This has been one amazing summer. I keep calling every trip (see Colorado, parts 1 and 2, California, and Crater Lake) my “last hoorah” before grad school. But this trip to Priest Lake, Idaho was the “official last hoorah” of summer, since I started school about 11 hours after we got home. We were super…
crater lake.
In a continuation of the summer of reunions with old friends, we took a little trip down to Crater Lake National Park to meet up with the Pugels. Dustin and Shelly are some of our dear pals from our Kentucky days. Apparently we hadn’t seen each other in THREE YEARS, so this reunion was extra…
apricot lane farms.
As one of my “last hoorahs” before starting grad school (next week!), I took a little trip down to southern California to visit one of my college pals, Mallory. Mal lives and works at Apricot Lane Farms, an amazing biodynamic, organic farm outside of LA. After years of promising to make a visit, I finally…
colorado (part 2).
Colorado is pretty cool. We spent a week in the Vail Valley with our pals, the Bloems, for our annual Blinger adventure of hiking, eating, strolling, and laughing. (You can read about the first half of our trip here.)
colorado (part 1).
We had the privilege of kicking off the month of June by visiting our old pals Megan and Jordan, and their new little fella, Simon, in Colorado. We first met when Eric and Jordan started grad school together in Eugene way back in 2012. Now that we live pretty far apart (Portland and Chicago), it’s…
long live the three-day weekend.
As someone who feels the average weekend flies by far too quickly, I love three-day weekends with all of my heart. This Memorial Day weekend was full of hiking, biking, and eating almost every meal outside. It’s what we call summertime perfection.
moulton falls.
Hey, Washington! We live in Portland, which is at the top of Oregon, separated from Washington by only a river (and generally, a lot of traffic). But we constantly forget that Washington is available at our leisure. Last weekend, we finally got around to visiting a Washington park that has been on our list for…
cinque terre, italy.
Oh, Italy, how you played with our hearts. Let’s back up. We just had an amazing time in clean, orderly, expensive, Switzerland. Then we rented a car (because taking public transportation would have been a 24-hour ordeal for what could be driven in 6 hours for far less money) and drove down to Italy. As…
mürren, switzerland.
And now for our favorite portion of the Eurotrip: Mürren, Switzerland! When you think of Switzerland, this is the kind of place you picture. Mountains, waterfalls, cows, wildflowers, chalets. Swiss perfection. We took a series of trains from Geneva to Lauterbrunnen (fully checking off my “ride a train from one place to another” bucket list…
switzerland: geneva and lausanne.
Hey, Switzerland! So, the whole reason we got to go to Europe was because Eric had a conference to attend in Geneva. Switzerland has been on the top of our travel wish list for quite a while, and we really, really, really lucked out with a trip working out this spring (especially since I had…
chamonix, france.
So, we’re in Europe. Let’s all just let that sink in for a minute. I realize that Europe is a pretty common travel destination, and most American youths wind up in Europe sometime during or after college. But this American youth didn’t get that super exciting experience, so the fact that we are currently sitting…
eagle creek trail.
We had the pleasure of hosting some friends from home for a little portion of their Oregon vacation. We squeezed in a day of Portland sights and eats (brunch at Irving St. Kitchen, book browsing at Powell’s, a stroll across the Tilikum Crossing bridge, a hike in Forest Park, and dinner at Verde Cocina) before…
saddle mountain.
The weather in Oregon has been out of this world (if we’re ignoring the past 3 days of rain), and we’ve been spending as much time outside as possible. A few weekends ago, we headed to the coastal mountains to enjoy the sweet, sweet sunshine on Saddle Mountain. I’m pretty sure I raved about this…
backpacking trip to palmateer point.
For my birthday weekend, we went snow camping. Apparently I’m into physical challenges for my birthday celebrations (see last year’s cycling in Bend adventure), balanced out with a healthy number of doughnuts. (Obviously, we stopped at Joe’s Donuts in Sandy on the way to the trailhead and tucked away a sweet treat to enjoy at…
fun things for your wednesday.
Because it’s Wednesday and everyone can use a mid-week pick-me-up:
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