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…
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…
this season in portland.
So…it appears I kind of dropped the ball on this whole blogging thing. I started taking 17 hours of prerequisite classes for grad school (including two science labs) in January, which proved to require a lot of time and attention, leaving little extra room for blogging (but plenty of time to watch 3 seasons of…
leavenworth (part 3)- icicle ridge and hidden lake.
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…
leavenworth (part 1).
Since Eric and I live too far from our families to visit them for Thanksgiving, we’ve started a tradition of taking a little holiday getaway. So far, they’ve been pretty spectacular. Last year, we visited Joseph, Oregon and the Wallowa Mountains. Two years ago, we camped in the Redwoods of Northern California. This year, we…
rafting the white salmon.
A few weeks ago, we got to go white water rafting on the White Salmon River with Eric’s company. I was pretty nervous about it, as I haven’t white water rafted in about 7 years, and I’m generally a chicken about anything slightly dangerous. But it was awesome. First of all, rivers in the Northwest…
ironman 70.3 lake stevens.
There’s another half Ironman in the books. Let’s start back at Ironman Victoria, the half Ironman we did in June, which was insanely difficult and made me declare that I would never do another half Ironman. Fast forward a week or so, and Eric and I signed up for, you guessed it, another half Ironman….
the rest of vacation.
So, you saw the Ironman. You saw the hike. Here’s the rest of our vacation in the Great White North (and a tiny bit of Washington, since we had to drive through it to get to Vancouver Island). Originally, we planned on doing a short hike in Olympic National Park on our way to the…
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…
birthday in bend.
Dear Bend, I am obsessed with you. For those of you not familiar with the little town of Bend, let me paint a picture for you: Imagine the beauty of the craftsman homes and mountain scenes from Everwood (am I incorrect in assuming everyone who reads this blog was once a huge fan of every…
the best adventures of 2014.
So, now that it’s officially 2015 (whoa), let’s take a look back at the big year that was 2014. We traveled a lot. We hiked a lot. We ate a lot. We moved to Portland. It was pretty great. Here are the highlights of the many Ringer adventures: Best Waterfall Hikes: Tumalo Falls One of…
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