Washington

Up there with my favourite US National Parks visited during our three-month road trip across America is Mt Rainier. Visiting Mt Rainier when we did meant there was still plenty …

If you’re visiting the North Cascades National Park and looking for some of the best North Cascades hikes then you’re in the right place. The North Cascades is sometimes referred …

One of the top things to do at Mt Rainier is to take a hike. Pretty much all the hikes will offer impressive views of Mt Rainier and other mountains …

North Cascades National Park, Washington was the last US National Park we visited during our three-month cross country road trip. The year we visited winter had been kinda crazy all …

One thing that Europe does well (apart from cheese) is Christmas markets. The Gothenburg Christmas market, for example, has everything you need to get you in the Christmassy mood. Mulled …

This summer we seem to have had a bit of a thing for hiking to glaciers. There was Wedgemount Lake and Wedge Glacier and the Heliotrope Ridge Trail which goes …

On a clear day you can see Mt Baker in Washington State from Vancouver. That sight still blows my mind. Since we’ve recently got some new Canadian visas, we decided …

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve gone on to Airbnb and searched for “cabins near Vancouver”. There’s just something about staying in a wooden shelter with a …

We were recently given our Canadian Permanent Residency (hooray!) and decided that crossing the border to activate it would be the most fun way to do things. So we took …

There’s just something about the Pacific Northwest (that’s the PNW!). As soon as we headed north out of San Francisco and reached the northern Californian coast, everything felt different. The …