Category: Adventure

I went off script today. I climbed into my way-back machine and remembered what co-workers at United Airlines used to tell me. They always ranted about how beautiful Butchart Gardens in Victoria BC; Canada were. Well they are a short Read more…

I finally made it to Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. I tried to get here the other day but as I drove up the mountain the clouds got so thick that I couldn’t see five feet in front of Read more…

I took a drive to one of the don’t miss places in Olympic National Park today. When I was doing my research before, I started this trip Lake Crescent was ranked very high on the list of places to visit. Read more…

I have made it to the Olympic Peninsula and Olympic National Park. I ended up taking the ferry from Seattle. It wasn’t my choice; it was Garmin’s choice. I thought that I was going to go back down south and Read more…

I went to downtown Seattle. I have all these good things about Pike Place Market. It lived up all the hype. Picture one huge market selling everything from seafood to flowers to leather belts. Of course, the big draw is Read more…

All the planning that I did, I still can’t plan on Mother Nature. Mount Rainier National Park is beautiful. I drove to Paradise from my campsite in Kent, WA. It took almost 2 hours to get there. Once I entered Read more…

I stayed in the Columbia Gorge for three days. There were two things that I wanted to do while I was in the gorge. I wanted to go to Mount Hood and Multnomah Falls which is one of the iconic Read more…

What a lucky mistake. I thought that I reserved a spot at a campsite in Astoria, OR. As it turned out Cannon Beach RV Resort is 20 miles south of Astoria. I was upset at first but then I found Read more…

Today I went Newport, OR. It was a short drive from Lincoln City and that is where Yaquina (yah-KWIH-nah) Head Lighthouse is. At 93 feet, its tower is the tallest on the Oregon coast. The setting is beautiful. It reminds Read more…

Today was a one lighthouse and more beaches day. The lighthouse was Heceta Head Lighthouse. This lighthouse sits on the west side of 1,000-foot-high Heceta Head. It has a 56-foot tower. It was first illuminated in 1894. It is an Read more…