Robb & Liz's Travel Log

Spring Tulips The Skagit Valley has an Annual Tulip Festival that we had never experienced so we decided to take an early spring trip to check it out. We originally booked Monday through Friday at a Thousand Trails in the area, then decided to leave a day earlier so we arranged a Harvest Host stay … Continue reading "Skagit Tulips"

Winter Storms We have always heard about the winter storms on the Oregon Coast so we took a trip to Newport In January. We reserved a cabin at the Whaler’s Rest resort in Newport. We have a weekly cabin pass annually through our Thousand Trails membership. Day 1 ~ Depoe Bay January 5. We started … Continue reading "Oregon Coast Winter Trip"

A Concert Liz had been wanting to see Linsey Sterling in concert so we made a little winter getaway to Idaho Falls to see her perform there. The concert was great! Idaho Falls was interesting but it was extremely cold, so we did not do a lot of exploring. We did get out to see … Continue reading "Idaho Falls ~ December ’22"

A Birthday Getaway Liz had a birthday this week so we planned a little getaway to do some hiking and biking. We chose Mt Vernon as our destination this trip to take advantage of our Thousand Trails membership. We had stayed at this campground before and were prepared for the idea of no sewer hookup. … Continue reading "Mt Vernon and North Cascades"

Homeward Bound We broke the trip home up into a few days. After our stop at the Harvest Host in Corning, we proceeded to Mt Shasta. We have driven past Mt Shasta on previous trips but never had the opportunity to explore the area. Mt Shasta We stayed at Mt Shasta KOA.  As we have … Continue reading "Mount Shasta to Bend"

Exploring the San Francisco Area As we normally do, we planned a trip around the Northwest Tandem Rally. This year we chose the San Francisco area as our main destination. We have been to San Francisco on a few occasions, but never really saw much other than Fisherman’s Wharf and the waterfront area. It was … Continue reading "San Francisco and Vicinity"

Northwest Tandem Rally 2022 And Beyond This trip all started with a trip to Eugene, OR for the Northwest Tandem Rally We have been participating in NWTR events since 2016 when we attended our first really in Klammath Falls, OR. The Eugene rally  was the first NWTR event in three years, in fact we had … Continue reading "Tandem Rally and Northern California"

A Quiet Week After two weeks of exploring and sightseeing, we are ready to coast a bit. Seeing everything we have seen has been fun and definitely getting a lot of walking in. The logistics of getting around have been a bit challenging, but after using Cory’s car a couple of times we are very … Continue reading "Boston Trip ~ Week 3"

More Exploration This week is we will be exploring Boston more and visiting The Ames-Bright family as opportunity allowed. We are sharing time there with Annie’s family and alternate visits with them as the apartment is on the small side and gets congested with too many people at once. Later in the week we had … Continue reading "Boston Trip ~ Week 2"

Well We Have Never Been to Boston So…When Liz’s son Cory and his wife Annie announced they were going to have a baby in March, we made the decision that it was time for a trip to Boston. Cory and Annie had moved to Boston last summer so Annie could pursue her law degree. They … Continue reading "Boston"