Wildlife Archives - Don't Skip the Trip

BACK IN BELIZE

October 26, 2017 Linda Island Life, Nature's Beauty, Wildlife

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[…]

WALKING THROUGH THE GIANTS IN THE REDWOOD FOREST

September 19, 2017 Linda Don't Skip this Food, Don't Skip this Place, Nature's Beauty, RV Life, Wildlife

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[…]

WHALE WATCHING BOAT TRIP TO SAN JUAN ISLAND

September 12, 2017 Linda Don't Skip this Experience, Don't Skip this Place, RV Life, Wildlife

I talked Darin into getting out on the water and taking a boat tour to San Juan Island. He was focused on the Olympic National Park, but the crazy smoke had put a kink in our plans, therfore he agreed[…]

OUR FIRST FEW DAYS IN WASHINGTON

September 11, 2017 Linda Nature's Beauty, RV Life, Wildlife

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[…]

ENTERING ALASKA AGAIN

September 3, 2017 Linda Don't Skip this Experience, Nature's Beauty, RV Life, Wildlife

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[…]

DRIVING THE CASSIAR HWY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

September 1, 2017 Linda Don't Skip this Experience, Nature's Beauty, RV Life, Wildlife

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,[…]

MOUNT DENALI, WHERE ART THOU?

August 14, 2017 Linda Don't Skip this Place, Nature's Beauty, RV Life, Wildlife

We finally made it to Denali National Park, home of North America’s tallest peak, Mount Denali. Denali is named from the Athabascan Indian word meaning “high one”. The park attracted nearly 600,000 visitors last year during their four months of[…]

UPSTREAM RIVER ADVENTURE

August 10, 2017 Linda Don't Skip this Experience, Nature's Beauty, Wildlife

So mom saw a commercial on TV about a jet boat that goes upstream and gets very close to some class VI white water rapids in a narrow canyon with a 90 degree turn. The rest is history. This was[…]

SEEING KODIAK ISLAND FROM SEA LEVEL

July 28, 2017 Linda Don't Skip this Experience, Nature's Beauty, Wildlife

After our 8 hour land tour, we just had to get a look around the island from a captain’s perspective. The seemingly endless bounty coming out of the Pacific ocean is the bread and butter of this community. Almost everyone[…]

WHY WHITTIER?

July 17, 2017 Linda Nature's Beauty, Wildlife

We set out from Anchorage to ride the tram at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood and ended up going to Whittier instead. Why? There were too many clouds and we definitely would not have a view from the top of[…]