We slept in a bit on Thursday since we didn’t have anything planned until 2pm and we were driving all day Wednesday. We started off the day by visiting the Portland Rose Test Garden. I had no idea there were so many roses, wierd ones too. They were all in full Bloom and [...]
Our trek from Glacier National Park back to Portland was rather uneventful, and yet satisfying. We drove all the way through, only stopping in Coeur D’Alene for lunch (which was a completely unexpected yet beautiful city in Idaho). Again, somewhere in Montana we hit a giant hailstorm of bugs. We seemed to [...]
Wednesday was our first day in Seattle and what a fun packed day it was!
We started off by heading to Pikes Place (of course). Wow! Their market rocks! the OMG Peach truly does make you say ‘Oh My God’ and the fish do really fly overhead. Walking into the building Rachel’s jaw [...]
We woke up and got on the road from our cute little Boat Theme Room after a good nights sleep (read: we slept in). Along the way we passed a sign for the Lews and Clark National Park. We’d seen stuff all over with the Lewis and Clark names on it and [...]
Tuesday was relaxing. We got up and had the continental breakfast (we made it a point to eat itevery day, no sense spending money on a meal that was included with your hotel). We took our time checking out and headed to do laundry. Since we’re here for 3 weeks we intentionally only packed enough [...]
We headed to Crater Lake National Park early Monday morning from Bend Oregon. To get there we took the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway which circles Mount Bachelor along alpine lakes and meadows. It took longer than necessary, but we’re out here for the scenery right? We saw great views of snow [...]
Our original plan for Sunday morning was to head to the west side of Mount St Helens. However; after checking the weather report, it seemed like it might be a bit useless. Overcast throughout the entire region for the whole day. No matter, one of the greatest things about this area of the country [...]
