Want to see the best of Mount Rainier National Park, but only have a day? You’re in the right place. We’ve spent a fair amount of time exploring Mount Rainier National Park over the past several years from our home base in Portland, and we’re going to help you figure out how to best spend…
When we think about our favorite hikes we’ve ever done, a few trails immediately spring to mind. One of those trails is the Skyline Trail in Mount Rainier National Park, which we’ve now hiked multiple times spanning across different years. It is, without a doubt, at the top of our list of the best hikes…
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…
There is a surprising amount of American history (not to mention Oregonian history) that took place in Astoria, Oregon. Before our latest trip, we had no idea that it was an important – and very much contested – player in the fur trade that drove the War of 1812, and that it’s home to the…
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…