Suntop Mountain fire lookout

Veronica and Catarina flew home to Texas for the weekend, leaving me in an empty house for the first time in two years. What is a man to do when he is suddenly a bachelor again? Go hiking, of course. A co-worker – Thomas Kyle-Milward – and myself wanted something that was nearby, would give…

Flashback Friday: Palouse Falls State Park

For our latest Flashback Friday post, we are revisiting one of our favorite waterfalls: Palouse Falls State Park in Eastern Washington. As you drive through the rolling farmland of the Palouse, it is hard to imagine that somewhere in the middle of it is one of Washington state’s most majestic waterfalls. Palouse Falls stands at…

Point Defiance Park: Part I

After church recently, we were looking for somewhere to go nearby that would afford us an easy hike to take our daughter on, while still giving us a bit of a workout and enjoy the nice weather we’ve been having. So, along with what seemed like the rest of Tacoma, we headed to Point Defiance…

Flashback Friday: Moran State Park

For the first installment of our Flashback Friday trips we take a look back at our trip to Orcas Island. To celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary in June 2014, we decided to getaway for the weekend and do some whale watching. So we dropped Catarina and Molly off with family and took the ferry from Anacortes to…