Washington State: Snow Day in Olympic
January 20, 2010 by Melanie
Filed under Northwest, Olympic National Park, Seattle, The Americas, USA, Washington
Olympic National Park, Christmas Day 1997
There’s traveler’s wisdom in a simple concept: Don’t overplan.
We took our first longer-than-a-weekend, not-to-see-family, multi-destination trip together in December 1997. (And to think, we’d been together three years by then.) We put aside nine days to visit Seattle and Victoria, B.C., and the trip was cold, fun, rainy and exciting.
But when I look back, just about my favorite part was an unexpected side trip to Washington’s Olympic National Park.
TWT’s 3 Best Kept Travel Secrets
December 4, 2009 by Melanie
Filed under California, Central California, Couples' Travel Tips, Europe, France, Oregon, Paris, Paso Robles, Portland, Southern Europe, The Americas, USA
Photo by Roadsidepictures
The popular travel blog TripBase has started a tag-you’re-it game across the travel blogosphere.
The goal is to collect an amazing list of across-the-globe travel secrets from as many travel bloggers as humanly possible. Someday soon, this list will be a Creative Commons roundup that I’ll be sure to share with you!
For now, I’ve been tagged by two of my favorite travel bloggers, Sheila of GoVisitHawaii and Isabelle of Isabelle’s Travel Guide to contribute my own best kept travel secrets.
So, here we go:
Falling Into the North Willamette Valley
October 5, 2009 by Melanie
Filed under North Willamette Valley, Northwest, Oregon, Portland, The Americas, USA
Domaine Serene, in early October
A simple search of the Travels With Two archives will tell you how much we love Portland, Oregon. But, truly, we also sing the wine country praises of the nearby North Willamette Valley.
Of course, the singing usually comes an hour into tasting pinot noirs…
TWT Travel Binder: Wyoming
August 20, 2009 by Melanie
Filed under Northwest, The Americas, USA, Wyoming
We traveled to Jackson Hole, Grand Teton and Yellowstone for our 9th anniversary in August 2008.
We’d love to return to see the whole gorgeous area blanketed in wintry snow.
Here are some resources to help you plan your own “travels with two” to Wyoming.
TWT Travel Binder: Washington
August 20, 2009 by Melanie
Filed under Northwest, The Americas, USA, Washington
Adam and I traveled to Seattle and Olympic National Park in December 1997,
and someday plan to return
to visit the Museum of Glass in Tacoma and taste wine in some of the state’s 9 wine regions.
Here are some resources to help you plan your own “travels with two”
to Washington State.
