Travel Day The drive from Long Beach to Cascade Locks was easy and non-eventful. We arrived at the Cascade Locks KOA early afternoon. We got set up and headed to the store to get a few items, then did a quick check of the small town. The RV park has a nice setting with lots … Continue reading "Columbia Gorge"

The Drive to Long Beach Peninsula was a long day. Driving from The Highway 18 exit off I-90 all the way to Olympia was extremely ongested. Particuralrly I-5 portion which took easily a couple of hours from Federal Way to Olympia. While Google Maps shows going through the Columbia Gorge to be a longer route, … Continue reading "Long Beach Peninsula"

Oregon Trip May 12-21, 2025 This trip was centered around taking my Mom & Dad’s ashes to the Oregon Coast. My mom passed in December 2024. My dad passed in 2009 and we still had his urn as they wnted the majority of their ashes buries together in the St John, WA cemetery. We kept … Continue reading "Oregon; McKenzie National Forest and The Coast"

A Spontaneous Decision We were planning to visit Washington DC in the spring. Our plans changed when the election did not go as ew had hoped. One evening in December, we made the decision that if we want to see Washington Dc, we should probably go before the new administraion took over on January 20. … Continue reading "Washington D.C."

Trip Interrupted Our plan for the fall was a three week trip into the Southwest. Stops included Vernal, UT to See Dinosaur National Monument, Grand Junction, CO to ride the Colorado National Monument, Ouray, CO for via ferrata, Mesa Verde and Moab. We were tow days into that trip when we abandoned it to return … Continue reading "A Fall Getaway"

A Trip to Seattle To Update the Tandem We had plans to go to Stehekin on Lake Chelan this week, but we changed our plan due to the wildfires in that area. Considering options and short planning period, we decided to go to Seattle to have our tandem retrofitted to an e-bike.While we were at … Continue reading "Electrifying in Seattle"

July 5 ~ Travel Day In the past we have travelled to the Rally Destination a day ealier. We spent the 4th with my brothers and mother to celebrate her 92nd birthday. The to Corvallis was a long day,we had a site reserved at Benton Oaks RV Park which is at the fairgrounds where the … Continue reading "Northwest Tandem Rally 2024 and Oregon Coast"

Spring Is Here To kick of spring, we took an Idaho trip, We had never been to McCall so we made plans to visit and meet up with Liz’s son Casey and his family at Ponderosa State Park. We also made plans to meet up with my daugher Amy and her family at Farragut State … Continue reading "Idaho State Parks"

Kaslo, B.C. The snowpack this year was very low and cross-country skiing, our normal winter activity is terrible, so we needed a break from the winter doldrums so we decided to head up to Ainsworth Hot Springs for a couple of days. We found an AirBnb in Kaslo. Kaslo is a very nice little town, … Continue reading "A Winter Getaway"

January 2024 – Seattle Trolls, A New Year Adventure New Years Eve, as we were waiting for the New Year festivities, being the party animals we are, we were feeling a bit like we wanted to get away. Lizs had been talking about the trolls that are visiting the Seattle area so we decided it … Continue reading "In Search of Trolls"