Fort Worden is more than a historic military fort, but I must admit my ignorance – and being completely content with that ignorance – to what else it may have been in the early 1900’s when it was in use. For me, it was all about the bug guns (I’m...
Last week we hung out at Salt Creek Campground in the Salt Creek Recreation Area. It was a bit of an emergency location to camp as the spot chosen to boondock nearby could not take Kerri’s 27 foot trailer.
This post was written years ago. Please research the laws yourself to ensure the information is up to date. Following my previous blog post about transporting guns through Canada to Alaska, I though I would continue the trend and discuss transporting guns within our very own United States and the...
Who wouldn’t take the opportunity to kayak in any of our National Parks? Kerri and I jumped at the opportunity the same day we arrived in the Port Angeles. We drove to Lake Crescent, part of Olympic National Park, and set out for what was to be a paddle under...
We stayed this past week at Deception Pass State Park on the Northern Washington coastline. Deception Pass is an extremely picturesque area of old-growth forest in what is really a pretty populated area of Whidbey Island. The park offers stunning views of the Puget Sound region, has it’s fair share...
With the realization that we would be arriving in Washington for Labor Day we chose to stay planted as close to the Canadian Border as possible so we could hop into Vancouver for a day on the holiday weekend. It was a good plan; dodge the weekender crowds at campgrounds...
Last night we made it back to the United States, crossing the Washington border just before 5pm. It has been more than 6000 miles since crossing into Canada back in early June. Kerri and I have already traveled 10,000 miles together, visiting eight states (three more Canadian provinces), three countries,...
This post was written years ago. Please research the laws yourself to ensure the information is up to date. Bringing guns into Canada is not as difficult as you may have heard, but there is some red-tape that you must accept before moving forward. The first thing to know, and...
It has been just over two months since arriving in Alaska and one of the must-see things of this part of the world has eluded me the entire time; the Norther Lights. The first issue was the simple fact that for most of this same time period, the sun did...
No way were we going to take the trailer down 60 miles of rutted and washboard dirt road, so instead we found a nice free campground right outside of Chitina to call home base. From here we took the truck into the National Park to visit McCarthy and Kennecott. It...
