At long last, the final portion of our Thanksgiving trip to Leavenworth, Washington! As you read in part 1, we stayed in a tiny house and enjoyed Leavenworth’s adorable charm and delicious food (we’re still talking about the breakfast biscuits and wood-fired pizza…drool). In part 2, we hiked to frozen Colchuck Lake (in the glorious,…
leavenworth (part 2)- colchuck lake.
Our main goal in vacationing in Leavenworth over the Thanksgiving holiday was to do some hiking in Washington’s Cascade Mountains. We both saw hundreds of photos of Colchuck Lake and its blue water this summer, so we hoped to hike up there. Through a little Instagram investigation, we discovered that the winter gates would be…
mcneil point.
I think, maybe, we’re not great at camping. We’re at the point in the season where every weekend might be “the last nice weekend,” so we wanted to fit in one last camping trip before the rain sets in. I like to think of camping as a peaceful, calm, stress-free experience (the Instagram camping experience,…
salmonberry river trail.
Eric’s sister, Laura, came to visit us over the weekend from sunny southern California. So, naturally, her arrival in Portland was met with pouring rain, which we then insisted on hiking through. She was a total trooper, even when the temperature dropped 15 degrees and the rain soaked through our jackets. The Salmonberry River Trail…
dog mountain.
At long last, we’ve crossed Dog Mountain off our hiking to-do list. We’ve put this hike off for a year now, as we’ve been training for some sort of endurance event pretty much since moving to Portland, and therefore, couldn’t afford to spend a day hiking one of the steepest trails in the Gorge. This…
ramona falls.
The hike to Ramona Falls has been on our list for at least two years, and we finally knocked it out over the weekend. Although I feel like we’ve done a ton of hiking in Oregon, it turns out that we’ve never really done anything in the area just west of Mount Hood. I’m pretty…
a smoky oregon tour.
What’s better than two Kentuckians in Oregon? Three Kentuckians in Oregon! Our friend, Mallory, who we met back home at UK, and now lives an incredibly awesome and interesting life on a farm near LA, came to visit! We haven’t had a ton of visitors from home since moving to Oregon (as Oregon is quite…
july 4th in mount hood national forest.
Let’s celebrate the glorious 3-day weekend. And perhaps start a movement to make all summer weekends last that long? Please? With weeks of temperatures hovering just below 100 degrees here in Portland, we desperately wanted to head to the mountains and do some swimming for the Fourth of July. But I figured everyone else would…
backpacking della falls on vancouver island.
After finishing our Ironman in Victoria, we rewarded ourselves with a week of vacation with Megan and Jordan on Vancouver Island. And what’s the best thing to do 3 days after an Ironman? A 20-mile backpacking trip, of course. We picked a hike to Della Falls, which is the tallest waterfall in Canada, at 1443…
oneonta gorge.
I think it’s safe to say that summer is here. Generally, Oregonians claim that summer starts on July 5, but my intense sock tan and constant sweat stream (I paint a beautiful picture, yes?) tell me that summer came early this year. And that means it’s time to spend lots of time in the Columbia…
beacon rock.
Hey, hey, Washington. Once again, we remembered that we live just across the river from another state, and ventured into Washington for a hike at Beacon Rock in the Columbia River Gorge. And guys, this trail is an engineering marvel. Look at this thing. As soon as you get started on the Beacon Rock hike,…
mccall point trail.
After the winter-that-wasn’t, spring came early around here. The giant tree outside our window transformed from bare to flowered, to completely green, seemingly overnight. I went for a run in Forest Park this week and was shocked by all the color. Everything is green. Flowers are blooming everywhere. The sun is shining. The weather is…
eagle creek trail.
This hike was straight up incredible. We attempted to do the Eagle Creek Trail hike in the Columbia River Gorge on a beautiful day back in February, but it was so crowded that we opted for a hike in Washington, instead. This time, we got to the trail early enough to beat the crowds, thanks…
saddle mountain.
I declare this my favorite hike in the Oregon Coastal Mountains. We went pretty wild last weekend and headed west to the Oregon Coastal Mountains. Sometimes I forget that we live between two mountain ranges, since we spend a lot of time in the Cascades and the Columbia River Gorge (both of which are east…
coyote wall.
This weekend was the most beautiful weekend in the history of Februaries. And while I’m completely jealous of all the snow my old Kentucky home is getting this week, I’m trying to accept 60-something degree temperatures and abundant sunshine in this winter-that-wasn’t here in Portland. We started this weekend’s adventure as we start many Ringer…
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