by Dana | Aug 2, 2022 | Pacific Northwest road trip, PNW hiking
Our RoadTrek posed in front of Mt. Adams.With the weather forecast to hit into the ‘teens (114F) in The Dalles, Wayne planned a great escape, up, up, and away into the higher altitude of the Mount St. Adams area. The goal was to find a place cool enough,... by Dana | Jun 24, 2022 | PNW hiking, road trip PNW, Summer PNW, West Coast Road Trip
Crater Lake, June 21, 2022.Yes, that is a snowman on our first day of summer back in the Pacific Northwest.Ok, to be fair, we were at Crater Lake, where the lake level is about 6300′ in elevation, and the rim, is higher still. Crater Lake averages 44′ of... 
by Dana | Jan 18, 2022 | PNW hiking, recipes, road trip
One-minute road-trip video, a bit grainy from my phone cam.We’re still limbo-ing along in transitionville. Despite spending summer in Florida at a time when most sane folks flee and arriving back in the Pacific Northwest in the wintertime when we last fled... by Dana | Jun 19, 2020 | Beaver Creek Falls Oregon, Columbia County Oregon hiking, PNW hiking
Beaver Creek Falls, about a 40-minute drive from St. Helens, Oregon.St. Helens Marina is a sweet and affordable spot to moor while waiting for warmer, drier, less windy weather. The town of St. Helens offers everything we need, mostly within walking distance, plus...