oregon, washington, and canada: 3000 miles, 13 days

ok, ok. i've totally been slacking off on my blog thing. in my defense, i was traveling. so my next post is brought to you by the Pacific Northwest. and also Canada, which was nice enough to let me in without my passport.

nudity: it happens 'round these parts

avenue of the giants

enormous sand dunes on the oregon coast

of course i had to play in the sand

they were soooo big!

really cool pattern in the sand. footprints disappear in minutes!

early oregon morning

sometimes, you can see the edge of the world

this says dr. seuss to me

astoria, or - that's washington across the water

great sign. just great.

where buoys go to die

a boat ramp at lake crescent. the water is shockingly beautiful.

more lake crescent. this was essentially my bathtub 2 days in a row

you can see the roots from all the big trees!

it looks tropical but it was really really cold.

camping on shi shi beach, washington. no one around for miles

point of the arches at sunset

my little fire

so pretty! and dark.

can see where this whole purple mountains majesty thing came from

this dog looks damn sharp in this hummer

biking around vancouver

i love out of context signage

kiwi berries from the vancouver farmers market. they look like kiwi on the inside!

haha dramatic chipmunk bags

poutine. we had to. it's so so so so good.

a view of the san juan islands while chowing down on oysters

sunset in the middle of nowhere

tea and dumplings in the chinese gardens, portland

vats at domaine drouhin vineyard in willamette valley, oregon

a view of the willamette wine valley

volcanic hot spring pools near crater lake, oregon