We don’t know about you, but we generally find staying in hotels to be underwhelming. We can’t remember the last time we stayed at a hotel and, upon check out, said “wow, that was great!” Which – spoiler alert! – is exactly what I said to Alysha as we were leaving the CitizenM in Seattle. …
Ah, San Francisco. The city where we met, moved in together, got married, and called home for nearly a decade. Unfortunately, our time in San Francisco came to an end when we decided to quit our jobs and travel the world for six months (which turned into two years of road tripping the western United…
Despite growing up in Washington State in the Seattle area, I (Matt here!) had never spent much time exploring the hiking trails in my home state until the past several years when Alysha completed her goal of turning me into “Mountain Matt”. If you had asked me a few years ago, I never would have…
Of the three main islands in the Puget Sound that make for a good day trip from Seattle – Bainbridge, Whidbey, and Vashon – Vashon is our favorite. As soon as you disembark from the ferry and set foot on the island, it feels like stepping into a completely different world. People are friendly and…
Washington State is what I consider to be my home state, and I’m still amazed that 30+ years into life, I’m still discovering new places. When it comes to scenic landscapes and outdoor adventure, there’s no place quite like Washington. It truly has it all – the Cascades and Olympics give you tons of mountainous…
The Bavarian-themed town of Leavenworth, tucked away in the eastern foothills of the Cascades in Washington State, is surprisingly enjoyable without feeling cheesy or overdone. It doesn’t seem like a themed town like this should work, and we’ve been to a few like it that definitely don’t, but Leavenworth is special. The combination of the…