We don't really have any fancy plans for Valentine's Day--no heart garlands or red roses or boxes of candy. Usually we give each other smaller, heart-felt cards or gifts and avoid…
CABINS
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Three years ago we planned a routine camping trip to Big Basin Redwoods State Park. We camped almost every weekend in those days--a combination of needing to escape our hectic city…
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Hoping to avoid further intrusions by curious hikers that kept poking their heads into our cabin all morning, we locked up and went for a (mostly uphill) hike on Indian Run…
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We didn't really know what awaited us at the cabin. We knew there was no running water or electricity, so we packed the essentials: our ultralight gear, wine and cheese. Even…
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This past Sunday, we took a day trip to the Shenandoah area (specifically near a town called Edinburg) to have a late lunch at our friends' rented weekend cabin. The cabin…
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Fairy Stone Park is named after the special sorts of rocks that can be found nearby. Scientifically, these geometric cross-shaped rocks are known as Staurolite crystals but legend has it that…
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we stayed in a tiny cabin, and while we are usually more outdoorsy, we ended up spending most of our trip holed up in the cabin, building large fires that lasted…
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At the end of our trip in Alaska, I asked Sly what was his favorite place he visited/thing he saw. He said Bartlett Cove, and I agreed. This place was beyond…
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We booked a very rustic cabin at the Shrine of St. Therese - a cabin in the middle of nowhere with no plumbing and no electricity, just a potbellied stove and…