1.Being able to call a loss a loss, especially if it’s your fault. Last summer when we went backpacking through Shenandoah National Park, on our last day I decided to use prop our camera tripod in on a rock next to a river to take a picture of us. Just as Derek was telling me what a … More Tara’s Lessons Learned…so far.

Blogging ain’t easy. Seriously, It’s not easy. I have a new found respect for travel bloggers who do this for a living… It’s actually really stressful. Whenever you have a free minute, you feel like you should writing a blog post about the last place you saw…. or downloading pictures so that they can be … More Lessons Learned Numero Dos

We rolled into Bend on a whim. Mostly because somewhere in her reading Tara discovered that Bend, OR is the #1 most dog friendly city in the country. So much so that one of their local breweries, and there are a lot of them along the “Bend Ale Trail,” Boneyard Brewery, even makes 6 packs … More Bend & Crater Lake NP, Oregon

After Tillamook, we headed to Portland… we had heard great things about the city and wanted to check it out… What we didn’t think about was that Portland is a city… Have you ever tried to park a truck and tow behind camper in Boston? Probably not because it’s impossible… well, same goes for Portland. … More Portland to Hood River, OR

We camped outside Astoria for a night at Fort Stevens State Park right by the beach. They had showers here, huge bonus because we were reaching the 7 day mark since we had last  stayed somewhere with showers and even though Derek said he was feeling pretty good after a “baby wipe wash,” I was … More The Scenic Oregon Coast: Cannon Beach to Oceanside

We’re going to the Goondocks… So this has been a childhood… dream? Not really a dream, I just always thought it would be super cool to see the places from the Goonies… hold on to your seats, this is going to be an emotional rollercoaster of a post. (not really) To get to Astoria, you … More The Goonies (Astoria, OR)

We arrived at South beach around 11am… which, as we know from previous campgrounds… this is too late… what were we thinking…? We were at the board trying to figure out what sites were left, and what actually constituted a site. There wasn’t a map of the campground… just tables with numbers spray painted on … More Our Labor Day Beach House, OR Coast

After Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, and our failed attempts to find a decent spot to camp in the Spokane, WA area, we decided it would make more sense to just keep driving west towards Seattle than to burn a night at a shitty campsite (or in the case of the Spokane state parks, parking lots they … More Olympic Peninsula, Washington