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Archive for August 2011

29
Aug
Nearing the forest service cabin

There’s a Grizzly Living Behind Your Outhouse

There we were, at the beginning of the (first) trailhead that would take us to our dream destination. A remote lakeside cabin. Read more »

25
Aug

Princess Hotels – Alaska Wilderness Lodges

During our visit to Alaska, we had the opportunity to stay at four of Princess’s Alaska Wilderness Lodges: Kenai Princess, Denali Princess, Copper River Princess and the Fairbanks Princess.  While each had unique attributes, a common thread amongst all of them was excellent service and great locations. Read more »

25
Aug
Wrangell-St Elias National Park

Postcard from Alaska – Sunshine and a Glacier

Since our last post was all doom and gloom, we wanted to let you know that we remodeled our plans and found some hiking-friendly weather. We made our way down to Wrangall-St. Elias National Park. Read more »

22
Aug
backpacking gear

It’s All About the Journey

“Really? You’re kidding me. Just what we need. God dammit!”

Overhearing the flight attendant talking to the captain, we knew it wasn’t good news. She tried her best to recover and inject a friendly bounce into her re-packaged delivery for passengers.

“Hi, folks. Once again we’re happy to have ya on board. The captain has just informed me that we have a mechanical issue, so we’re gonna be pulling back up to the gate. He’ll have more information for you at that time.” Read more »

15
Aug
from http://ochaonline.un.org/whd/

Every Action Counts

World Humanitarian Day is this Friday. The theme – People Helping People – has us thinking about what we can do to help ease the torment in the Horn of Africa. The devastation seems overwhelming, almost insurmountable. What good can two guys in Seattle do? It’s discouraging.

And then we remember the power of a simple action and what happened a couple months back. Read more »

12
Aug
lakeshore

Our Ultimate Multiple Personality Travel Adventure

We’re on an adventure streak.

Our head-clearing time in Glacier National Park confirmed that we want to take our “live now” attitudes to the next level AND seek more aggressive adventures while our bodies can still hack it.

We’re off to Alaska, and we gonna tear it up. Read more »

8
Aug
Northern Lights

Awesome Adventures – Northern Lights Edition

Early this year, we decided to – from time to time – highlight some of our most spectacular past journeys under an “Awesome Adventures” heading. To qualify, the journey has to be the best of the best. There aren’t many.

So far, we’ve only gotten around to sharing details from our visit to Antarctica. Today, there’s a new Awesome Adventure to share. Read more »

5
Aug
Where to sleep?

Testing Expedia, Priceline, Travelticker and Voyage Prive

After a lot of posts from our camping adventure, it’s time to talk about the other side of our travel equation – sleeping outside of a tent. Read more »

1
Aug
Glacier National Park - Grinnell Lake

From Glacier NP to Glacier Bay NP

We’re settled back in Seattle after our adventure in Glacier National Park.

The camping and hiking were incredible, but those elements weren’t the best part. Our time in the wilderness turned out to be an avalanche of inspiration and life lessons that allowed us to clear out the gunk in our heads and more easily lean into the power of intuition. Read more »