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Category: Washington

Olympic Peninsula Zip! (Part 2)

We stopped for the night in Port Angeles. What a charming town.
The next day, we drove past the breathtakingly beautiful Lake Crescent, wandered into the Hoh Rain Forest, and quietly tried to not surprise a large herd of grazing elk.

flora+fauna, scenic drive, weekender, Zip!Trip

Olympic Peninsula Zip! (Part 1)

We marveled at the misty, foggy mountains on the left, and oyster farms and resort towns on the right. What a gorgeous area. I made a mental note to check out the resorts for a summer getaway, for some time in the future.

flora+fauna, scenic drive, weekender, Zip!Trip

A Sunday Drive Around the ‘Hood

The plan? Hop in the car and go for a long Sunday drive around Mt Hood, dinner at our favorite restaurant in Hood River, and a drive home on the scenic Washington side of The Gorge.

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185-mile Root Beer Floats

Last summer the endless hot weather was getting to us. Our southwest facing apartment doesn’t have A/C, and we were … More

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Meet Pam & Dave

We’re two friends from high school who parted ways the day we graduated. Thirty years later, we reconnected and fell in love. This website is a chronicle of our adventures through the Pacific Northwest and around the world.

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