Tom and Jen bought a truck camper.
We finished the book, “Alaska,” by James Michener. The audio book is 57 hours long, so it took a while. The tome covers in detail Alaska from prehuman history until 1988: four native nations, Russian occupation, the gold rush, statehood, etc, etc. Since we just spent seven weeks in Alaska, it was easy to follow... Continue Reading →
Day 78: Townsite Campground, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada Sunny, windy and cool. We are somewhat aimlessly working our way back to Seattle and Vancouver. We haven’t decided if we want to go West through Canada or the U .S. Driving along scenic roads is fun, though. Friday we saw the world’s largest purple... Continue Reading →
Day 77: Two Medicine Campground, Glacier NP, MT Partly sunny, windy, cool. We left the windy and rain-threatened Two Medicine Campground and checked out the Many Glacier entrance to Glacier NP. It was windier. I checked out Many Glacier Hotel there while Tom checked out a new squeak in the vehicle that we couldn’t find.... Continue Reading →
Day 76: Summit Campground, Lewis and Clark National Forest, MT Partly sunny and cool. The weather changes dramatically from the plains to the national park, which is on the edge of the mountains. We went from partly sunny south of Glacier NP to the East Glacier entrance so Tom could do some fishing. At 10... Continue Reading →
Day 75: Avalanche Creek Campground, Glacier National Park Cloudy, cool. The Going To The Sun road was exciting! Instructions are that your vehicle has to be less than 21 feet long and 8 feet wide, including the rear view mirrors. Ours is 19.5 and 8, but we can fold the mirrors in if needed. At... Continue Reading →
Day 74: Doris Creek Campground near the Hungry Horse Dam, MT Sunny and cool. Apparently Glacier National Park is a big deal. It is just after 10 AM and there are dozens of cars streaming in, waiting to enter the park. We were in one of the vehicles, and found our way to the Visitor... Continue Reading →
Day 73: Yaak River Campground, Kootenai National Forest, MT Cloudy, wet. The first thing we did this morning was drive somewhere to make breakfast where there was a phone signal. Pretty soon we found a sign for Kootenai Falls. We couldn’t see the falls from the road and I started walking the trail through dark... Continue Reading →
Day 72: Roosevelt Lake Spring Canyon Campground, WA Cloudy and warm. I bathed in Roosevelt Lake! It’s about time I did something adventurous! We visited Fort Spokane, which hasn’t been a fort since 1898. It does have a dubious distinction of being used to force boarding school on very young natives, who had been pushed... Continue Reading →
Day 71: Wallace River Hatchery, Sultan, WA Raining, cool. Heading East in the Cascades, we stopped in Skykomish. A lady was walking around town blowing bubbles in the rain, and there is a tiny train you can sit on and ride around for free. We walked Leavenworth, an adorable European alpine-styled touristy town, and went... Continue Reading →
Day 70: Bellingham, WA Cloudy and cool. AdjustmentsFrom the ferry we went straight to Kelsey and Greg’s house in Seattle to take showers and get our mail. Traffic was bustling around the neighborhood. We couldn’t park Arvi in front of the house because tree branches hang too low. Someone tried to park partially in front... Continue Reading →
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