It’s easy to get bogged down in the suburban life. Go to work. Come home to your quiet cul-de-sac. Go to the store. Play with your kid. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. But sometimes it is nice to remember that we live in an urban setting. The Grit City has lots to offer – if you make…
Category: Day trips
Schilter Family Farm
This past weekend friends of ours invited us to join them for a day out at Schilter Family Farm near Olympia for pumpkin picking. We had already picked our pumpkins, but didn’t want to miss out hanging out with our friends. Plus, there was the promise of kettle corn! Schilter Farm is located in Olympia and…
Two hours to kill in West Seattle
I recently won my company’s tickets to a Mariners game and rather than just roll up to Seattle in time for the game, Veronica and I decided we should use a trip to the city as an excuse to do some exploring. So, we headed to West Seattle for a few hours recently and present…
Whitman Mission Historical Site
Frontier life has long interested me. I’m not sure if it is from frequent playing of the old Oregon Trail game on our mid-90s computers, or perhaps from reading Lonesome Dove a million times. The westward expansion of our civilization across America is infinitely interesting to me. Part of that expansion, of course, involved a…
A foggy visit to Yaquina Head
Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area in Newport, Oregon, has that name for a reason. Views of migrating whales. World class tide pools. A rock beach that makes music when the waves wash over it. A historic lighthouse that was built in 1872. What more could you ask for a weekend visit? Well, you could ask…
Burning Washington
Two weeks ago the sky was orange. The sky was orange and the sun was a ball of red fire. Smoke drifted across the Evergreen state bringing ash and the smell of woodsmoke. Temperatures were rising and the warm days combined with the thick smoke from Washington wildfires let everyone know that the state was on fire….
Traveling the PNW 