Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
Today we got up and chilled in our bed for a little bit. Next we picked up our room then went to the restaurant downstairs where I had a berry scone. Then we went to the front desk and asked to rent bikes. They took us out back and we each choose a bike. We […]
Read More The day I had ramonLast night, Zak and I stayed up too late chatting to the sweetest couple from Bellingham, Washington around the firepit at our hotel. It was really good to talk politics, travel, the world, food, and parenting with some others. They come up to Vancouver as often as we go into Chicago for the weekend. We […]
Read More Day 32: Vancouver‘Cause if you like the way you look that muchOh baby you should go and love yourself Justin Beiber Our day in Vancouver is half over, but we’re back at the hotel for an early wine hour and a bit of relaxing before we head back out this afternoon, so I decided I might as […]
Read More Love YourselfWell, I started this morning by waking very very early. I got 5 hours of sleep last night so that was so incredible We forgot to get breakfast out of the trunk and we didn’t want to dig it out so we each got a sandwich from Starbucks instead. Also, my mom got coffee. But […]
Read More Backpacking in OlympicThis morning we woke up super late and took off hiking back to the car. The hike was just as pretty as yesterday. It was an out and back so it only took a few hours. When we got back to the car we unpacked, then repacked everything for tonight. For lunch we grabbed some […]
Read More Backpacking in the BeachToday we woke up super early it was sad because we were in the last Kimpton of the trip. We packed up the room and got Fred for the two hour drive to Olympic National Park thankfully along the way we stopped at Starbucks for breakfast. Then back on the road. Unfortunately I get carsick, […]
Read More The day I had beef jerkyToday we got up and I was surprised to realize that I was not tired. I went to Zoe and my mom’s tent to see if they were awake since they were not. My dad and I packed up the inside of my tent then went back to the river to have breakfast. I had […]
Read More The day I camped on the beachThis morning we woke up at seven on the beach. The waves sounded so good last night to fall asleep. We hiked back two minutes faster than we hiked in. We tossed everything into the trunk and headed to the laundromat. While we were there we cleaned out everything and dried out all of our […]
Read More Going to CanadaTwo nights of backpacking in a row! I never, ever thought I’d do that! But I did! And it was so much fun. Sleep didn’t come as easily as it did the first night, and the waves were actually too loud at times during the night. I mumbled something to Ellie about turning down the […]
Read More Day 31: Olympic NP to VancouverI get the feeling I’ve never been here beforeBecause no one I’ve known’s ever moved me the wayThat you do Foreigner After two awesome nights of backpacking, Olympic NP has jumped into the top tier of my favorite parks. We had a great introduction to the rain forest and costal parts of the park, but […]
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