Olympic National Park is one of three incredible national parks in Washington State, and is by far the most diverse and interesting of the three. The park boasts rocky alpine zones, perpetually moist rainforests, rugged coastal beaches, and more. There are only a few places in the world where you can spend the first half…
On our last trip to Bend, which took us from our home in Portland out Highway 26 past the base of Mount Hood and into central Oregon, we spent a good chunk of the drive talking about how fast and drastically the landscape changes as soon as you cross over the Cascades. Dense evergreen forests…
“It’s so green!” exclaimed Alysha, as we made our way from the airport into downtown Seattle, passing through neighborhoods surrounded by greenery on all sides. It’s one of my favorite things about Seattle. Sure, it rains. A lot, some might say. But you know what that rain means? It’s basically always beautifully green and lush…
As I’ve been writing more and more about Seattle, I have realized just how much I love it. I grew up in a suburb of Seattle, went to college in Seattle, and lived there after school for for five years before moving to San Francisco. Seattle holds a special place in my heart because I…
San Francisco is a special place for us. Not only did we meet in San Francisco, but we lived in San Francisco for almost a decade before quitting our corporate jobs and moving on to a life on the road. Today, we split our time between the Bay Area and the Pacific Northwest. We’ve been…
We love Vancouver for a lot of the same reasons we love other cities in the Pacific Northwest like Seattle (where Matt grew up and spent the first part of his adult life) and Portland (where we live now). In fact, to us, Vancouver feels like a mashup of those two cities. It has the…