Our Favorite Hikes in Five Years To celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary earlier this year, we decided to make a compilation of some of our “favorites” from the past five years. The first list, which we made on our anniversary was our favorite hikes during our marriage. What Does This List Include? Any hikes we’ve …
Just northeast of Spokane, Washington rises the aptly named Mt Spokane. Seemingly unimposing, the mountain is one of the highest in the Inland Northwest – the great Inland Empire – rising to 5,883 feet. Today, Mt Spokane State Park and it’s surroundings has become a premier outdoor recreation spot for those looking to hike, bike, …
Tips for Visiting Halloweentown in St. Helens Oregon Last year, in October 2019, we finally made a trip to a place I wanted to visit for years: St. Helens Oregon. We were finally visiting Halloweentown. Halloweentown 2020 It looks like Halloweentown will still be happening in 2020. Get the most recent updates on the Spirit …
Washington state arguably has some of the best hiking the USA has to offer. But, it can be really hard to decide which trail, amongst the thousands of miles of trails offered, to set off on. As much as I’d love to hike them all and tell you to do the same, I know that’s …
Summer Weekend in Whistler Here to cover another weekend adventure! Spending a weekend in Whistler, not to mention a summer weekend in Whistler was not really an idea that had occurred to us in the past. After moving to Marysville, Washington we were finding plenty do in the surrounding area that we didn’t need to …
I previously wrote about our weekend trip to Lassen, but that was not the first trip where we stayed in Redding; the first was our waterfalls in northern California trip. We now refer to this trip as our “Weekend Waterfall Trip” and it was our first (planned) weekend trip from San Jose! Chasing Waterfalls in …