We started our new year with a hike to the Big Four Ice Caves near Granite Falls, Washington. We learned about the ice caves shortly after we moved to the Pacific Northwest, but unfortunately because a woman died there when tons of snow and ice collapsed at the mouth of the cave. My public service …
Our final hike of 2018 was to Meadowdale Beach Park, which is a little more than 1.5 miles from our home. We’ve hiked at the park several times but decided we would make this trek a little more challenging by hiking there from our house rather than driving to the trailhead, giving us an extra …
I’m embarrassed to say that despite living in the state of Washington for three years we have not made the hour-long drive south to explore Tacoma. When I saw Fleetwood Mac was going on tour and performing at the Tacoma Dome, I booked us amazing seats relatively near the stage for the concert and roundtrip …
Despite living a hop, skip, and jump away from the Edmonds-Kingston ferry terminal, we rarely find ourselves making our way over to the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas. In our three years living here, we’ve only ventured over a handful of times with activities ranging from taking a long bike trip to the coast, exploring Olympic …
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 …
There are countless places to find good food and spirits in Portland—each time we go we discover a few more. Here are a few from our last trip to add to your list the next time you visit! Breakfast Broder Nord I don’t remember where I heard about Broder Nord, but I haven’t met a …
During our last trip to Portland we finally got around to checking out the Portland Aerial Tram that takes passengers between South Waterfront and Oregon Health & Science University's campus on Marquam Hill. We ended up taking the streetcar to a stop close to Moody and Gibbs and then walking over to the lower terminal. …
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
Heather's Compass 