The weather has been rainy and windy lately, but we decided we'd hit the trail this weekend anyway. If we wait for nice weather at this time of year, we'll never get outdoors! We pulled ourselves out of bed and set out for Mt. Rainier on Saturday morning in the pouring rain. We kept telling …
After weeks of rain, the sun finally came out this past weekend. We decided to make the most of it, taking the motorcycles out for what will likely be the last ride of the season and trying the Ukrainian restaurant at the Paradise Village Lodge in Ashford, Washington along the way. We've driven by the …
Every time we drive to Mt. Rainier National Park via the western entrance, we point out a handful of eateries we should 'definitely try the next time we're here!' Finally, after many, many instances of making this commitment, we followed through. This past weekend we had a break in the weather and decided to take …
We ended the month of July by completing our first (and likely last) summer season hike at Paradise in Mt. Rainier National Park. I've been so spoiled with the less traversed trails we've been tackling and forgot how distressing it is hiking around people who pay no attention to what they are doing, where they …
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 …
I've been wanting to explore Oregon's coastal sand dunes for several years. Although we didn't have enough time to do all of the ATV exploring I would have liked during my birthday motorcycle trip through Oregon and California, we did dedicate a few hours of our itinerary to completing a short hike in the 31,500-acre …
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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