The Oregon Coast is a Bit Dramatic
The Oregon Coast, part 1 We wonder, does a person ever get tired of looking at the ocean? And especially watching waves crash violently against huge rocks? I can’t [...]
First 90 Days
The good, the bad and the “who knew????!!!” Our first 90 days on the road. We just passed the three month mark on our trip. It seems like [...]
Cape Disappointment
Cape Disappointment did not disappoint We continued our trek along the Pacific coast and headed south for Cape Disappointment State Park. Our luck of great campgrounds continued. Our spot [...]
Where are the ORCAS?
The Elusive Orca... We went from quaint to quaint-er when we moved to Orcas Island, the largest of the San Juan Islands. The San Juans are also in the [...]
Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park I’m starting to run out of creative ways to say a park is awesome, beautiful, so much better than expected, etc. etc. It seems like every [...]
Grand Tetons and Jackson WY
Grand Adventures in Grand Teton & Jackson Grand Teton marks the first time we’ve hit back-to-back National Parks on the trip. Leaving south out of Yellowstone the drive into [...]
Yellowstone: America’s first National Park
Yellowstone. America's first National Park We actually haven’t done a ton of research on each of the parks we are going to…we realize that for the most part, if [...]
Devil’s Tower and Spearfish Canyon
Devil's Tower So, the kids are wondering why so many things are named for the Devil out here. We went to Devil’s Lake and hiked to the Devil’s [...]
Monumental and Mammoth
Monumental and Mammoth We jammed a lot into the past few days…with every next thing being bigger than the last. First we went to Mount Rushmore, approaching from [...]