As some of you may know, we adopted a dog (Leika) in January. Part way through Canada we realized that while Canada’s National Parks are incredibly dog-friendly, US National Parks are not, at all. While disappointed, we figured that when it came time to spending time in the national parks, we’d have to put Leika […]
Since eastern Washington State, the temperatures during the day have hung around mid-90 degrees, and the roads have been hilly. This isn’t conducive to keeping the engine at it’s ideal operating temperature of 188 to 192 degrees. We have a ScanGauge (Amazon) for monitoring some engine stats while driving, which showed that our engine started […]
It’s seriously so hot here in Idaho. Both awesomeness wise and temperature. To be honest, it would be too hot for me if it wasn’t such an awesome state. Which I will get to but for now, lets rewind to Washington. Coming in from eastern Washington, we stopped in Winthrop, WA for a sweet mountain […]
THANK YOU, MAX and ERIC! We spent the last week in the Upper Left (the PNW) with Nikki’s two younger brothers. The area around Seattle is truly amazing, with plenty of beautiful places to hike and explore. We had obviously seen many photo’s of the PNW and how green it an be, but didn’t realize that […]
The day before we left on this trip, we were finalizing the kitchen sink plumbing, the modern bathroom sinks and decided we really didn’t like the set-up, so decided to abandon our original plan. And for several weeks it had been all too easy to put it off since there were plenty of other things that […]
We spent the last weekend at our friend’s wedding in LA. Congratulations Meesh and Bryan, we love you and couldn’t be happier for you two! It was also great to see the Balderdashers. I get more and more grateful for the wonderful girlfriends I have in my life! We’re now back in Seattle to spend […]
And I’m sorry, I’m not sorry that we haven’t updated the blog in the past month. Our last entry was in Ontario and since then, we’ve crossed through four Canadian provinces and back into the US of A. It’s not that we haven’t had internet – we have – but we’ve been a bit rushed […]
As we pulled up to Lake Superior Provincial Park, the 5-day forecast called for clear skies and perfect weather. The park is home to a 68km Coastal Hike that Jakob and I were very excited for, but in our typical fashion hadn’t completely planned for. Given the weather, we jumped at the opportunity. Within an […]
We only spent two days in Killarney Provincial Park, but it was incredible. After visiting the information center, we took Leika on a run on a trail called The Crack. The first 3km of the trail was probably the most flat and well maintained trail we’ve been on thus far. As we approached the turn […]
We arrived in Ottawa, Canada’s capital, early on a bright Sunday morning and went straight to ByWard Market to pick up some fresh bread, cheese and hummus for a picnic. The perfect spot for it turned out to be Major’s Hill Park, with a view over the Rideau Canal and Ottawa Locks. It was a […]