after our month in washington, our next stop, while brief, was baker city, oregon. we got in late friday night, after a LONG and BORING five-ish hour drive. we grabbed some groceries and then settled into a truck stop to boondock for the night. in the morning, we started off with a hearty breakfast at […]
quincy, washington.
like our previous two weeks in newport, washington, our time in quincy was pretty low key and chill. we took this little four week detour to give southern utah a bit of time to cool off before we make our way down. and the two campgrounds were in our thousand trail network, making them free […]
magic windows quilt.
you guys. i actually finished a quilt. so. let me tell you the story. i really absolutely love every single collection that sarah jane fabric designs. you might remember these two quilts made from her wee wander collection. well, when she released her “magic” line, i preordered it, knowing full well that i live on […]
lazy days in newport, washington.
after our very amazing and fast paced month in yellowstone, grand tetons and glacier national park, we made our way into eastern washington, for a decidedly less exciting leg of our trip. we are basically just killing some time, allowing south utah to cool off a bit before we return to visit a ton of […]
glacier national park.random week 2 miscellany.
other than the two hikes in my previous two blog posts, our second week in glacier was pretty low key. i even debated whether or not to post about it. but there were a few tales to be told and good pictures to go along with them… i spent a lot of time hanging out […]
glacier national park.st. mary falls hike.
on our last day at glacier, we debated several options: 1. leave early. 2. i go on another long alone hike. 3. go on a family hike. in the end, we decided to go on a family hike. there weren’t many options left. the last one on our list was an out and back at […]
glacier national park.iceberg lake hike.
so here’s the thing about glacier national park. there’s one road through. so, there are a handful of smaller, kid friendly types of hikes. and the rest are a bit longer. and also, more likely to be visited by bears. so if i wanted to do one, it would have to be sans lid kids. […]
glacier national park.avalanche and hidden lake hikes
when the weekend rolled around, our only question was which hikes we would do on which days. we had three that we for sure wanted to do, so we started with the longest one first, avalanche lake. it would clock in at around 5 miles, the longest our kiddos have attempted. we got an early […]
glacier national park. week 1.friend hikes and the best junior ranger program ever.
after our weekend of exploring glacier by car and boat, i was very excited to do some hiking. but, a lot of the hikes were too long to do with the kids. and the ones that weren’t, we wanted to save for the weekend to do with derek. also, we had moved the camper 4 […]
glacier national park.going-to-the-sun rd. and lake mcdonald
so, after the four days of full hookups, laundry, cleaning, and regular bathing, we headed north to glacier national park. we arrived on friday (and thankfully/surprisingly got a campsite, which i will detail later) and got busy exploring on saturday. glacier happens to boast one of the most beautiful scenic drives in the country, the […]