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…
If you’re looking for an incredible day trip from Seattle that is accessible – you don’t necessarily need a car – and full of interesting things to do, see, eat, and drink, you’re in the right place. A day trip to Bainbridge Island, which includes a short ferry ride across the Puget Sound, is undoubtedly…
Every Portland itinerary that you read probably has a trip to Multnomah Falls in it somewhere, including my own. And for good reason. The Columbia River Gorge is a breathtaking place. Most people make it to Multnomah and call it a day, but Hood River, Oregon is another must-visit destination. Set in the hills surrounding…
Not all that long ago Colombia probably wasn’t top of your list of go-to travel destinations thanks to the conflict between guerrilla groups and the Colombian government and the infamous drug cartels. But the last decade has seen a massive turnaround and now Colombia is absolutely one of the very best places to visit in…
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…
When the lights came on, waking me up from my half-asleep stupor, and we started our descent into Bogotá at 6am, I was flabbergasted at just how huge it is. Descending from the clouds, the city seemed to keep going and going and going. That is, until it hit the mountains that mark the eastern border…