A few years ago a friend came to visit in Portland, Oregon and wanted to see the area. Who do you take on as a sidekick when you go exploring? Spock, of course. In a span of just a few days we explored strange new worlds, sought out new life and civilizations… Or, well, new [...]
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Road Trips: Columbia River Gorge
February 27th, 2013 
Faith I recently posted about my love of road trips, and particularly about how much I enjoyed Big Sur. I thought I’d continue that discussion and mention one of my other favorite roads, I-84 east of Portland Oregon, or, Columbia River Highway. If you take this road out of Portland, about a half an hour out [...]
Maryhill Stonehenge
February 20th, 2013 Faith Everybody knows about Stonehenge, right? But did you know there is a replica in Washington state? Right up against the Oregon border (made by the Columbia River) sits a Stonehenge replica. It was built as a memorial for the 17 soldiers from Klickitat County who had at the time died in World War I. Sam [...]
Recently Read: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
February 5th, 2013 Faith I love a good travel memoir. These comes in all shapes and sizes. Stories of backpacking through many countries, doing a round the world trip, living on a boat, hitchhiking, or, in this case, hiking through the woods for a very long time. Alone. Travel brings about this introspection that I never get tired of. These [...]
Meet Dorian Gray: The Traveling Rabbit
January 31st, 2013 Faith This is Dorian and BFF (Best Friend Forever, pronounced Biff). Dorian has been with us since we lived in Michigan over six years ago. When we moved from Michigan back to Seattle we immediately went to look up tips for bringing rabbits in the car, and found that most people said they gave away their [...]
