Weekend Getaway: Discovering Utah

Our good friends moved to West Haven, Utah, several months ago, and we’ve been missing them ever since. Ian and Brian went to college together and reconnected when we moved to Seattle—I fell in love with Ian’s then girlfriend/now wife Nicole, and we had a blast getting to know them and the Pacific Northwest. They …

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Hikes, Waterfalls and Bears—Oh, My! in Many Glacier

During our recent long weekend in Glacier National Park, we spent time driving to the various areas within the park, covering to some degree the north, east and southeast sections of the park. Unfortunately the western side of the park was fairly inaccessible due to active wildfires, but we were thrilled they had opened Going …

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An Afternoon in Waterton, Alberta

Our second day in Montana we woke up on the eastern side of Glacier National Park, grabbed some coffee and scones from the shop in our hotel, and got ready to set out for Alberta, Canada, so we could see the Canadian portion of Glacier National Park. As we were about to set out, I …

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Views and Hikes on Whitefish Mountain

One of the best parts about taking the overnight train from Everett, Washington, to Whitefish, Montana, was that we arrived in Whitefish around 8 a.m. with the whole day ahead of us! The weather forecasts were calling for rain both in Whitefish as well as in Glacier National Park so we decided to head straight …

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Washington Hikes: Monte Cristo

Ever since we hiked the Old Robe Canyon Trail and learned about the ghost town of Monte Cristo we've been wanting to hike to it. The trailhead is a good hour plus from our house and the hike is more than eight miles-- not accounting for time to actually explore the site itself-- so we …

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Festivals and Fun on Mt. Hood

After a last-minute change of plans, we ended up taking a three-day roadtrip down the Oregon coast to Crater Lake National Park and north through Bend and Mt. Hood before returning to Seattle. The third leg of our trip took us from Bend to Seattle via Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams on Labor Day, which …

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Washington Hikes: Japanese Gulch

Between work, school, family and friend visits, and any number of other excuses we realized it had been several weeks since we had been on a hike. We were in serious need of some exercise and a mental break and knew heading to the woods would help! We chose a local hike relatively near our …

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