Two hours away from Seattle – way out at the tip on a little island – is Fort Flagler State Park. This would be our home for the next few days to avoid the heat wave coming into the greater Seattle area. We chose this park partly because of it’s...
With my son in town for a visit, the three of us (and two dogs) piled into the van and took off for the mount – Mount Rainier to be exact. Although I have had a single day-trip into the park back in 2013, Kerri had not been to Mount...
Early on a Thursday morning we packed up and left our cozy but shady spot in Bruceport. By the end of that day we needed to arrive at a reserved RV Resort camp site, 3 hours away. You might be asking, why are they camping an hour out of Seattle...
We had the weekend and a few of the following weekdays to burn before arriving for our reservations at a RV Resort outside of Seattle. We were really just going to take it easy during these days after another run into town for supplies and laundry. It would be our...
Finally, after a long weekend, we broke free of the Astoria area. We didn’t make it far though, only a half-hour or so across the border into Washington. Actually, we were further North last week when we stayed at the Moose Lodge in Ocean Park, but we were content to...
We have been lingering near Astoria because Kerri had a hair appointment on Saturday morning. It also gave me the opportunity to offload our just-replaced stove/oven. Saturday officially marks Big Blue’s return to oven-less-ness – back to just a two burner stove. After a few hours of waiting around in...
We did not stay the entire week at the Moose lodge, opting to move mid week. We moved just a dozen miles South to visit with the Watsons again (not our first time this year) who were camped nearby. A meetup in town at the Shelburne – the oldest operating...
Kerri had this nice area of state forest picked out, not far from Astoria, for us to check for some boondocking. From satellite view, it really appeared that this place was created with dozens and dozens of individual pullouts that are synonymous with dispersed camping. Unfortunately, the entire area ended up...
Oregon has some great state forests which are treated very similarly to their bigger brother, the national forests – at least when it comes to their allowance of dispersed camping. We needed a place to spend our work week again, so Kerri set her keen eye to work on the...
As we drove up the coastal highway we were just about to pass Cape Lookout State Park. Although the sign was making a very clear statement with the “Campground Full” sign out, we popped in anyway. Pulling up to the Ranger station I inquired if there was a cancellation in...
