Monthly Archives: January 2015
BC by Sea: Victoria to Vancouver
We used pretty much every possible form of transportation on our trip to the Pacific Northwest. Cars, buses, planes, trains, subways, bikes, helicopters, and lots of boats, ranging from a tiny zodiac raft to a huge cruise ship. On one day, we covered almost 100 miles between Port Angeles, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia by three modes […]
Summer Olympics
The west kicks ass. Every time I go out west I’m enamored by the diversity of landscapes, the mountains upon mountains, and the naturally-oriented way of life. Back east we have plenty of natural beauty, but it pales in comparison to the larger-than-life natural wonders of the west. Is it any wonder that 45 of our […]
Foodie Seattle
Several weeks ago, I wrote a post about how and why we ended up on a Pacific Northwest vacation. In short, we had money to spend after months of overtime at my job, and after watching the infamous foodie Anthony Bourdain traipse around Seattle on the Travel Channel, we decided to follow suit. On our first […]
Touristy Seattle
My rule of thumb is that on any trip we go on, we try to get the big-name touristy attractions out of the way first. In San Diego we did the zoo first, in San Francisco we did Alcatraz, and in London we did Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s, and the Tower of London. I like this approach […]
Mountains Beyond Mountains: Hood to Rainier
You know how certain songs or albums can become associated with specific drives, vacations, or other experiences in your life? Like hearing a song will trigger memories of where you were when you first heard it or when it was ubiquitous on the radio? I first heard Arcade Fire’s “Ready to Start” (on the same […]
Oregon Is Gorges
So we recently booked flights to Spain to visit my brother, who’ll be studying abroad there this spring (New Year’s resolution: finish all my Pacific Northwest posts before then). I’ve started planning the details of the trip, and like usual, I lean on the experience of others who’ve been there before. Friends, cousins, even friends of cousins […]
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