After a great weekend exploring Vancouver, Washington, we made one last stop in Clark County to check out Whipple Creek Regional Park. It was the perfect opportunity to stretch our legs before our several-hour motorcycle ride home. There is a fair amount of parking at the trailhead but be warned - several of the trails …
Continue reading Washington Hikes: Whipple Creek
On Mother's Day morning we set out relatively early for Olympia to check out a new-to-us hiking area - Capitol State Forest. It was cool and cloudy, which were the perfect conditions for a long walk in the woods to a waterfall where the lack of blue skies and views wouldn't be a problem! We …
Continue reading Washington Hikes: Mima Falls and Mounds
Now that we live in the South Sound, we've been building lists of things to do in Tacoma and beyond that we simply didn't prioritize when we lived north of Seattle. I used to roll my eyes at Clevelanders who stuck to their east side or west side - as if it was such a …
Continue reading Exploring Tacoma’s Point Defiance Park
We set out yesterday morning to hike Narada Falls to Reflection Lake in Mt. Rainier National Park. However, despite arriving just as the gate opened, there was absolutely no parking left at Narada Falls when we arrived. I either sorely underestimated the popularity of this hike, or I simply underestimated the number of people who …
Continue reading Washington Hikes: Carter and Madcap Falls
We arrived in West Sedona in the middle of the afternoon after a beautiful morning in Grand Canyon National Park hiking the South Kaibab Trail and cruising Desert View Drive. I have wanted to explore Sedona for a long time, but this was not the time to do it. We drove through downtown on our …
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Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
