Tom and Jen bought a truck camper.
Day 94 - Memaloose Overlook on the Columbia River, Oregon Sunny and cold. We traveled the Columbia Gorge and saw some waterfalls, a bridge, and a dam. The town of Hood River has a nice city park where we walked some. We could see Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Hood from there. Since it was... Continue Reading →
Day 92: N 83rd St, Seattle Cloudy and cold. Watched the Lions game and met Jessie and Brian for lunch at 5 Spot Cafe in Queen Ann district. We planned on leaving for Oregon today but Tom did not want to start at 2 pm and worry about a place to stay so soon. So... Continue Reading →
Day 90: Hoh Campground, Olympic National Park Partly sunny and cool. Finishing up Olympic National Park. We drove to the ocean at Ruby Beach and walked through the driftlogs to the rocky shore. We had a clear sky. We went on a trail of huge cedars then saw the world record holding Sitka Spruce. We... Continue Reading →
Day 89: Mora Campground, Olympic National Park Drizzling, warm. By the time we got to our chosen campground late last night it was dark and we had some trouble locating a vacant and level site. We managed. We chose this campground because the ranger yesterday said it was his favorite, and it is on the... Continue Reading →
Day 88: Hoodsport Winery Sunny and pleasant. The days becoming shorter and shorter is getting a little worrisome to me. We don’t go out much after dark, but sit in Arvi and read. Arvi is small to sit in for hours every night. We may have to stay closer to towns, where we can go... Continue Reading →
Day 87: N 83rd St, Seattle, WA Sunny and warm. We've been doing this and that in Seattle, visiting daughter Kelsey, shopping, eating out, fine-tuning Arvi, taking care of bills, staying in Arvi. After sleeping on the streets of Seattle five nights we pushed on to Olympic National Park. First stop, after lunch with Kelsey... Continue Reading →
Day 83: Seattle, WA Cloudy and cool. Kelsey had to work so we did some tasks and errands that we’ve been waiting to do. In fact, we made a decent sized list of things that need to be done. We tried to get the shopping done Friday to avoid weekend traffic. Seattle has so many... Continue Reading →
Day 82: Newhalem Campground, North Cascades National Park, WA Mostly cloudy and cool. Looking to get a good view of Mount Baker, we drove the east side of North Cascades NP per advice of the ranger at Newhalem. We only got a glimpse of a piece of the flank of the mountain when the sun... Continue Reading →
Day 81: Frater Lake Trailhead, Colville National Forest, WA Rainy and cool. We had a nice drive on Route 20 West towards Vancouver and Seattle. Several deer, turkeys and a skunk came in the road to say “hi.” We took a paved hike at the site of a log flume in the early 1900s. I... 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 →
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