A Blog About Hiking, Travel, and Adventures Big and Small
If I haven't waxed poetic enough about the Oregon Dunes here in IG, now we've got a post with a little more love! Also a meteor shower and a puppy 🐾🌟⠀
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Moments like this remind me that I'm not totally ridiculous to be so wary of the ocean, no matter how small waves might look sometimes. Even the little ones can really pack a punch 🌊💪🥊 ...
It may have been a little much to cram in a bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto, a sort of intense journey to our new lodgings, and a 2 mile walk to the base of this temple.... Followed by a hike through...
It's been a wild, icy 24 hours in the Willamette Valley! The sounds outside are pretty surreal - so much creaking, cracking, and crashing of trees and bushes as the day warms.
#somuchice...
As a kid growing up in the Midwest, volcanoes to me seemed like exotic things. What you see in movies, draw in little cartoons, and sometimes see on the news (but in a distant sort of way). Maybe ...
It used to feel like bringing our dogs along on trips was mostly just a pain (you can't go to lots of places, you have to carry so much water, and worry about them in ways you don't at home,...
Caves might not be such a great match for my casual style of photography (generally just my phone), but we sure still tried!
I think this is also my first time being unguided in a cave (they ...
Minutes before this moment, we were trudging up a nearby street in the rain and gloom. But then we caught a glimpse of sunshine slicing through some clouds, and raced up to the highest spot we knew ...
One of the things that really struck me most in Tokyo was the contrasts. The ancient and the cutting edge, the strict behavioral codes and the extreme yet seemingly mainstream nerd culture. My ...
Living in a mild climate near mountains is amazing on lots of ways, but being able to mostly choose when snow is in your life is possibly one of the best 😁☃️🌨️ #winterwonderland ...
"I started early, took my dog,
And visited the sea;
The mermaids in the basement
Came out to look at me.
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And frigates in the upper floor
Extended hempen hands,
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