As of this morning, I've biked over 100 miles on my new e-bike. Honestly, I wish I could replace all of my car trips with my bike at this point, but alas, that hasn't been feasible. Me being me, I of course have a new excel spreadsheet tracking these miles. Shall I celebrate when I…
We spent the past week dispersed camping in the Ponderosa pine forests of the North Cascades outside of Winthrop, so instead of publishing Friday's Frugal Five, it's out on Monday this time. It was our first real trip to the Methow Valley, and we fell in love. We returned home Saturday afternoon sweaty, dirty, and…
We went camping last weekend for the first time in a few months (and glamping on Orcas Island back in May hardly counts). It is one of our favorite ways to travel frugally, and we actually tend to go more often over the winter. The weather isn't as nice, but off-season travel means lower costs…
I have to admit, I'm enamored with van life as much as the next person. The idea of being able to pick up and go in a tiny house on wheels, no worries about clutter or cleaning, sounds absolutely fabulous. But our family is stationary during the week these days, and our goal is to…
Since most of our camping is done in the Pacific Northwest, off season is rainy and somewhat cold, so a tent isn't the most fun way to travel outside of the summer months. We love to travel outside of peak season though, in order to avoid 7 hour ferry lines, and it starts to get expensive…