Pacific Northwest Week #6-8
We’ve had an action packed few weeks and are just wrapping up our PNW van tour with a final week in the Bend area before we head south to California. We were discussing how this summer compared to our summer last year in Colorado and agreed that while Colorado likely has more pristine outdoor opportunities with fewer people, the PNW is also quite spectacular and seems to provide a more diverse multi-faceted experience. For example, we’ve loved visiting the farms and orchards of the PNW and have loved all of the greenery which was harder to come by in Colorado. I go backpacking with a core group of friends nearly every summer and this year was a special 50th birthday trip for both my friend Joel and myself. In celebration of the special occasion, we expanded the group from the four OG friends to include our friends Andy, Andrew and Dan. Miraculously, everyone was interested and we managed to schedule it such that everyone could make the trip! So we all converged on the Eagle Cap W...