Major metropolitan cities are big concrete jungles and Bangkok is no exception. We’ve found that tours are a way to give yourself a leg up in a new city. They help provide you with recommendations, navigation skills, and mannerisms that…
Our campsite was on an island called Grassy Island and we awoke to a sunrise that illuminated the mountains. Our amazing guide crew had coffee ready, and breakfast would be up soon. As a coffee person, I was struck by…
Most of our trips are self-researched and the itinerary is our responsibility. Meaning we’ve got an excel sheet, hours of planning, and, aside from the professional tours, the logistical execution has been on us. We typically find that self-planning and…
Late March is still too early to do any serious hiking at significant elevation but the Puget Sound coastal and island region has quite a lot of hidden gems that are very accessible. Ebey’s landing is one of those gems.…
More than a year ago Devin posted about our failure to get to a trailhead because our car couldn’t traverse the road. I encountered another one of those failures that I chose not to write about three months ago. We…
A year and a half ago, when we first moved here, I remember scrolling past a hike that had a mailbox fixated on the summit’s peak. At that time this hike was not making the list of weekend hiking plans…
The Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest is a massive federal park that is accessed using the Northwest Forest Pass. If you are headed to the Pacific Northwest you really need to pick one up. We had planned to do the Middle…
We made it to Kansas City close to midnight. When I checked into the hotel it was all done with about 6 feet of separation as prescribed by health officials. The hotel usually has free breakfast but had reduced service…
Day 1 My new job is in the Seattle area so Devin and I started to make plans to move to Seattle. Then COVID-19 hit the United States. Prior to the epidemic we had been on a house hunting trip…
On our last full day in Prague we switched hotels to put us closer to the airport. We’ve found that this makes it easier on our last day, so we are not stressed trying to make it to the airport. …