Beautiful Winter Hikes in Washington State

Winter weather makes it impossible to navigate many of the trails in Washington’s National Parks. Snow and ice can make roads impassable, especially in the mountains. With such variance in conditions throughout the cold months, it’s tough to find reliable advice on which trails are likely to be open and which you cannot even get close to in the winter. In planning a trip, that makes it tough to figure out which hikes to attempt and which to save for spring. Below, I compiled a list of 5 hikes that are accessible in the winter and are absolutely stunning. Marymere […]

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Arches National Park at Night

silhouette of a girl in front of a starry sky

Traveling to cold places in the winter does not usually appeal to me. I get cold fast, lose feeling in my fingertips, and then I let that ruin the experience of being in whatever awe-inspiring place I’d ventured to. I made an exception this year because travel in 2020 felt so uncertain I was hesitant to commit to planning a trip until the very end of the year. By that time, I was so bored of work-from-home life and needed a change of scene badly. So, I planned a long-weekend trip to Utah. A tangent about why Utah is a […]

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Long Weekend Road Trip Through Utah

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Utah is an other-worldly kind of beautiful – which is probably why series like Westworld were filmed there. The state encompasses five national parks: Arches, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, and Zion. I’ve been there a couple of times a while back, so when I needed a break from the monotony of working from home, Utah felt like an easy choice. I knew I was going to see beautiful scenery and spend a lot of time outside. Below is an account of what I did over four days, with a travel buddy and a rental car. We flew into Salt […]

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