Archive for the ‘2009: Pacific Northwest’ Category
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Seattle – Day 2, and the end of the trip
So I was “that guy” last night – no, not the guy who brings a girl into his male dorm room for a late night rendezvous (see: Lauren’s Welsh boytoy), but the girl who coughed all through the night in …
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Seattle – Day 1
We left the motel at 10am, giving us more than enough time to get to Seattle and return our rental car. Or so we thought. Of course we underestimated the traffic and got stuck on the highway through some podunk …
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Mt. Rainier National Park
We had the luxury of enjoying a free breakfast at the hotel before departing for the forest… and by breakfast I mean stale bagels, etc. But the saving grace were some instant oatmeal packets that I smuggled for the next …
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Washington Coast & Olympic National Park
Like most other days, we hit the road again in the AM and left Lake Quinault. We were en route to Olympic National Park, planning on making a stop somewhere along the coast to check out a Washington beach. We …
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The Historic Sou’wester Lodge
Last night we arrived at the Historic Sou’wester Lodge just after dark. Lauren and I were quite excited for this particular accommodation, as we’d hand-picked it from our Lonely Planet guide. How could we resist with a description like this?:…
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Cannon Beach to Washington
On our last morning in Portland we got all our things together, packed the rental car, and began our drive out to the Oregon and Washington coast. We had planned on getting gas once we left the city, only there …
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Columbia River Gorge
Today began like every other day in Portland: coffee & chill time at the cafe. However, we actually had somewhere to be by noonish, so my time there was cut slightly short. We had to catch the light rail to …
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Portland – Day 2
Another glorious day in the Pacific Northwest began with what was to become my morning ritual while in Portland: a few hours at the cafe across the street. It was my time to myself where I could catch up with …
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Portland – Day 1
On our first day in Portland and back in civilization, I began my day at World Cup Coffee & Tea, a cafe conveniently located just across the street from the hostel. This would become a daily fixture during my time …