After spending some time in Lynden in Northern Washington on our quick overnight up to the area in late October, we ventured back down South a bit to Bellingham where we were staying. While in the Bellingham area, we couldn’t resist spending some time in Fairhaven, an old little town… Read more
A month or so ago, Nick and I had scheduled a quick overnight up to Northern Washington. He needed to take some photos for work up in Burlington so we decided to make a trip out of it and visit some of the small towns and areas up in that… Read more
Over the years of living in a large-ish city, I’ve started feeling the call more and more these last several years to explore more small towns in the Pacific Northwest, close to where I live. Small towns have so much to offer us, especially right now when many people are… Read more
On my route to finding the best small towns in the Pacific NW, Poulsbo in Washington State had long been on my list to visit. A little Norwegian enclave West of the Puget Sound, this small town feels like you’ve been transported to Norway. We visited as at the last… Read more
On our trip driving the Kitsap Peninsula a few weeks back and after we explored Port Townsend, Washington, we headed about 40 minutes South to Port Gamble on our exploration of some of the best small towns in the Pacific NW. I had seen photos of Port Gamble, a small… Read more
Last year I started a love affair with small towns in the Pacific NW and made it a point to start visiting many of the most beautiful small communities in my home state of Oregon (you can see them here). And as I continue on with this series this year,… Read more
Staying on my current obsession with small towns in the Pacific NW, I don’t think this series would be complete without mentioning Ashland, Oregon. When living in Medford (about 10 minutes North of Ashland), the town of Ashland was always synonymous with the college (Southern Oregon University) and it was… Read more
A few weeks back, our realtor was doing an open house at our townhouse and we needed to get away for the day. So we decided to explore someplace new and different, someplace that we’d never been before and since we only really needed to be gone for a few… Read more
For most of my life I’ve craved being in a city, the rush of energy, the access to everything, the great food and the quick paced life. But I’m a woman of contradictions and as much as I still love the city, I either love being in the center of… Read more