We’ve become a little bit obsessed with the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. While it is full of great hikes with sweeping views up and down the Gorge like Dog Mountain and Hamilton Mountain, it also happens to be THE place to go to see wildflowers in the spring and early summer. The…
We love Portland for many reasons. Like the excellent food scene. The incredible green spaces within city limits. The easy access to jaw-dropping natural beauty. We firmly believe that Portland is one of the best cities in the country for a quick getaway. It’s a big enough city that there’s plenty to do and see…
One of our favorite things about Portland is its green spaces, particularly the parks on the western edge of the city. There are not very many places where huge swaths of desirable land within city limits have been set aside and protected, and Portland has several of them in its western hills. These parks, which…
We live in Portland, Oregon, a place that we have fallen in love with over the last decade or so, and we regularly venture north from our home base in Oregon to explore every corner of the Pacific Northwest (some corners more than others). Some of our favorite memories from the past few years (including…
The Oregon Coast is one of the most gorgeous parts of the Pacific Northwest, and that’s saying something considering the Northwest is full of incredible natural beauty. Huge groves of towering sitka spruce trees, a coastline of beaches that oscillate between wide and sandy and rocky and full of sea stacks, and plenty of great…
A peek behind the curtain: sitting down to write this guide was hard! We live in Portland, and had a long list of things we wanted to make sure to include to make sure you see the best that the city has to offer. How can we possibly fit everything we love about Portland into…