My dad raised me on Dr. Demento. To this day, I randomly start singing songs like “does your chewing gum lose its flavor”… The song is part of my Instagram username for crying out loud. One of my favorite childhood…
Seattle temperatures are mild year-round and so one would assume that the hiking would be amazing year-round. To be honest, it kinda is. The problem is I want to hike in the mountains where the challenging elevation changes and stunning…
We take a walk, the sun is shining down
Burns my feet as they touch the ground
We left a super-saturated Zion National Park (NP) and arrived a few hours later at the incredibly snowy Bryce NP. Originally the plan was to go for a short snowshoe, but we chose to spend more time in Zion plus…
It rained a LOT during our time in Zion National Park (NP). I don’t know if it broke any records but it was unusual enough that everyone was talking about it. Shuttle Drivers Know Things Most of the park has…
Day 3 of the REI Adventure was my most anticipated hike in Zion National Park (NP), the West Rim trail. When we were in Zion NP a few years ago, we hiked to Observation Point via a now closed (due…
Day 2 of our REI Adventure in Zion took us to the Sand Bench Trail. I still read this as a beach trail, but no beaches were to be found during this trip. One of the factors that caused the…
I wanted to go somewhere warm and sunny to get away from the dreary Seattle winter, so we decided to go to Zion & Bryce National Parks (NP). Please note the irony here as one of the activities listed in the itinerary is snowshoeing...
I did a thing late last year that amused the heck out of me and, as a warm-up to getting back into this whole blog writing thing, I've decided to share him with you. My dear reader, please meet PeeNie.
This past weekend was our 2 year anniversary of living in the metro Seattle area. When we moved here I had big plans of spending copious amounts of free time exploring our new home. I purchased guidebooks and bookmarked a…