Road Trippin’

Clay and I are finally settled at home after spending a week crossing off another item on my 30 Before 30 list, #14: Take a road trip.

We drove up through the middle of California to the Pacific Northwest. After a few amazing days in Portland and Seattle, we drove back to Phoenix by way of Boise and eastern Nevada. We didn’t have many plans and although I was a little anxious, it worked out wonderfully. We made sure to stop at silly roadside attractions and to relax when we wanted to. We also enjoyed amazing food in every city we visited.

Here is a whole bunch of photos from the road!

Hobo Joe statue in Buckeye, AZ camel pyramid in Hi Jolly Cemetery in Quartzsite, AZ Patton Museum in Chiriaco Summit, CA Lynn and Clay in front of a giant Coke cup at the Coke bottling plant in Sacramento, CA Sundial Bridge in Redding, CA Clay with a wooden fish sculpture at Black Bear Diner in Redding the view from the Paramount Hotel in Portland, OR Gus Solomon Courthouse in Portland Paramount Theater in Portland smallest city park, a tiny tree in the center of a street in Portland Clay at Powell’s City of Books in Portland Tart Berry frozen yogurt Clay pointing next to the Allow Me Statue in Portland colorful Voodoo doughnuts and coffee Clay eating a Froot Loops doughnut Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland Clay at a food truck pod in Portland Portlandia statue Dick’s Drive-In in Seattle, WA the Space Needle view of Seattle from atop the Space Needle huge suspended floral sculpture by Dale Chihuly Pike Place Market crabs on ice Seattle shoreline from Bainbridge Ferry Clay by a footbridge on Bainbridge Island gum wall in Seattle Clay with a bull statue in Ellensburg, WA Teapot service station in Zillah, WA Frankenstein painted tank in Pendleton, WA mountain view driving through Nevada Penn and Teller Theater in Vegas

Elaine Dickinson

“There’s no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you’ll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?”

Show Low Fishing

We spent this last weekend with family up in Show Low. It was full of good food, napping, hiking, and of course fishing. Henry had a blast touching the fish! We’ll definitely be spending more time up north now that Phoenix is heating up.

Vanessa helps Henry with his fishing pole Clay gets the hook out of a fish’s mouth dad float tubing in the lake Henry kisses a fish Henry having a snack Clay smiling with a fish he caught Henry putting a fish on ice

Pack Love

As someone obsessed with dogs, especially my own, I’m loving Pack, a network for dogs and the people who love them. It’s invite-only for now, but go look through the many cute pups (including my Boomer and Helo) already on there.

Boomer, 800lbs of pressure in these paws Helo, small but fierce