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Leandra’s 40th: Silver Falls State Park

Leandra’s 40th: Silver Falls State Park

We've been wanting to go to Silver Falls State Park since our very first trip to Oregon, but it always fell off the list for one reason or another. This trip we set out to rectify our previous...

Leandra’s 40th: Columbia River Gorge

Leandra’s 40th: Columbia River Gorge

Our original plan for our last day in Oregon was to drive to the coast, but I vetoed four hours of driving in favor of returning to the Columbia River Valley and visiting some waterfalls we hadn't...

Leandra’s 40th: Mt. Hood

Leandra’s 40th: Mt. Hood

On this trip to Oregon we originally intended to spend Friday wine tasting in Willamette Valley. However, with an expected temperature of 95F, we decided to escape to a higher elevation in search of...

Eric’s 40th: Iceland Day 2 – RAIN!

Eric’s 40th: Iceland Day 2 – RAIN!

This will be forever referred to as the 'wet' day in Iceland. It was about 40 degrees and drizzling with gusty winds and after two stops at Gullfoss and Geysir we were absolutely soaked. Thankfully...

Middle East 2016: Wadi Shab

Middle East 2016: Wadi Shab

We knew that Wadi Shab tends to become more crowded as the day progresses, so we decided to leave Muscat by 7am. After about 30 minutes of driving through the various suburbs of Muscat we enjoyed...

Wild West 2015: Yellowstone (Day 2)

Wild West 2015: Yellowstone (Day 2)

We decided to make the famous Old Faithful geyser our first stop for the morning, so we walked over from our cabin ~20 minutes beforehand to find a nice viewing angle. Thankfully we had enough...

Wild West 2015: Yellowstone (Day 1)

Wild West 2015: Yellowstone (Day 1)

We arrived at the West Yellowstone park entrance around 4:30pm where entry was quick and painless with our airport-purchased pass. It doesn't take long for Yellowstone to welcome you - 20 minutes...

UK 2015: Glencoe and Ben Nevis

UK 2015: Glencoe and Ben Nevis

Heading north out of Callander we stopped briefly at the Trossachs Mills for a few shots of Hamish and Honey, the wooly highland cows. A few miles down the road, and though my car registered the...

UK 2015: Southern Scotland daytrip

UK 2015: Southern Scotland daytrip

One of the major to-dos on our trip was for our friend to visit her family castle,  MacClellan's Castle. Located in southern Scotland, we decided to make it a day-trip from Glasgow and visit several...

Auckland: Waitakere Ranges and Hunua Ranges

Auckland: Waitakere Ranges and Hunua Ranges

The weather around Auckland was quite unsettled when we visited in March, with rain and sun trading places intermittently and causing us to skip a few of our planned hikes. However, we did get to...

Drive to Milford Sound

Drive to Milford Sound

Since we were starting in the afternoon due to the Doubtful Sound cruise, we needed to prioritize which sights we would visit before it became too dark to hike. Along the drive we decided our first...

New Zealand – drive to Wanaka

New Zealand – drive to Wanaka

On our first morning we woke up early, feeling mostly refreshed after two previous evenings on planes. We decided to skip the pricey buffet breakfast at the hotel and just head back to the airport...

Lombok: Sendang Gila and Tiu Kelep waterfalls

Lombok: Sendang Gila and Tiu Kelep waterfalls

While on Lombok we had the option of either snorkeling off the Gilis or a waterfall hike in the North. Knowing we had to travel the next day we figured we would keep things drier on the hike.... how...

Our Itinerary

2024 Trips

San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Valencia, Spain (Mar)
Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Bari, Italy (Sept)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)

2022 Trips

Florida (Feb)
NC Mountains (Apr)
Washington DC (Apr)
Valencia, Spain (May)
Hilton Head, SC (May)
Pacific NW (Jun)
Long Island (Jul)
Florida (Sept)
Chicago (Sept)
Poland (Sept)
NC Mountains (Nov)
Euro Xmas Markets (Dec)