Posts Tagged With: Roadtrip
The Final Leap – Jumping Covered Bridges
It’s the end of an era – the big hurrah-hurrah, doors shut, sparklers last glowing flame goes out to one of my favorite adventures since I started this blog. It has taken 1.5 years, seven seasons, around 300 miles, and who-knows how many calories to complete, yet this weekend, my roommate Sarah and I landed [...]
Oregon Winter Trees
It was a beautiful, winter today in Oregon so my roommate and I went on a day drive through the Coastal mountain range just west of Eugene. This photo is taken in the Whittaker Recreation Area off of Highway 126 along the road toward Kentucky Falls.
Tasting Wine Older than Me: 1974 Stag’s Leap, 1977 Grgich Hills, 1976 Chateau Montelena
Lifting our glasses for a toast, my heart pounded as the rich, red liquid – 14 years my elder – awaited its fateful tasting high in the air. Cameras flashed to catch the 1974 Stag’s Leap Cabernet Sauvignon’s historic opening both for its age and story, while I fidgeted with excitement and salivated for a [...]
Buick Tweet House Road Trip: King Estate
What do you get when you invite four social media enthusiasts together for a wine road trip? – a tweeting good time. Joining the journey south, I met the #BuickTweetHouse group for dinner Tuesday night in Eugene at King Estate. Packing in some serious social media power, the crew rolled in a tad late but [...]
Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway, Day 3
Another restless night sleep as if my brain couldn’t stop pedaling through the night and then we attacked the third and final day of our Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway adventure. After two days of 40+ mile rides, my legs were no longer tired, my arms no longer sore, and my brain on overdrive – yet [...]
Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway Day 2, Part 1: Albany
The best part about staying at a bed and breakfast, especially when on a biking trip, is most definitely the breakfast and at Pfeiffer Cottage our growling morning stomachs were tastily answered. The second day of our Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway trip started out leisurely as we prepared our gear, gathered our belongings and made [...]
Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway Day 1
“The most difficult step of the journey is the first.” ~unknown. I started getting that gurgly feeling in my stomach more than 24 hours before the early a.m. departure. As if I didn’t remember between three-hour long training rides and frantic, last-minute gear shopping, my body had to remind me of what I was about [...]
The Tree Hugger In Me: Eugene to the Redwoods
In two weekends of road trip extravaganzas and less than seven days, Sarah and I drove the entire state of Oregon twice – plus some if you count those wrong turns. This past weekend to finish off the southern half of the state and check another off the Bucket List, we travel three hours south [...]
