Month: May 2017

May 31, 2017 4 comments

Bears! 100-Mile House to Dawson Creek May 30, 2017 Miles Driven: 467 Sunrise (100-Mile House): 4:54am / Sunset (Dawson Creek): 9:32pm Latitude: 51.64N to 55.76N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 1   Bears! Today Nicole and I spotted our first bears – a black bear mama and her two cubs. Also, we spotted a moose…

May 30, 2017 2 comments

Into the Wilds Bellingham to 100-Mile House May 29, 2017 Miles Driven: 325 Sunrise (Bellingham): 5:13am / Sunset (100-Mile House): 9:11pm Latitude: 48.75N to 51.64N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 2   To calm any worriers out there, tonight’s hotel is quite nice. It has the standard run-of-the-mill amenities. The roads here are…

May 29, 2017 4 comments

Mount Rainier National Park Portland to Bellingham May 28, 2017 Miles Driven: 402 Sunrise (Portland): 5:28am / Sunset (Bellingham): 9:01pm Latitude: 45.38N to 48.75N Sites Visited: 1   I write to you tonight from an adorably sketchy hotel, well, at least that’s how I have termed it. Most of you know that I’m a glass-half-full kinda…

May 28, 2017 2 comments

Passing by Lassen Volcanic & Crater Lake San Jose to Portland May 27, 2017 Miles Driven: 663 Sunrise (San Jose): 5:50am / Sunset (Portland): 8:48pm Latitude: 37.34N to 45.38N Sites Visited: 0   Oh to be on the open road again! The joys, like eating fabulous Vietnamese food in a too-hip-for-me restaurant! The perils, like the…

May 27, 2017 No comments exist

Last Minute Dash San Jose May 26, 2017 Miles Driven: 0 Sites Visited: 0   You know, some days time seems to slow down and you enjoy each precious moment. This is not one of those days. During the flurry of activities this week, time just seemed to keep speeding up. The more things I crossed off…

May 23, 2017 No comments exist

Packing & Prep At Home in San Jose May 21-26, 2017 Miles Driven: 0 Sites Visited: 0   Well, here I am again, embarking on another of my adventurous road trips. When I was little, the idea of spending time in a car driving from place to place seemed rather dull. Of course, the occasional landscape…