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See Lewis & Clark Video See Maritime Museum Video It dawned a beautiful day. We found an independent bakery and got scones, cookies, and snack bars then headed from Vancouver, WA to Astoria, OR. We visited the Columbia River Maritime Museum, wondered if our...
See 1980 Eruption Video See USGA Video Started with a long walk on Kalaloch Beach. Lots of seagulls, black sand, hugh trees trunks, crab shells, surf, wind, and rain. It was beautiful. We lunched in Aberdeen then headed for Mt St Helens. The drive up to Johnston Ridge...
Started the day with a walk in the rain on Rialto Beach. It seemed like a scene from science fiction, perhaps Oo Topos. It was unlike any beach we had ever experienced. Instead of shells and white sand it had water smoothed pebbles and rocks. Instead of condos, it was...
The weather wasn't conducive to a day of touring Olympic National Park. It was overcast, misty, rainy. Nonetheless we drove up to the Hurricane Ridge Lookout. Mt Olympus peeked out of the clouds but not for long enough to get a picture. We drove through some...
We enjoyed a slow start this morning. After a breakfast of blueberry waffles, we began Cruisin' 101 in the rain. Around noon we pulled into Port Townsend and wandered and munched our way through town, smoked salmon salad and hot tea, dark chocolate truffles, the City...
Seattle is big, busy, exciting, overwhelming. We weren't prepared for it. Besides it was raining - the first day of "winter". We took the opportunity to visit the Tahoma National Cemetery and the final resting place of Gilbert, a swing dance friend who served in the...
Spent today in Mt Rainier National Park. We drove to Paradise, drinking in fabulous views of Rainier's snowy peak. From there we hiked the 2.5 miles to Glacier overlook and marveled at the glacial flows and the beauty of the glacial lake. Back in the parking lot we...
"The Power of Water" was today's theme. The barrista at Starbucks in Spokane suggested we head west on US 2 to Grand Coulee Dam. There we experienced the good luck to be two of two on a tour of the hydroelectric plant within the dam which is the largest power...
First order of business this morning was to get the auto air-conditioning repaired. The problem had been diagnosed in Great Falls but since they didn't have the part they arranged for the Spokane dealer to order it for us. Then we got a haircut for Steve, got tea and...
See Oregon Trail Museum Video At the suggestion of a fellow camper at the Arco KOA, we headed this morning for Baker City, Oregon. There we visited the Oregon Trail Regional Museum before heading out to see The Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. We discovered that a...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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The two of us have long been fascinated with the history of canals and their role in the history of transportation, industrialization, and more recently recreation. This stay in London has given us new opportunities to explore and learn more about how canals contributed to the growth of this great city and how they are being used and preserved today.
It was a most educational visit to the newly renovated National Portrait Gallery at Trafalgar Square in Central London. We were intrigued with the contemporary approach to presenting British History.
It was at Bletchley Park that the Allied Codebreakers deciphered German military messages during the Second World War. A free guided tour gave us a good overview of the campus and the activities that occurred here from 1938 to 1945.