Category: Trip Report
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Spring Break 2017 – Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Our first full day in Tucson during our Spring Break trip brought us to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. This was one of my top favorite spots on our journey. We got there fairly early, though I couldn’t convince everyone to get there at 7:30 am for a guided bird walk. (It’ll be just one more…
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Spring Break 2017 – Montezuma’s Castle
On our fourth day in Arizona, we reluctantly said goodbye to our lovely cabin in the woods northwest of Flagstaff, and moved our families south to Tucson. Along the way, we stopped at Montezuma’s Castle National Monument. This park is smaller than the others we’d visit on our trip, but it’s a unique treasure and…
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Spring Break 2017 – Grand Canyon National Park
For our third day in Arizona in April, we spent the day up at the Grand Canyon. We were staying at a house on the north-south road up to the South Rim area of the canyon. This turned out to be a really good spot for getting up to the Canyon early in order to…
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Little Si TR – 4/14/17
Our friend Cindy and her 4 dogs joined us on Friday for a great hike up Little Si. This knob sits on the side of Mt. Si, and provides a great workout for little legs without the steep slog up the larger peak. You’ll still get wide views and a wild feel, even though you’re…
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Spring Break 2017 – Jerome, AZ and the Sedona Area
On our first day in Arizona, my parents picked us up from the airport, and we drove up to Flagstaff to get groceries before we went to our cabin near Williams. We got quite a surprise when it started snowing in Flagstaff! That was not what drew us to Arizona, after one of the gloomiest,…
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Spring Break Overview 2017
We had an amazing trip to Arizona for Spring Break this year. Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be putting up blog posts about all of the places we visited. I also have some book reviews to sprinkle in between that I think you’ll like. This was my second time to Arizona (the first…
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Tolmie State Park, TR 3/17/17
I recently had the chance to drop my kids off with Grandma in the South Sound, and I had the afternoon free to do a hike by myself. Since I was already down there, I thought I should check out a new trail for the website. I picked Tolmie State Park, northwest of Olympia on…
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Semiahmoo Park – Trip Report, 3/10/17
We recently took an afternoon and drove up to Semiahmoo Spit near Blaine to do some birding and check out a new-to-us trail. Semiahmoo Spit is a long sand spit that protects Drayton Harbor. Historically this area was used by Native Americans for harvesting natural resources, and it became an abundant salmon canning area after…
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North Loop Snowshoe, Hoodoo, OR, TR, 2/19/17
Over the long President’s Day weekend, when we were visiting my brother, we drove up to Hoodoo ski area to do a snowshoe. This huge sno-park has a solid network of ski and snowshoe trails to choose from. We chose a kid-friendly trail to one of the warming huts – the North Loop Trail. We…
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The High Desert Museum in Bend, OR – 2/18/17
My brother recently moved his family to Central Oregon, and we took advantage of our 5-day weekend for President’s Day to drive down for a visit. On Saturday, I took the kids to the High Desert Museum south of Bend, OR. It has been several years since we’ve visited, and Annika didn’t even remember the…