If you’re a lover of all things hops, Northern California certainly ranks one of the country’s hottest craft beer scenes. Several years ago, the San Francisco Chronicle published an interactive map that featured more than 300 breweries scattered across the … Read More
One of California’s premier wine-growing regions, Sonoma Valley sits just west of its more famous neighbor, Napa. While Napa seems to have a stronghold on the title of bucket list wine destinations, Sonoma has a lot to offer wine aficionados … Read More
After seven years of documenting our travels, we realized we’ve never written anything up about sporting events. While we’re not frequent stadium-goers – and certainly not during the three long years of the pandemic – we do enjoy taking in … Read More
When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to be a marine biologist when I grew up. A major portion of that year’s science curriculum focused on cetaceans, and our class even got to go on a weekend ecology trip … Read More
If you find yourself staying in Sonoma with a dog – or really, anywhere in the greater Bay Area – you’ll quickly learn that most trails are not pet-friendly. This was probably my biggest gripe about our time in California, … Read More
A striking sandstone formation in a remote corner of the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, The Wave is widely considered to be one of the most attention-grabbing sights of the American Southwest. Sitting just south of the Utah/Arizona border in an … Read More
Just off the Trans-Canada Highway, about 70 miles west of the Alberta/BC border, sits the tiny town of Golden. This charming town of 4,000 sits along the banks of the Kicking Horse River, one of the premier recreational waterways in … Read More
Winding for 232 km (144 miles) along the Continental Divide between Lake Louise and the Town of Jasper, Canada’s Icefields Parkway (Highway 93) is one of the country’s most scenic drives. The paved highway runs just east of the BC/Alberta … Read More
Beginning from the shores of Yoho’s iconic Emerald Lake, the Emerald Triangle combines the most scenic sections of Emerald Lake’s shoreline trail with a higher elevation ridge walk along nearby Wapta Mountain. The route is named for the three trails … Read More
One of our final summit scrambles of the season, we eked this baby out on the 8th of October. It was kind of crazy to think that we still had the opportunity to scramble a summit at this time of … Read More
