Back in April at the Whiskey and Words fundraiser, I ended up “winning” two tickets to a preseason NFL game in Seattle. Amazingly enough, summer has almost come and gone, and this past Thursday was the date for the game. Justine and I drove down to Seattle in the afternoon, hung out in Seattle a bit and watched some really mediocre football.
Read MoreRoad Trip Part 5 - Mount Rainier and the Drive Home
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 MoreMount Rainier Photo Gallery - The Rest of the Trip
Last post! This collects the rest of my photos from our time on Mount Rainier. This included some great shots at Christine Falls, our hike around Reflection Lakes and some last bird, wildflower and waterfalls pictures. It was a great trip, and I hope you’ve enjoyed all the photos!
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 MoreMount Rainier Photo Gallery - Skyline Trail
Continuing the photo gallery approach with the pics from my big camera, these are all from our hike on the Skyline Trail on Mount Rainier. It’s organized fairly logically - mainly chronologically, but I did group some of the photos by themes in some galleries to make things a little more interesting.
Read MoreMount Rainier Photo Gallery - First Day on the Mountain
This first photo gallery post from Mount Rainier will capture all the photos from our first day on the mountain, as we explored and re-acquainted ourselves with this spectacular place!
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 MoreWashington and Oregon Road Trip - Part 1
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!
Read MoreVideos from Maui
While we were in Maui, I took a fair bit of video on my GoPro, particularly while snorkeling. I am not a very good video editor and I really don’t enjoy it all that much, which is why this first post has taken months to get to. I will likely update this post as I get through the editing process and create more videos. The goal is to keep them fairly short, and I hope you enjoy!
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…
Read MoreMaui Day 3 - Birds and Hookipa (with the Turtles)
Friday was another busy day for us! We started on the beach, headed down to a wildlife sanctuary for some birding and then headed out to the surfing hotspot of Hookipa on the north side of Maui to see the turtles and watch the surfers, windsurfers and kite boarders out on the ocean. We had a late lunch at the Paia Flatbread Company, made a stop at the sunflower fields before heading back to Kapalua to have dinner with Rob and his family. A busy, fun day!
Read MoreMaui Day 1 - Farmer's Market and Turtles!
Day 1 of our trip to Maui was relatively speaking, uneventful. It involved a lot of shopping and generally getting ourselves organized for the rest of the week. But there were still some fun things to share…
Read MoreA Quick Trip to Las Vegas
With everything that was going on in life over the end of 2022 and into 2023, I needed a break and the opportunity presented itself in late January. Justine was in France for week, I had a flight credit I needed to use and hotel were cheap midweek. With the ability to work from anywhere, I jumped on a plane and headed to Sin City…
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