Travel

The Olympic National Park is known for its wilderness and staggering beauty. The park is huge, encompassing much of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. The South Olympic Coast is just a small portion of the Park. Not many realize, though, that the park is not continuous. One portion of the park contains the Hoh Rainforest,…

Living on the Kitsap Penninsula has its perks. There are several cities with ferries into downtown Seattle, which makes commuting for work or accessing extra amenities easy. The cost of living is better than most of the great Seattle-Tacoma metro area. Most importantly, though, is the easy access to Washington’s amazing nature. After living in…

Every beginner backpacker should learn the “Ten Essentials.” With these ten essentials covered, any new backpacker should be comfortable along the trail. In this post, I’ll cover why the ten essentials exist, who created this list, and what the list includes. Why Ten Essentials for Backpacking? Beginner backpackers tend to overpack or underpack. They don’t…

When heat hits the Pacific Northwest, people flock to the lakes and higher elevations. Most homes do not have air conditioning – nor have they needed it, until recent climate change. That’s why we escaped Bremerton to backpack in the Olympic National Forest at the end of June. We chose the Gray Wolf trail for…

Over Memorial Day Weekend, we backpacked for the first time on the Upper Dungeness Trail. The trail was absolutely stunning and not overly crowded, making it a great getaway for the weekend. Last weekend, I wrote up a post about exploring the Olympic Penninsula, check it out here. Trail Difficulty Alltrails.com lists the Upper Dungeness…