We tried to spend a week in Southern Utah
Unfortunately Mother Nature wasn’t having any part of it. We drove 10 hours to Zion National Park, 10 long hours in a car with constant rain. We figured the weather […]
Category Archives: US Road Trip
I hiked my first 14er yesterday
There are 54 14ers, or 14,000 foot peaks, in Colorado. We made a trip up to Ben’s family vacation house in Vail and decided to do Mt. Holy Cross, which […]
Backcountry in Glacier was no walk in the park
After a week long stint in Canada, we crossed the border into Montana and embarked upon a 4 day/3 night backcountry trip through Glacier National Park. As Ben and I […]
The pet friendly activities of Yellowstone
Do not exist, seriously dogs aren’t allowed anywhere in Yellowstone. Not on board walks, paths, trails, basically no where which was a huge problem since we’re traveling across country with […]
Tourette Syndrome in Glacier National Park
We just finished a four day three night backcountry trip through Glacier National Park. After nearly 5,000 feet of elevation gain, an incident with poison ivy, and being drenched in […]
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 […]
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 🙂
Ready, Set .... 