BACK IN BELIZE
I know, I know, it has been a while since I have communicated. We arrived in Texas and I was flooded with appointments, happy hours with friends, and spending time with the grandkids. Fall festivals are the best, huh? We[…]
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Category: Nature’s Beauty
HOOVER DAM AND THE GRAND CANYON
A trip to Vegas is not complete without a visit to the Hoover Dam. I remember riding across the dam as a kid, but it is very different now with a new visitor center and parking garage. It was bustling[…]
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NATIONAL PARK 2 FOR 1: GIANT SEQUOIAS
Our first day driving into the north entrance of Kings Canyon National Park was a wild weather day. Our campground was situated in the middle of citrus groves in Lemon Cove, a few miles from the base of the foothills[…]
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YOSEMITE, A GRAND VALLEY OF GRANITE
Traveling from the Redwood Forest to Yosemite NP was close to 500 miles so we decided to stop for a night in Nice, California. Our campground was situated directly on Clear Lake, the largest fresh water lake in the entire[…]
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WALKING THROUGH THE GIANTS IN THE REDWOOD FOREST
California, here we come! We drove directly from our Crater Lake campground to the California coast. We booked three nights on the Klamath River, just a short drive to the ocean. We chose Klamath because it is smack dab in[…]
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NATIONAL PARK #2: CRATER LAKE
It seems like we flew down the coast until we stopped in Lakeside, which is where I left off in my last post. In case you missed all of the coastal action in Oregon, you can read about it here.[…]
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DRIVING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COASTLINE
Trying to get away from the never ending smoke, we mapped our route down the coast of Washington and Oregon. The Scenic Byway was closed for rock blasting near Lake Crescent and we didn’t want to wait around for at[…]
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OUR FIRST FEW DAYS IN WASHINGTON
My previous story left off as we made it across the border and luckily found a campground in Mt Vernon, just outside of Seattle. It was a long and exhausting day of driving and we got up early the next[…]
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ENTERING ALASKA AGAIN
Since we had thoroughly enjoyed the drive south on the Cassiar Highway, we decided to take the dead end road (37A) to Stewart, B.C. and Hyder, Alaska. It is only 40 miles long and ends at the easternmost and southernmost[…]
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DRIVING THE CASSIAR HWY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Many people, myself included, have never heard of the Cassiar Highway, but I’m here to tell you that it is probably the most spectacular drive we have ever taken. From the Yukon border to the Kitwanga Junction on Highway 16,[…]
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