A couple weekend's ago, Brian found us another amazing Mt. Rainier National Park hike - Eagle Peak Saddle. We arrived at Longmire around 8 a.m. to find the parking lot already quite full. The WTA instructions for this hike recommended parking near the lodge, walking through the employee cabin area, and crossing the bridge to …
The final leg of our motorcycle loop through Oregon and California was riding north along the Oregon coast. We've been wanting to take the bikes along this particular route since we moved to Washington, and six years later we finally made it happen! We spent three days riding from Arcata, California to Port Orford, Oregon …
We recently enjoyed visiting the super walkable city of Vancouver, Washington, and exploring the waterfront, parks, and Fort Vancouver. We also loved checking out a variety of local eateries and breweries. I didn't realize how much I've missed having these foodie experiences during COVID - I'm so happy we can start safely returning to some …
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The weather was gorgeous but hot for our Memorial Day weekend bike trip to explore a new city - Vancouver, Washington. It seemed odd we had never been to Vancouver given how many times we've been near it traveling to Portland. However, when I shared our plans with colleagues at work, it turned out many …
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 …
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 …
Last weekend the sun was out, Mt. Rainier was towering overhead, and we took advantage of the break in the weather to squeeze in a Saturday morning hike before I needed to be home, accessible, and on-call for work. We set out for the Rampart Ridge Loop trail from Longmire in Mt. Rainier National Park, …
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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