• Glacier Part 2: Mount Oberlin and Iceberg Lake

    July 15 – 17 by Erin Here we are enjoying supper at our site in the St. Mary Campground. Mount Oberlin: With its scrambling, climbing, and stunning scenery, our next hike was a favorite among the kids (and adults). This…

  • Glacier National Park Part 1: Home Gun Ranch, Two Medicine Moose, Siyeh Pass

    July 10-14 by Erin It was thrilling to be here in Glacier as a family. I worked in this special place for two summers during college and have so been looking forward to being here together. Our first couple nights…

  • Idaho and NW MT

    July 4-10 By Matt Driving slightly south through a bit of the Palouse landscape in Washington, we then went north and east into the “Panhandle” of Idaho. I hope Idaho is cooking potatoes in the main part of the pan,…

  • Circus in Spokane

    June 30 – July 4 By Eliza I’m gonna make you wait for the “Circus in Spokane” part because I want to tell you about another farm we went to before Spokane. We stayed at a nice, quiet, what we…

  • North Cascades National Park and a Cattle Ranch

    June 28-30 By Eliza (the cattle ranch part is by Erin:) Before arriving in the National Park, we spent a couple days in the western foothills at a cattle ranch. We had a secluded site a short walk from the…

  • An Oregon Orchard

    June 15-23 By Eliza and Erin This was our longest time at one place–nine days. It was a beautiful, peaceful, fun, and very yummy stay. Let me explain why… This was an organic orchard that grew lots of apples, pears,…

  • Hazelnuts, Highlands, and Heat

    June 7 – 14 by Eliza and Erin Hazelnut Haven June 7-8 This farm was in Oregon. Our hosts were very sweet and hospitable. The older lady even baked us hazelnut rolls and cookies:)) While here we visited a monastery…

  • The Oregon Coast and Visits from Two Grandparents

    5/29/26 – 6/6/26 by Erin We spent a marvelous week plus on the Oregon Coast! There were many hours spent on the beach. Some highlights were: Coastal Redwoods in Northern California Picnic lunch along a sidewalk after a grocery trip.…

  • Harvest Hosts (In California and Oregon)

    May 15-28 By Eliza We decided that it would be better to tell about all the farms we stayed at during this period of time, since we stayed at each of these places for only a couple days. So, without…

  • Travel Days

    by Erin Even though we don’t get to see spectacular sights on these in between days, they are just as important for us. These are the days we go grocery shopping, get the van in for an oil change, buy…