Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
I know you are thinking but Ellie you hike Every day. But It has been like a week since we have hiked. So that should help you understand my title. Also you might be curious what I mean when in yesterday’s post I said Tequilla beat my mom up. What happened was when my moms […]
Read More The day I hikedThis morning we woke up and there was fog covering everything outside and you couldn’t see ten feet in front of you. Because of that we decided to go right to Seattle. Driving was a little scary because of all of the fog. We stopped at a laundromat and did our laundry. Then it was […]
Read More Arriving in SeattleNow I will stand in the rain on the corner…Oh, my heart it sinks to the groundAnd the storm that I thought would blow overClouds the light… Led Zeppelin You’ll likely notice the conspicuous lack of pictures from our visit to Mt. Ranier. We woke up early this morning – 5:30 – so that we […]
Read More Fool In The RainWe woke up at Mount Rainier to the thickest fog I’ve encountered. Not only could we not see the majestic mountain, but we also couldn’t see five feet out the window in our room. It was super early, only 5:30, since we had hoped to rise early to get a good hike in before heading […]
Read More Day 26: SeattleI can’t tell where the journey will endBut I know where to start Avicii Today was a perfect quintessential National Park day. We set an alarm for 5:45 so that we could both get on the road and make reservations at Zion for next year. This road trip stuff takes a lot of planning! Even […]
Read More Wake Me UpThis morning we woke up early and booked a hotel room in Zion for in a year. Our destination for the day was Mount St. Helen’s. After we waited an hour for the bathroom to open. We started off on the trail. The hike was beautiful there were views of the volcano the whole home. […]
Read More Going to Mount St. HelensI can’t even begin to explain how good it felt to be back on the trail. We did a solid 10 miles today sandwiched between two 3 hour drives. And what a great day it was. We woke up early and spent the next hour futzing on our phones with the hope of scoring reservations […]
Read More Day 25: Mount St. HelensToday was all about good food, pride, roses, Kimptons, and drag queens. And it was perfect. We woke up in that ridiculous two story room to Kimpton coffee. We chilled for a bit before heading out to breakfast. We’d read that Voodoo Doughnut is the most popular doughnut in the city, but Blue Star is […]
Read More Day 24: PortlandAll my life I’ve been waiting forI’ve been praying forFor the people to sayThat we don’t wanna fight no moreThey’ll be no more warsAnd our children will play Matisyahu Waking up this morning was a little sad since it meant our time in the rediculously sized Imperal Suite at the Hotel Vintage was coming to […]
Read More One DayThis morning we went to a new donut shop. It was called blue star. We had six different kinds of donuts. This was the first time I finished all my donuts. After breakfast we walked around a bit and went back to the hotel to get the car. We drove to Washington Park which is […]
Read More The day I saw my first drag show