[trip style = glamping]
There's something refreshing about the simple, local'ish summer vacation.
No flight or security line-ups, just a car. No hoity-toity restaurants, just a BBQ, a general store and/or a roadside fruit stand. No infinity pool, just a natural swimming hole. No resort wear, just the same clothes over and over again. No hair dryer, just air-dried locks or hat hair. No light-polluted night sky, just a starry night. No computer, just a paperback book.
Back to the basics {and the basics feel good}. Have you found somewhere to unwind this summer, even if it's just overnight?
Here are some of life's simple pleasures I reconnected with a few weeks ago when I took a simple, mostly unplugged vacation {aside from instagram, which I just can't seem to escape even though I was in a backcountry "no service" zone---thank goodness for WiFi.}.
Basic 1: The open road.
Basic 2: The treat enroute.
Basic 3: Taking time to stop and smell the roses.
Basic 4: Snapping photos from the passenger seat.
Basic 5: Appreciating old-school signs.
Basic 6: Glamping at Rolling Huts.
Basic 7: Bringing the pup.
Basic 8: Finding a swimming hole.
Basic 9: Creating your own private beach.
Basic 10. Sitting on your balcony from 6pm - 10pm, drinking cheap wine out of a paper cup, while nibbling a baguette and cheese.
Basic 11: Hiking.
Basic 12: Biking for your breakfast {a strawberry scone topped with corse sugar---best I've ever had}.
Basic 13: Visiting a small, historic town {Winthrop, WA}.
Basic 14: Not a basic at all. Finding a chocolate, oatmeal, guinness pie and eating it for dessert. {This trip is looking really unhealthy. It wasn't, but based on the evidence, I understand if you don't believe me.}
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[photos by @tristyler]