VAN and Vball

our trip to BC continues.     The weekend over, we returned (slowly) to Vancouver with our reclaimed wood posts in tow.  Sounds like there are a few more waiting on me back in whistler with the management company in charge of the reno, but i’m not sure where I would …

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BC Road Trip

and time with friends  We left the beach and headed back to portland for a few quick days.  Celebrated my birthday with a small group of friends, half celebrating and half trying to recuperate from a fun filled week at the coast.  The following day we headed over to a …

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the 4th

at the beach…  Hard to imagine a better way to spend the 4th than with friends at the coast.  We wrapped up the window install and most of the other beach house projects before everyone showed up for the holiday.  Just in time to ensure the 4th became all about …

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Hitting the Reset Button

sometimes you just have to know when to say when. This last week was one of those times.  We’ve been burning the candle at both ends and holding a torch under the middle for a bit too long.  It’s slowly been becoming more clear, but moving into last weekend it …

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Oregon Wine Country

We finished up our week away with a few days in oregon wine country.   It was a perfect getaway, and another chance for us to experience yet another small home. It’s funny how our time away from home also works out as “research” for zenbox.  While someone is staying …

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planning our return to the road

Our conversations have been really interesting over the last week or two.   We are trying to figure out the best timing for a return to costa rica to pickup the bus and as expected, it ruffles up any number of conversations related to short and long term plans.  We …

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suddenly…it’s fall

What a fast and furious couple of weeks… After finishing the big push that got us through Serving up Style and Design Week Portland, we celebrated by heading to BC to see friends (while someone else moved into our place for a week).  We also happened to paint an entire …

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kayamping the san juans

is kayamping a word?  A few weeks ago we saw an online deal for guided kayak trips to see orca whales in the san juan islands and knew immediately that we had found our next trip out of town.  We’ve each spent a total of about 45 minutes in a kayak …

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Take me to the Wilderness

Many years ago not long after jen and i first met, she told me “Take me to the wilderness.  If I’m ever stuck inside my head, or so low that i cant find a way out of it.  Simply take me away and into nature.  That’ll make it better.” Sadly, …

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An unplanned adventure

As much as we love an unexpected adventure, we learned long ago that if we want to do anything other than pirate camping over a major holiday weekend here in the Pacific Northwest we need to plan ahead. Months ahead. … Continue reading → An unplanned adventure is a post from: The...
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