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Hurricane Ridge Blew Us Away
Tuesday was another early morning for us. The plan was to drive into Olympic National Park and snag a parking spot up at Hurricane Ridge, allowing us to hike to the top of Hurricane Hill. Reg had read that parking could be competitive. The National Park service lists Hurricane Ridge as the most easily accessed…
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Cape Flattery
Cape Flattery is the northwesternmost point of the contiguous United States. It’s located on the Olympic Peninsula, where the Strait of Juan de Fuca joins the Pacific Ocean. We may never be back this way again, so visiting the cape was just too tempting for us to pass up. We packed a lunch and off…
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Olympic National Park – Coastal Walks
We chose to do the Third Beach hike first. Parking is limited due to the popularity of this trail with backpackers who have multiple day permits. Day hikers tend to get what’s left. For that reason, we chose to walk to the trailhead along a paved path from our campsite, turning the 1.8-mile walk into…
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Olympic National Park – Early To Rise
We’ve spent the last six nights along the west coast of the Olympic Peninsula at an RV park sandwiched between coastal strips of Olympic National Park. Over the years, we’ve canceled several trips to the park (when life interfered), so we’ve been pretty excited to finally be here.Olympic National Park encompasses nearly a million acres…
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Vampire Watch
Back in the late 1960s I’d hurry home from school every afternoon to catch the latest episode of Dark Shadows, ABCs wildly popular gothic soap opera. The fictional town of Collinsport was home to Collinwood mansion where the unusual Collins family resided. Viewers got to know (among others) the sinister Barnabas Collins, a vampire, Angelique,…
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Let’s Go To The Hardware Store
The Astoria-Megler Bridge spans the Columbia River, joining the states of Oregon and Washington. It soars 196 feet above the water (at high tide) and stretches just over four miles from shore to shore. It’s quite a thrill for anyone with a fear of heights. We arrived at Washington’s Bay Center KOA Saturday afternoon in…
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Not Your Everyday Corn Dog
Leave it to Reg to sniff out one of the most unique and popular lunch spots on the Oregon Coast. And to perfectly time our drive north to reach the seaside town of Rockaway Beach at the lunch hour. We had to stop. There are nearly 100 years of history behind this tasty treat. The…
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Travel Surprises Are The Best
We made our reservations last winter. Planning ahead is a necessity when hoping to camp along the coasts of Oregon and Washington. Fortunately, our start date coincided with a blazing hot heatwave that settled over the Rogue Valley. Our first two nights were spent at Tugman State Park on the Oregon Coast where we walked…
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St Andrews, Scotland-Sun And Fun
We got off to a drippy start on our first big night out in St Andrews. Friends from England, Jude and Ian, happened to be van-camping right up the road from our rental house, so Ian organized us on a dinner hour hunt for the best fish and chips in St Andrews. Without a reservation…
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