Helena Area Habitat is an affiliate I’ve been following with interest for some time due to their aggressive efforts in creating affordable housing despite home costs having more than doubled in less than… Continue reading
As we prepared to leave the waterfalls of the Columbia Gorge for the densely forested canyons of the Middle Fork Clearwater and Lochsa Rivers in Idaho the forecast for the higher elevations developed… Continue reading
The Columbia River Gorge is spectacular in it’s own right, but the dozens of waterfalls spilling from the Cascade Range into the Columbia River are perhaps the most impressive. Somehow in all Tom’s… Continue reading
At the conclusion of our build we parted ways with our friends and set off to visit some of Tom’s family in the Seattle area as well as catch up for a dinner… Continue reading
Tom and I managed to do quite a bit of sightseeing during our two weeks of building in Port Townsend and Allie and I did a fair amount of walking and hiking of… Continue reading
The six of us spent two weeks building in Port Townsend, Washington beginning in the last week of April. We were the only care-a-vanners during that time so we worked mostly with each… Continue reading
The Oregon coast remains one of my very favorite places and I was excited to return with our friends. One of the two couples we were traveling with had never been to Oregon… Continue reading
This was my fourth visit to the Redwoods and it was by far the most relaxed. We had met up with our friends just south after two long days of driving from the… Continue reading
Leaving the Ozarks we visited family and friends in Missouri before making a quick run back home to prepare for our upcoming trips. Allie and I were ecstatic for a few snowy mornings… Continue reading
Alum Cove was probably my favorite hike of those we did in the Ozarks. The natural bridge is something like 125 feet long – an impressive span – and 30 feet wide. We… Continue reading
