The Best Navigation App: How to Use Gaia GPS
In 2015 on a mountaineering trip to summit Washington’s Glacier Peak, my climbing partner pulls out her phone and shows me where we are on …
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Travel Guide: 8 Things to Do in Ketchikan, Alaska
Ketchikan, a mix of Alaska and the PNW with plush green coastal islands and an abundance of rain, is a splendid place to visit in …
9 After-Work Training Hikes near Seattle
Extended daylight in the summer months allow hikers and climbers to get outside for some after-work training hikes near Seattle. Since I’ve been training for …
Angela Travels | May 2018 Travel and Blogging Newsletter
Feels like summer I know it isn’t officially summer yet, but May was a dry month for Seattle, which meant Monday night campfires with friends. …
Campfire Recipe: How to Make Pizza Mountain Pies
My favorite thing about summer is having an outdoor fire and cooking mountain pies. Growing up my family didn’t go on family vacations, we went …
Angela Travels | April 2018 Newsletter
Practice is key Most of the month of April was spent teaching students of the Washington Alpine Club Basic Class how to climb and rappel. …
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Pacific Northwest
Fun for Locals and Tourists: Clipper Vacations Whale Watching Tour
One of the perks to living in the Pacific northwest (PNW) is marine wildlife–more specifically orcas (or killer whales). As a local or tourist, it’s …
North Cascades: Visiting Stehekin in the Off-Season
On a weekend trip my husband, Andy, and I wanted to get our visiting parents into the heart of the mountains. The ragged mountains and …
PNW El Niño: I’m Not Ready to Say Goodbye to Winter
Why do we associate snow with winter? I’ve been in the snow more times this spring than I can count on one hand. However, I’m …
Featured Destination
London
A Guided Tour: Palace of Westminster and Houses of Parliament
The Palace of Westminster is my favorite building in London, and I always recommend it to my friends and family as a must-see. Elizabeth Tower …
London’s Mail Rail Ride at The Postal Museum
It was way ahead of its time, a solution to transport mail more efficiently away from the horses and the street traffic. Opening in 1927 …
2 Days in London: An Aggressive Sightseeing Itinerary
London is a large city with museums, history, and pubs. I’ve had a few friends visit and I keep going back to similar things to …
Trip Reports
Bike to Hike: an Overnight Trip to Three Fingers Lookout
The concept of sleeping on top of a mountain in a lookout tower somehow convinced me to ride a bike 10 miles up a washed …
A Spring Guide to Backcountry Skiing Mount St. Helens
Washington volcanoes are an objective many mountaineers and skiers seek early spring and into the summer months. Mount St. Helens ranks in as the fifth …
Scotland: Hiking the Carn Mor Dearg Arete Loop on Ben Nevis
Ben Nevis is the highest point in the United Kingdom and is reason enough to want to hike to the top. Even in the summer …