about a week so we limited ourselves to visiting two islands-- the Big Island and Oahu-- knowing we wouldn't get to fully experience either place in our limited amount of time. We flew into Kona late on a Friday night. The …
Continue reading Hawaii’s Big Island: Along the Kona Coast
When we moved to Washington, we committed to exploring the Pacific Northwest and making the most of our access to places, things and experiences unique to this part of the country and world. We wanted to really get to know this area while remaining open to seeing where life and our careers take us. As part of …
Continue reading Aloha, Hawaii!
We spent two nights in Forks at the beginning of our motorcycle trip around the Olympic Peninsula so we would have plenty of time to explore La Push and its beaches as well as Ruby Beach and the Hoh Rain Forest. It was great staying in the same place a couple of nights so we could off load a …
Continue reading A Day at Ruby Beach and the Hoh Rain Forest
Each day of our recent motorcycle trip around the Olympia Peninsula included something new--something we had never seen or done before. After arriving by ferry in Kingston and riding a ways, we made a quick stop for gas and brunch in Port Angeles. We popped in Cock-a-Doodle Doughnuts to snag a snack from among the last remaining …
Continue reading The Beaches at La Push
We had another weekend of fantastic weather in Seattle, and our activities were perfectly aligned with a day at the beach and a day at Seafair. All of our worldly possessions are in storage so we had to make a quick Walmart run to collect beach towels, sandals and picnic snacks in preparation for our …
Continue reading Mercer Island and Luther Burbank Park
Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
