John Muir has always been somewhat of a hero to me. Not only was he a minimalist and naturalist, he was easily the loudest voice in the creation of our National Park’s system in America. If it were not for John Muir, Yosemite would not exist today at all, and...
For most of my life I have lived within a few short hours drive from the North Bay and Point Reyes National Seashore. Twice I drove right past it on my way to other places. Never had I thought to even pop in to see what all the excitement was...
I am not going to start this post off with an apology for my lack of activity these past few weeks. In fact, I am just going to ignore that fact and pretend everything is normal – because it is, other than I have not been blogging. So, to catch...
Empire Mine is “one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California.” It also happened to be right down the road from us, show Kerri showed me around her local state park. While the mine shaft itself was cool and all, it was the Estate and...
On the way South, along the coastline, we stayed a single night in Newport, Oregon, at the Marina. It was an impromptu stay, partly to prevent a drive through the greater Portland area, partly to avoid the silliness of Portland’s laws and partly to keep Kerri on the coast for...
On our final day in the Astoria area, Kerri and I returned to Lewis and Clark Historical Park for one last hike in the area. The original plan was to take the Fort to Sea trail, but we didn’t get too far down the trail before full distraction took over....
Two full weekends and the work-week in between. That is how long we stuck around the Astoria area, specifically Fort Stevens State Park. Fort Stevens was our base camp to explore the area, and explore we did. Our first destination was to Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, my 71st...
This post was written years ago. Please research the laws yourself to ensure the information is up to date. As we travel to each state local gun laws have an effect on us traveling folk. Traveling gun owners must research the each state’s gun laws before entering each state as...
Home this week has been the Minni Peterson Campground, right down the road from the Hoh Rainforest portion of the National Park. Not only is it free camping, it is quiet and mostly unused at this time of the year. A great spot to hop into the National Park for...
