Planning a trip is super exciting

And a friend calls it evolving... A continuous process... As we add in new ideas each minute... And are always looking forward to the holidays...

Yes, Christmas coming soon and so is New Year. 10 solid days.... What more can you ask for... excitement is up in the air... With less than 10 days to go... Here's 10 things we have been planning....

1. Places to visit

We are planning to visit states- California, Oregon and Washington.
Places so far on list are-- Redwood national park, CA; Portland, beaches and all other attractions there; Olympic national forest; San Juan island; Snoqualmie falls; Mount Rainer;Seattle attractions (space needle)

2. Places to stay

So far we have booked a cabin in CA. Yet to find one in Portland, OR. So there we are all set for the Christmas weekend. After that so far the plan is to have all other one day trips and get home before the sunrises the next day.

3. Things to do

We are a bunch of dare devils.... Ready with all our excitement... You need some guts to read this point... Bucket list follows below:
Bungee Jumping
Kayaking
Rafting
Jet Skiing
Fishing and frying the caught fish
Whale Watching
Trekking
And what ever we come across...

4. Photo ideas/ poses / Photography

What's a trip without photos.... And a trip with an exciting group... We are still pondering over poses... and surely will be clicking a hell lot of pictures- scenarios, landscapes, beaches, skyline, monuments, mountains, forest, and obviously us and almost everything we see.

My one idea for the Space Needle is Seattle Tee Shirts... Match up/ similar tee shirts!

5. Clothes to pack / wear

It's cold outside... It's winter here... Obviously nothing like Chicago... But still a bit chilly... So obviously gotta dress up in layers... Will try bright colors... and variety... time to do some shopping...

6. Cooking and Eating / tasting food at popular restaurants

Cooking isn't a regular thing to me. So far it's been experimenting and trying new dishes. We definitely love eating... so we can even plan what all to cook over the week... also plan a list of restaurants to try out... I will surely do some pre-cooking like making batters and marination's... so cooking would be simple when we meet up...

The whole trip includes a lot of bucket lists and plans... WOW... never planned so much... this is getting crazy!

7. Movies to watch together

I am yet to get a TV... Then we do have a movie in mind to watch together... hopefully no one's watched it yet.. catching up on our patience on not to break the suspense of the movie..
We call ourselves "Movie Nighters" so it's time to catch up movies we missed in the last couple of weeks...

8. New Year celebrations

This part too we still don't have a clear plan... Wish to spend in Seattle downtown... And also not get trapped driving in traffic. So gotta find out if there's public transport till late night... so we could join the countdown in downtown as we enter the new year 2016!

9. Road trips/ Long drives

Planning to drive to and fro to northern California. And at least one way along the west coast viewing the pacific coast... with the beaches... :D

10. Partying/ sleepless nights

All this together would obviously result in sleepless nights even if this isn't really planned to be so.. Ha ha...


Here's a tentative plan....
Dec 25/26- Redwood natl park http://www.nps.gov/redw/planyourvisit/things2do.htm
Dec 26/27 - Portland, beaches and west coast drive
Dec 28- Monday - Olympic natl forest http://www.sunset.com/m/travel/northwest/olympic-national-park-hikes-rainforest
Dec 29- Tuesday - San Juan island http://www.visitsanjuans.com/what-to-do
Dec 30 - Wednesday- Bungee jump http://bungee.com/bzapp/bungee_masters/index.html
Dec 31 - Thursday-Snoqualmie falls (only 30 mins away)
New year eve - Seattle
Jan 1st - Friday - mount Rainer
Jan 2nd - Saturday- Seattle attractions (space needle)
Jan 3rd - Seattle

Waiting for the real story of our awesome experiences? We too :D