An Olympic National Park road trip has been on my Washington to do list since we landed in America. It has to be one of the most diverse national parks on the planet. Stretching over nearly a million acres on Washington’s west coast, its beauty encompasses wild beaches, rugged coastlines, wet dense rainforest, epic mountain […]
Month: April 2017
Gone Fishin’: salmon fishing in the San Juan Islands
With just a little over two months left in Washington State, Tom and I have been eagerly trying to tick off a few bucket list experiences that we hadn’t yet accomplished. Batter up: salmon fishing in the San Juan Islands. This area is a year-round salmon mecca, and not so coincidentally, Anacortes is a major […]
Expat Escapades March 2017
March was a weird month: more snow in Anacortes, and rain that would just not quit. I got the winter blues for the first time in the nearly two years since I moved to Washington State. But I can’t be too hard on myself – I found out Seattle saw only three ‘officially sunny’ days […]