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Reasons to Visit Anacortes

Reasons to Visit Anacortes

Traveling from Seattle north along Interstate 5 will take you to Bellingham and eventually Vancouver in beautiful British Columbia.  It’s a tempting bit of highway to breeze along, skipping all the drive-through towns in Snohomish and Skagit Counties for more intriguing destinations further north.  You certainly could, but it would be a mistake. You’d miss …

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Category: USA, WashingtonTag: festival, food porn, great view, hike, history, lake, sea, sunset, tour, travel tips, USA, washington

Teton Sports Mountain Ultra Tent REVIEW

Teton Sports Mountain Ultra Tent REVIEW

Few pieces of gear are more important on a multi-day trek than a tent, and that’s why I put in a lot of research before choosing my most recent portable abode.  While price is a huge factor for me, I also put a lot of value in durability, portability (weight and size), and the tent’s …

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Category: Gear ReviewsTag: gear review, hike, national park, travel tips

Hiking to North Butte in the Chuckanuts

Hiking to North Butte in the Chuckanuts

Summer is really the best time to visit the PNW, with the weather as good as it’ll get and the trails open for exploration.  The North Cascades have some of the best hiking trails in the PNW — such as Heliotrope, or Lake 22 — but there are other destinations around Northwest Washington with much …

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Category: USA, WashingtonTag: great view, hike, lake, USA, washington

Hiking Heliotrope Ridge

Hiking Heliotrope Ridge

While Brandon, Sandy, and I drove up Mount Baker Highway, I was trying to figure out just how long it had been since I’d been on a proper hike in the Pacific Northwest.  I was shocked to realize it’s been nearly 3 years since I’d done a hike in my home state!  My last two …

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Category: USA, WashingtonTag: epic, food porn, great view, hike, USA, washington

Hiking to Udziro Lake

Hiking to Udziro Lake

My time in Georgia is drawing to an end.  Three months, you might think, is sufficient time to spend in such a small country, but you’d be wrong.  There are so many hikes I won’t have the time to do, so many places I won’t have the time to visit.  All that means, though, is …

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Category: GeorgiaTag: camping, epic, Georgia, great view, hike, lake, national park, river

Trekking from Shatili to Omalo

Trekking from Shatili to Omalo

Half of my initial attraction to Georgia grew from the pictures of mountains I saw — the regions of Kazbegi, Svaneti, and Tusheti.  When I booked my ticket here from Korea, my ambition was to hike for months, exploring all the back-country hiking routes I could find and chronicling the experience.  But life has a …

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Category: GeorgiaTag: architecture, camping, epic, favorite, fortress, Georgia, great view, hike, national park, river

Climbing Mount Aragats

Climbing Mount Aragats

There’s too much snow.  It’ll be too cold.  The weather won’t be good this week.  You’ll shoot your eye out… The reasons why I shouldn’t have gone to Kari Lake and Mount Aragats were many.  All of the above (save one, can you guess which?) were offered up, and I was so close to scrapping …

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Category: ArmeniaTag: architecture, Armenia, favorite, fortress, great view, hike, history, lake, river, sunset, temples

The Hidden Monasteries of Garni

Trekking to the Hidden Monasteries of Garni

Sometimes you don’t plan on visiting a destination.  Sometimes you get struck by a flash of inspiration, and your feet wander of their own accord.  That’s what happened this week when I trekked through the mountains outside of Yerevan, exploring the hidden monasteries of Garni. It started with a plan to explore Havuts Tar, a …

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Category: ArmeniaTag: architecture, Armenia, fortress, great view, hike, history, national park, river, temples

Hiking to Gelersen Gorersen

Hiking to Gelersen Gorersen in Sheki

The town of Sheki has been controlled by many powers in the 2,700 or so years it’s been a major settlement.  Persians, Albanians, Georgians, Arabs, Mongols, Russians, Soviets, and Azeris have all had a stake here, and the treasures that Sheki hides bear proof to that diverse heritage.  One such remnant, the fortress of Gelersen …

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Category: AzerbaijanTag: architecture, azerbaijan, fortress, great view, hike, history, river, temples

Hiking in Xinaliq

Hiking in Xinaliq

When I first read about Xinaliq in Jonny Blair from Don’t Stop Living’s excellent post on the town, I knew immediately I wanted to visit.  Hiking in Xinaliq seemed like the perfect cure to my time spent in Baku. Dubbed ‘the most remote town in Europe’ by some and objectively the highest town at 2,350 meters above …

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Category: AzerbaijanTag: azerbaijan, cultural trip, epic, great view, hike, road trip, roadtrip

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