Oregon Pinots are yum
After camping in miserable rainy cold conditions in Southern Oregon for 5 days, we were excited to get back to civilization and drink some wine. Our day of wine tasting […]
Category Archives: North America
3 Parks in One- Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park is a g 922,651 acres park on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington. The NPS website boasts “Three Parks in One”, and while I tend to take these […]
On the road again
Today we leave my beloved Portland (again) to head up to the San Juan Islands off the coast of Seattle. Until next time Portland, stay awesome!
Ben the Good Samaritan- An Environmental Rant
A month into our road trip and we’ve visited 3 States, 3 National Parks, and 8 State Parks. While the scenery has varied somewhat there have remained two constants: people […]
Olympic National Park
Hello from Rialto Beach on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. This area was made famous by the Twilight series, but thus far we haven’t seen any vampires 🙂
A week in NorCal
After 6 nights of camping Yosemite we were happy to get back to San Francisco for a few more nights with friends. After a night in NOPA and a night […]
The Four Seasons of campgrounds: North Pines, Yosemite
After “roughing it” in the woods for 4 days Ben and I headed down to Yosemite Valley to meet our friends at North Pines Campground for the weekend. We arrived […]
Yosemite- “A Killer Among Us”
When Ben reserved the trailhead back in April, I immediately began searching for a challenging loop which ended somewhat near our car. Luckily for us Tuolumne Meadows offers several loop […]
This new kitchen comes with strange pests
Exhibit A: Our new pet snail
Ready, Set .... 