The area of Ocean Shores is Washington’s best-kept secret. At least, it is if you believe their advertising. However, if you’re a Seattle resident that’s looking for the nearest bit of beach it soon becomes apparent that everyone and their dogs are probably headed to Ocean Shores at the same time you are. Despite the …
A few years ago, I was invited to a birthday party for a friend of a friend at one of the beaches a few miles from my house. They told me we would be digging for clams, so I should bring a shovel. Despite living in the Pacific Northwest all my life, I’d never gone …
Continuing our series of amazing hidden gems on the Oregon Coast, Stonefield Beach is located between Florence and Yachats on the central Oregon Coast. The Oregon State Parks’ website doesn’t do it justice, with the entire description reading: “Stonefield has easy beach access. Tenmile Creek is just to the north. A great place to sit …
No matter how much I like Everett, Washington, I do have to admit that it isn’t known for its beaches. However, that doesn’t mean that we’re totally bereft of any chance to enjoy some sun and sand (or rocks…this is the PNW after all). There are a couple of decent beaches in the area and …
If you’re looking to camp in your van, it’s likely that we’re either best friends or enemies. Well, not really, but if you’re trying to camp the Oregon coast in a $150k Spring van then we’ll probably be at odds when we pull up in our 30-year-old $800 Club Wagon. So, in the interest of …
Despite living for half of her life in Bellingham my wife had never heard of Teddy Bear Cove. There are a couple of places in Washington to see bioluminescent events so it was a bit of a shock to her to find out about one so close to home. However, like most places, seeing bioluminescence …
My wife and I like people, we really do. But we’re not shopping for a 5-acre property so we can fill our yard with more guests. Instead, we plan vacations to get away from our house and people who know where we live. Despite its popularity, the Oregon coast is one of our favorite places …
Nearly everyone in the U.S. is familiar with the San Juan Islands. Even if people don’t know them by name they’ve likely seen pictures and know that somewhere off the coast of Washington there are some beautiful islands. But they aren’t the other vacation-worthy islands in the Pacific Northwest. In fact, there is a group …
Whether you’re looking to get out of Seattle and experience nature, kayak with whales, or explore from Olympia your destination is the same: the Puget Sound. The Puget Sound has been drawing paddlers in for (literally) hundreds of years. These days this means that there are plenty of places on the Puget Sound where you …
On our last trip to the Oregon Coast, we woke up at 4:30 a.m. to be at the Devil’s Punchbowl at low tide. We had never been there before but figured we’d have enough time to figure out the directions we found online. It turns out that 2 hours wasn’t enough time. We did make …