Musings from GCPWest One of the first bands of pioneers to brave The Oregon Trail from Missouri to Oregon in 1839 took that ominous phrase as their motto. And I adopted it for my weekend in Portland! Certainly, I wanted the opportunity to poke around more national sites featured in my game Roadtrip!. More history…
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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…
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…
Devils Postpile National Monument & Yosemite National Park (briefly) Bishop to San Jose August 14, 2016 Miles Driven: 310 Parks Visited: 1.5 You will have to forgive me. After 16 states, 22 sites, 7,892 miles, and 23 days, I just plain fell asleep working on the blog. Coming home after a vacation is always bittersweet. I can tell you…
Cedar Breaks National Monument Cedar City to Bishop August 13, 2016 Miles Driven: 509 Parks Visited: 1 It was a perfect end. Well, I’m not quite home yet, but it was still perfect. I almost didn’t go too. But as I said yesterday, always take the option to interact. So, tonight, even though I was tired,…
Pipe Spring National Monument & Grand Canyon National Park Kanab to Cedar City August 12, 2016 Miles Driven: 251 Parks Visited: 2 Some days, you just have to slow down a bit. Now, I don’t mean to say that I didn’t visit two sites today. In fact, I did and I am quite tired. Rather, I…
Colorado National Monument & Arches National Park Grand Junction to Kanab August 11, 2016 Miles Driven: 494 Parks Visited: 2 So is the entire state of Utah a National Park or Monument?! If not, why not? Having just driven from the northeast to the southwest regions of the state, I don’t think I was without spectacular…
Dinosaur National Monument North Platte to Craig August 10, 2016 Miles Driven: 332 Parks Visited: 1 Holy Moly! I do not understand why Dinosaur is not a national park. It’s like a slightly shallower Grand Canyon with piles of dinosaur bones. In fact, I did ask the owners of the Bedrock Depot, while I was sipping…
Scotts Bluff National Monument & Fort Laramie National Historic Site North Platte to Craig August 9, 2016 Miles Driven: 653 Parks Visited: 2 I saw a moose! In the middle of a clearing. He was just standing there. No mistake about it. I think I saw two moose in Yellowstone, but I’m really not sure….
no destinations GenCon to North Platte August 8, 2016 Miles Driven: 890 Parks Visited: 0 I shall admit up front that today’s blog will be a bit more of a visual montage since my brains are muddled after such a long drive. Really, I’ve got only three stories standing out in my mind. Illinois -…