Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
I stirred at one point during the night and thought to myself, “Gosh, I love Kimpton beds.” My eyes blinked open, to realized I was in a tent, cozy in a sleeping bag, my head resting on a pillow I had to blow up last night. I rolled over with a smile on my heart, […]
Read More Day 30: Olympic National ParkLike waves crashing on the beach. Tom Petty One day, two backpacking trips! Somehow we all got our best camping night of sleep ever last night. I only woke up once at 4:30, decided that was way too easy to get up and fell right back to sleep until 7:15. Ellie and I got our […]
Read More American GirlThe firework show was spectacular last night. I’ve even heard that it was the number one firework show in the country according to USA Today. We joined thousands of others to enjoy the display and had a lot of fun in the process. One of the moments I won’t forget is breaking into the Marriott […]
Read More Day 29: Olympic National ParkIn the river is our sisters and our brothersWe are camping out for each otherWe are stronger when we band togetherAnd we’re standing up for the waterDon’t poison the future away Raye Zaragoza We’re on the trail again! I’m actually writing this post from the Happy Four area of the Hoh River Trail where we’ll […]
Read More In The RiverWednesday and Thursday posts: One of the things that we came to Seattle for or the thing was the food. My aunt and uncle just did a trip to the Northwest also and they got us tickets to do the Pike Place Market Tour which was so much fun! On Wednesday we did a guided […]
Read More Touring Pike Place Market and Fourth of JulyWhen I got up I wrote my blog post from yesterday and then hopped into the shower. When I got out we put our luggage in the car. Then we walked to Pike Place Market. Just before we got there we stopped at Starbucks for breakfast. Then we went to the gum wall. I can’t […]
Read More The day I did a food tastingToday we way slept in and did not hit the road for the one block drive to the next Kimpton. Then it was time for a food tour of our own. First food was fish and chips I took my share of chips and the split my fish in three for the rest of my […]
Read More The day I fed a seagullIt turns out that we had one mission in Seattle…eat our way through it. I say, with little doubt, that we succeeded. We started yesterday off with a Pike Place tour (thank you Puigs!!) and what a blast it was. In addition to eating the most popular and famous tastes of Pike Place, we learned […]
Read More Days 27 and 28: SeattleI played my guitar out on the shore lineAnd the fireworks, they burned out in the bayWe drank til July fifth and then we slept right through the sixthAnd I thought about you all three days The Mulligan Brothers We’re on the eve of our last day in Seattle sitting just outside South Union Park […]
Read More Oh SusannaToday when I got up it was 7:00 which confused me because we were supposed to get up at 5:00 to hike. Then I realized my parents were gone and a note replaced them saying they went to get coffee. Eventually we joined them. I asked them why we were not hiking then I looked […]
Read More The day I went to Seattle