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Weekly Vegan Grocery Haul – Camping Trip Edition
Just sharing some of the delicious Vegan foods that we bought this week in preparation for our upcoming camping trip. The stores where we picked up all of these items were Aldi, Trader Joe's, Target, ... Read More
Hiking The Cedar Lake Nature Trail
This was our first time hiking the Cedar Lake Nature Trail. Cedar Lake is located in Winterset, Iowa, which is in famed Madison County. It is a short 30 minute drive or so from our home in Des Moines.... Read More
HSU Aluminum Bike Mount For GoPro Action Cameras – Review
This HSU Aluminum Mount is the second camera mount I have bought from HSU and so far they have both been great. They are high quality and affordable. This mount also comes in different colors. I purch... Read More
Our First Visit to Pella, Iowa
Pella is a city in Marion County, Iowa, United States, with a population of 10,464 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census. Founded by immigrants from the Netherlands in 1847, it is forty miles southeast ... Read More
Visiting Cordova Observation Tower
This is Cordova Observation Tower, which is located inside of Cordova Park. To get to the top of the tower, you must ascend 169 total steps. The tower stands at 106 feet tall. It was a great leg worko... Read More
Our Experience at the Des Moines Vegan Summer Market
We have been to the Vegan Summer Market at Cowles Commons three times since we moved to Des Moines in early May of 2022. Each time we go, we find incredible new Vegan food items to try. There are a va... Read More
Chris and Inga’s American Road Trip | Day 4 | Camping With Wild Horses in Wyoming
This is day 4 of our 41 day, 10,000 mile American Road Trip. On this day we leave Salt Lake City early in the morning and head east to our destination in Green River, Wyoming. Inga found some public l... Read More
American Road Trip 2021 | Day 3 | Vegan Eats at Vertical Diner | Salt Lake City, UT
This is day 3 of our 41 day, 10,000 mile Road Trip. In this episode we leave Balanced Rock Campground in Idaho and head east to our end destination in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... Read More
Chris and Inga’s American Road Trip | Day 2 | Balanced Rock Campground | Idaho
This is Day 2 of our 41 day, 10,000 mile, American Road Trip. The road trip started on September 14th 2021. In this episode, Inga and I head east into Idaho after our short stay in La Grande, OR. Afte... Read More
Chris and Inga’s | All American Road Trip | Day 1 | Spring Creek Campground
This is Day 1 of our 41 day, 10,000 mile, All American Road Trip. The road trip started on September 14th 2021. In this episode, Inga and I begin near Portland, OR, and head 275 miles east to La Grand... Read More
Boulder Lake | Mt Hood National Forest
We ventured into Mt Hood National Forest to go camping at Boulder Lake. Boulder Lake was recommended by Inga's parents, so we brought them along with us for this trip. It's very rare to have a lake al... Read More
Chris and Inga’s Daily Photos | 7-05-21
To say the weather in Oregon over the past few weeks has been extremely hot would be an understatement. Inga and I were in Pendleton, Or when it hit 117 degrees. While we were in Forest Grove, the tem... Read More
Vegan Donut Review | Donut Palace | Portland, Or
Inga had read online that Donut Palace offers a variety of Vegan friendly donuts every Saturday. We headed over there to find out and we weren't disappointed. Not only did they have several great Vega... Read More
Chris and Inga’s Daily Photos | Fernhill Wetlands
Inga and I have been to the Fernhill Wetlands Nature Area twice now. The trails aren’t long enough to do longer distance running, but it’s great for getting a couple of miles of walking in, or a s... Read More
Lowepro | Gear Up Camera Box M II Review
The cost of the Lowepro Gear Up Camera Box M II was $21.99 at the time I ordered it. Click Here to view the product on Amazon. This bag works great to carry by itself, or inside of a larger backpack. ... Read More
Chris and Inga | Visit Vernonia Lake
I knew of Vernonia Lake from my cycling days on the Banks-Vernonia trail. If you start in Banks, reaching the lake in Vernonia will be about 21 miles. If you want to avoid riding the Banks-Vernonia tr... Read More
Hare Canyon Trail | Stub Stewart State Park
To get to Hare canyon trail, we had to park at the Hilltop Day-use Area located inside Stub Stewart State Park. Stub Stewart State Park is in Washington County near Buxton, Or. The loop Inga and I end... Read More
Chris and Inga’s | Quick Trip to Rockaway Beach
We packed up our camping cooler with some lunch, and headed to Rockaway Beach. We had just been here not too long ago, but Inga wanted a beach where we could get some miles in walking on the sand.... Read More