Thanks to the brilliant idea of our friend Jessica, we finally made it to Pacific Beach (an ocean “resort” for military members). I’ve been meaning to go for years, but I guess I needed a kick in the…
What a trip! The kids and I journeyed to Montana… and found Kalispell (and all of Washington, Idaho and western Montana) full of thick smoke. We enjoyed our family anyway with swimming, fishing, hiking, mud, playing games, helping…
The kids and I took one last trip to Point no Point beach with our Burton friends. Havilah and I were both feeling a bit ashamed that the last time we’d both gone to Point no Point was…
The old military batteries at Fort Worden are super fun; the kids love running through the dark blind tunnels, finding passages and secret rooms, and starting at one end and seeing where they’ll come out. We’ve gone back…
Being in decent shape right now for walking up a mountain, we decided to go ahead and make the (4 miles straight up) trip up Mount Townsend. It was hard, but, as usual on long hikes, something happened…
After our teepee adventure with the Joneses, we headed up into the mountains for our fourth annual camping trip at Ten Lakes Basin. The weather was gorgeous, the lakes were cold, the fishing was good, the guitar was…
Our annual Montana vacation started with a weekend with the Joneses extended crew. Jean found us a sweet spot to “camp” with teepees, a grill, electric coffee, and all the amenities we could ask for. The days were…
For the first time ever, we spent a week away from our kids. Ash went to visit family in Kalispell, Cedar went to summer camp in Washington, and Matt and I stayed home without kiddos. I’ve got a…