For one of our longer vacations this year, we decided on a road trip, camping in Washington and Oregon. Pre-COVID, we used to do a trip down to Hood River almost every year. Since COVID we have not been at all, so this was the year! With the long weekend in August, we were able to get a full 10 days in. We decided to break the trip up into three sections - Leavenworth, a German-style village in northern Washington State, Hood River and Mount Rainier. It’s like a “best of” of all of our road trips over the years.
Read MoreLeavenworth Photo Gallery
I’m trying something new - a separate post that’s mainly just the photos I took with my camera, rather than my phone. So there will be some that are similar to what was in the related main post, but there will be some new things as well. There will likely be less textual content to go with it, but let’s see how this goes.
Read MorePortland Road Trip!
The weekend before my birthday, the Vancouver Whitecaps were playing an away game in Portland. We’ve gone to these games a number of times over the years (this was my 4th) and so we decide to take a couple of days off and make a 4-day weekend out of it. The game was great, we had some fun in Portland, got out to our favorite winery, and took the long way home along the coast. Our friend Stuart came down for the game as well, and we had a great weekend!
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