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"

Time for Another Break Since the last trip things have been pretty insane at home. After the completion of the addition that was mentioned in the last post, we proceeded to update the interior of the existing house. We have been living in the basement while work is being done on the main level and … Continue reading "The Kitsap Peninsula"

We Need a Break! This has not been our easiest summer. We are doing a major addition to out house which involves one room and a fairly good sized shop. That project along with landscaping the lot the addition sits on has been relentless. The heat wave has been endless and the smoke from the … Continue reading "Anacortes, WA ~ A Birthday Getaway"

It’s All About The Bike Chehalis is where the East Trailhead for the Willapa Hills Trail begins is and we have been wanting to check out that trail as well as the Chehalis Western Trail. We decided to tag it on to the Texas / Bryce Canyon trip. The Drive When we left Bryce Canyon … Continue reading "Chehalis, WA"

A Taste of the Southwest Bryce Canyon, Utah was the next destination after leaving San Antonio. We have been wanting to do a Southwest trip at some point and thought this would be a good opportunity to get a taste of the region. We have heard some great things about Bryce Canyon so we made … Continue reading "Bryce Canyon"

Let’s Go To Texas We decided to take our spring trip to Texas to see Liz’s son Cory and his wife Annie. Cory and Annie were married last year during the pandemic and were not able to have a wedding with family attendance. They also purchased a home in San Antonio that we have not … Continue reading "Texas"

March 23-28, 2021 We are back on the Oregon Coast, this time without our trailer. My Mom has been wanting to see the ocean for a while, so we broke her out of the assisted living facility in Colfax, WA where she lives, for a few days near Newport, OR. The Drive It was a … Continue reading "Oregon Coast Spring 2021"

This post is from a winter getaway we did in February.  Life has been a bit complicated since we returned creating the delay in this post.   Feb 8-11, 2021 Liz and I did a short winter getaway for some great cross country skiing in the Methow Valley. Winthrop, WA, which is considered to be … Continue reading "Methow Valley ~ Winthrop, WA"

The Drive Up the Coast The drive from Newport to Seaside is a fairly easy drive, about 3 hours. 101 is a bit windy but the traffic is slow enough that it was not an issue. We stopped at Nehalem for lunch at Buttercup Ice Cream & Chowder, a place we found on a previous … Continue reading "Seaside, Oregon"