It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

I've never been to the Blackberry Festival in Bremerton before. As it turns out, they'd planned a "Popup" ferry service between Silverdale and Bremerton on a 100+ year old Mosquito Fleet ferry. (And yes, they literally called it a popup ferry... probably about the most PNW thing I've ever heard) There's no ferry service between these two towns, which are about a 15-minute drive away. The ride took about 45-minutes each way. I knew the route would follow Tracyton Beach road, which is a very nice drive in the area with views of the Olympics, and it didn't disappoint!  Unsurprisingly, the...

We hit the road this weekend to visit the dog-friendly parts of Olympic National Park.  Leaving Friday night after work, we car camped on a tiny stretch of the Elwha River within National Forest land. This was the sunrise view a few hundred feet from our campsite for the night. We drove a couple minutes into Olympic National Park and hiked the old paved road as far as we could. The road washed out in 2015 or so, and the overland trail doesn't allow dogs.    We drove out about 20 minutes to the Spruce Railroad Trailhead on Lake Crescent....

Three mountains and six waterfalls, to be exact. I'd been itching to check a couple hikes off the bucket list.  I'll mostly let the pictures speak for themselves. We car camped off forest roads in the Gifford-Pichot National Forest for free and rose before sunrise to make the most out of our time!  We arrived just before sunset on Friday night off NF-52 and slept in the car off the Nisqually River. The stars were amazing!  Some campers in the morning. Sites to the left had an amazing unobstructed view of Mt. Rainier.  We camped about 15 minutes outside the...

Rebecca and Panos spend a weekend at La Push on the Washington coast, with a side visit to the Hoh Rain Forest.