For our actual anniversary day, Andy and I met Kelly and Madison at the Clearwater Lake Campground at the Clearwater State Recreation Site to go kayaking. The campground offers 17 campsites, a boat launch, picnic area, water, and toilets. See a campground map here. For fishing enthusiasts, the water is filled with Arctic Grayling, Whitefish, and Salmon. […]
Month: July 2015
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I ♥ Fairbanks Part III: Driving the Denali Highway
Another fun Fairbanks area activity that Andy and I like to do is drive the Denali Highway in one big circle – starting at Fairbanks, then going from Paxson to Cantwell, and coming up through Denali Park from the South end. The highway is closed from October to May and only 23.9 miles of the […]
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Oregon Part VI: Cannon Beach
Cannon Beach sits about 25 miles south of Astoria along the coast. It’s a very beautiful drive, and takes about 40 minutes. A city in Clatsop County right on the Pacific Ocean, Cannon Beach is famous for its discovery by William Clark of Lewis and Clark. History of the Lewis and Clark expedition is alive […]
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Oregon Part V: Astoria and The Goonies House
Now that Andy had Mt. Hood under his belt (did you like his blog?!), we were able to relax a bit and finally left Timberline Lodge (I had had enough cheese, thankyouverymuch). We were on our way to Astoria! The drive to Astoria was beautiful. Pretty forests and gorgeous countryside. Don helped drive, per usual. […]
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Summiting Mount Hood – Timberline, Oregon
Hey there, blog world, it’s Andy. Normally my wife writes our blogs, but since I summited Mt Hood solo, this blog post was up to me. Allison didn’t climb with me on this one because the gear required was too extensive and costly for us to gather prior to the climb. Don refused to come […]