Wondering what to bring on a road trip? Don’t leave home without any of these essential items! After spending 3 weeks on the road during our Great American West Road Trip, we’ve come up with a checklist of essential items to keep you safe and comfortable while on the road. See all items in list form here. Scroll to the bottom for the free checklist download.

Whitewater rafting is an exciting sport that nearly anyone can do thanks to the many guided tours available. You don’t need any experience to go rafting as long as you go with an experienced guide, but you do need to wear appropriate clothing. Wondering what to wear for a white water rafting trip? In this post, we’ll tell you exactly what we wore and packed for a 2-night rafting trip on the Rogue River in southern Oregon. There’s also a free PDF packing list available for download.

If whitewater rafting is on your travel bucket list, you’ll love this blog post! Last summer (August), we had the chance to go on an overnight rafting trip on the Rogue River in Southwest Oregon. It was a guided group trip with Row Adventures, and it ended up being the highlight of our summer. In this post, we’ll give you a detailed review of our trip, along with photos, a travel vlog, and a rafting travel packing list. Read on for more!

Looking for a nature-based weekend road trip? Head to Central Washington and explore Sun Lakes - Dry Falls State Park! This natural wonder features an extraordinary landscape along the Ice Age Floods National Geological Trail, and many day trips to nearby caves and other natural wonders can be made from this base. In this travel guide, we’ll show you the best places to stay overnight and some great places to explore from Dry Falls.

Washington state is full of natural wonders including above-ground caves such as Lenore Lake Caves. Located in Central Washington near the Grand Coulee Dam and Dry Falls State Park, these are seven caves from prehistoric times.

Planning your next West Coast road trip? The Pacific Northwest should be high on your list given its access to unparalleled nature. And believe it or not, but Idaho is part of the northwest. In fact, getting to the Washington-Idaho border from Seattle takes just 4-5 hours. One of the first cities you’ll encounter in Northern Idaho is Coeur d’Alene. In this post, you’ll get an overview of this outdoorsy resort town plus ideas for a day trip or multi-day road trip.

Everyone knows the city of Seattle, but what do you know about Washington’s second-largest city, Spokane? A 4 to 5-hour drive away from the Emerald City, Spokane is just 18 miles west of the state of Idaho. Spokane can be visited as a day trip from Seattle, but to get the most of your time, we recommend spending at least a weekend there, which is what we did for Memorial Day weekend.

Oahu, Hawaii is one of the most popular destinations in the United States. That’s right, Hawaii is part of the USA, if you didn’t already know. With that said, visiting Hawaii can feel like traveling to a foreign country. If you’re looking for ideas on things to do in Hawaii, this blog post is for you.

There is certainly no shortage of things to do on the Big Island of Hawaii. During a recent 7 day trip, we started in Hilo, went down to Volcanoes National Park, up to Kailua-Kona, inland to Waimea stopping by Hawi, back to the coast in Waipio Valley and Honokaa, and then back to Hilo.

Planning an epic backpacking or camping trip soon? It's essential to pack the right gear to have the best possible trip, as we have learned during our many outdoor adventures. In this post, we will share our essential backpacking and camping packing list with our recommendations on specific gear that's helped us out on our previous trips. This is the packing list that we've used to equip ourselves

Are you planning your first trip to Hawaii and wondering what are the best Hawaiian islands to visit? As someone who grew up in Hawaii (Oahu) and makes frequent trips with my husband, we get asked this question all the time. Read on for our recommendations.

As a long-time resident of a city, it’s easy to lose sight of what attracts visitors. That is one of many reasons to do a staycation in the city you live in. Recently, we had another opportunity to stay in a downtown Seattle hotel. However, this was a different experience than other staycations that we’ve done in that we traveled with a group of out-of-state visitors. This ended up being the BEST way to see our city through several fresh sets of eyes.

The Charter Hotel is one of the newest boutique hotels in downtown Seattle. It opened in summer 2018 and is an independently operated property that is part of the Hilton’s Curio Collection. We recently had the opportunity to stay overnight to experience the hotel and its two dining options. Here’s what we thought.

Hawaii is a special place that we love to visit. Not only is Suzi from Hawaii, but we find it to be the best place to relax when we’re in need of a vacation. We recently spent 2 weeks in Hawaii, splitting our time between Oahu and the Big Island (aka the Island of Hawaii). This post refers to our last weekend in the islands, when we spent 2 nights in Waikiki.