Hello everybody! We just got home from a little over a year on the road, working in both OR and CA. As many of you know, our most recent contract was in Petaluma, CA- which is about an hour north of San Francisco. This blog post is mostly going to be about our road trip…
Silverthorne Colorado Ski Trip
Alrighty! It’s been quite a while since the last post. As many of you may already know, Erin and I are going to get married and go on an epic trip to east Africa when we get back to PA. Our contracts here in Petaluma, CA end on March 15th. Afterwards, we are going to…
Thanksgiving at Lake Tahoe
Merry almost Christmas! Many of you will recognize Lake Tahoe from our previous posts. It’s one of my favorite spots. Since we had a long weekend over Thanksgiving we decided to take a trip! Thankfully it is the shoulder season this time of year, between the absolutely mobbed summertime and the winter ski season. We…
A Long Weekend in Mendocino
Welp, it’s been about 2 months since we started our jobs here in Petaluma, CA. We signed an extension this past week, putting us here until mid March. A few weeks back Erin and I had a long weekend, so I planned a trip to a place called Mendocino. Mendo, as it is sometimes referred…
Camping in Mount Rainier National Park
During our time in between contracts we had big plans to visit North Cascade National Park. Unfortunately fires changed things… Our back-up was Mount Rainier National Park which did not disappoint! We stayed for 4 nights at White River Campground. Located in the northeast section of the park we were lucky to have less crowded…
Safeway Vs. Sprouts: Where should you shop?
In an interesting turn of events, our post on Sprouts vs Whole foods recently went viral. If you search “whole foods vs sprouts prices”, our website will likely be the top result. Google customizes everyone’s results, but, on average, our blog post will be within the top 3 results for almost anything to do with…
Backpacking Brokentop Mountain
Since we were unable to extend our contracts in Portland, we decided to take 2 weeks off in order to enjoy summer in the PNW before moving. For our first adventure, we went to Central Oregon for a 3 day backpacking trip in the mountains. I chose a loop trail that consisted of hiking through…
The Parents Visit Portland
As most of our readers probably already know by now: the parents have recently visited. I wrote this post weeks ago, but never edited it and added pictures. Better late than never! Erin’s Mother and Father visited, followed by my Mother. Each spent a week, and we even had a brief time all together. I…
Oahu, Hawaii
We have traveled to almost all 50 states and can now add Hawaii to our list of adventures! Thanks to our awesome friend, Jen, we were able to go to Oahu to explore the island. Jen has been working there for almost a year but is headed back to the mainland soon. It was so…
Summiting Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano located 52 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon, and 98 miles south of Seattle. On May 18th 1980 it had a major eruption which unfortunately was the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history. When chatting with patients about the mountain many remember exactly what they…