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Road Trips

Guide to the best road trips in the PNW.

Newhalem and Diablo Lake, Washington

Newhalem and Diablo Lake, Washington

BySusan Stephens July 16, 2019February 11, 2025

The North Cascades is a wilderness paradise. My previous trip to the Northern Cascade Loop took us on a couple of epic hikes, with some of the best backpacking Washington State has to offer, but little did I know there is so much to the area of northern Washington State than meets the eye. I…

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Day Trips from Portland for Every Season

Day Trips from Portland for Every Season

BySusan Stephens June 4, 2019February 11, 2025

When you need to take a break from the city, away from the great coffee shops, the incredible food scene or just the bustle of downtown Portland, there is a myriad of places you can get away to for a day. Portland is smack dab in the middle of what seems like everything. You could…

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small towns around puget sound

Charming Small Towns Around Puget Sound

BySusan Stephens March 25, 2019March 3, 2025

There’s just something about coastal towns in Washington State that fascinate me. Unlike small communities of the land-locked variety, a tiny city on Puget Sound exudes an air of mysterious wonder all their own. Because people tend to flock toward the water when on vacation, these best small towns near Seattle are used to a…

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PNW travel blogs

5 Great Pacific Northwest Travel Blog Posts (that are NOT mine!)

BySusan Stephens February 19, 2019February 6, 2024

I do like to share the love. However, to quote Yoda, only one woman, I am. Wait, no he didn’t say that, but that’s how he speaks. I can only do so much. Running a Pacific Northwest travel blog is incredibly rewarding, but it’s damn hard work. And as much as I’d like to write every…

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Road trip to Alaska

The Most Epic Road Trip to Alaska

BySusan Stephens January 22, 2019April 22, 2024

For the longest time, I thought that the road north from the U.S. northern border up through Canada to Alaska was a vast wasteland. Almost unpassable. Much like outer Mongolia. However, driving to Alaska is becoming increasingly popular and easy to achieve. Get in on the untapped wilderness now kids, before the tourists overrun one…

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UFO at Sauvie Island

The Case of the Mysterious UFO at Sauvie Island

BySusan Stephens December 18, 2018February 11, 2025

On the banks of the Columbia River, tucked into the trees on a nude beach on Sauvie Island just north of Portland, sits a strange craft. It is UFO-looking, landlocked and lonely… And Covered in Grafitti For many years, not a soul seemed to know how this saucer-like shipwreck came to its final resting place…

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