A last post for the camping road trip. Well until I get through all the photos I took. So there will be more to come, but for this last post we’ll cover our last days mountain biking and hiking in Mount Rainier, and then the long drive home.
Read MoreRoad Trip Part 4 - Mount Rainier and the Skyline Trail
For the last four days of the trip, we were camping at Mount Rainier, at Cougar Rock campground. This is one of our favorite places and gives great access to Paradise and the surrounding area. This was also planned to be a bit more relaxing, as we only had one big day of hiking planned. As usual, things did not go as planned…
Read MoreHood River Photo Gallery - Hood River
Continuing with the photocentric posts, this one covers the rest fo our time in Hood River, including lots of bird photos, photos of people on the river, the local scenery and lots of pics of the mountains. Again, very little commentary in this post.
Read MoreRoad Trip Part 3 - Hood River Mountain Biking
The second part of the Hood River section of our trip started poorly, after a day of sightseeing that was supposed to be relaxing but did not turn out that way. It turned for the better the following day as we got up to Post Canyon to do some mountain biking. We had a great day, including another swim in the river, before heading to Mount Rainier for the last stretch of our trip.
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!
Read MoreMaui Day 6 - the Road to Hana
On Monday we chose to head back towards Paia and spend the day driving the Road to Hana and on to Oheo Gulch. We expected it to be a full day, but as events unfolded, it was much more than we expected…
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