J and I have started a tradition of going on a backpacking trip over the 4th of July weekend. Two years ago we went to Goat Lake, which is still one of my favorite hikes! But I think our hike this past year to Spectacle Lake definitely topped that one 🙂 Read on for the story and a million photos! We… View Post
If you’re looking for a relaxing beach-side hike, consider heading to Ebey’s Landing. It’s a beautiful hike along the bluffs of Whidbey Island. To get there, drive north about 40 minutes from Seattle to the Mukilteo Ferry Terminal and take the ferry to Clinton on Whidbey Island. In the summers this ferry can get very busy, so check the schedule… View Post
On our last day with J’s family visiting this summer, we decided to head down to Mount Rainier National Park, one of my favorite places in Washington! I absolutely love the trails around Paradise Visitor Center, so we were excited to go to Mount Rainier with the kids. They did such a great job on other hikes on this trip –… View Post
We had so much fun with J’s family visiting this summer – we hiked to Snoqualmie Falls and Rattlesnake Ledge on their first few days in Seattle. But no trip to Washington is complete without a visit to the Olympic Peninsula, so that is where we headed next! We hopped on a ferry to Bainbridge Island first thing in the… View Post
We were so excited to have J’s sister and her family visiting for a week this summer! His niece and nephew are 6 and 8 years old, and it was so fun to see everything through their eyes, since we don’t normally have a lot of kid visitors. J’s nephew had apparently been telling everyone at home that he was… View Post
J’s sister and her family came to visit for a week this summer, and we were so excited to show them our favorite places in Seattle! It also had an extra challenge because we had to come up with plenty of kid-friendly activities for his niece and nephew, ages 6 and 8. We were hoping to do some hiking with… View Post
After spending the first half of the weekend at Lake Quinault for J’s birthday, we decided to take a tour of the rest of the Olympic Peninsula on our way home. For those of you not familiar with the Olympic Peninsula….well, it’s huge! Olympic National Park makes up the center of the Peninsula, and there really aren’t any roads through… View Post
Hello again!! I’m finally getting caught up on photos from the last few months! Our first adventure of the summer was out to Lake Quinault for J’s 30th birthday in early June. We rented a cabin right on the lake with a bunch of our friends, and it was the most perfect, relaxing weekend! (I should’ve appreciated it more at the time… View Post
Back in March, J and I escaped the dreary Seattle winter and headed down to Puerto Vallarta for a few days of sunshine! It was a pretty short trip – Thursday morning through Sunday night, but it was the perfect amount of time for us to get away and relax by the ocean. There are tons of all-inclusive resorts in Puerto… View Post
Our first hike of the season was back on the first weekend of April. I knew the next couple months were going to be pretty busy for us, and I was itching to get out to the mountains since skiing season was over. So, I ended up picking a pretty ambitious first hike of the season – Mailbox Peak! This… View Post