We are back in gold country to visit Kerri’s parents for a week before heading over the Sierra’s. In our last visit here we did not get out all that much. What little exploring I did (I say I as Kerri has been everywhere in this area) consisted of the...
Yea, we are back in Northern California, specifically to drop Big Blue off in storage for the rest of the year. A quick visit to my family, then off we went to Bodega Bay to get in one final week of ocean-life before heading inland for many months. Porto Bodega...
Yep, that’s right. As of the 1st of the year we had moved into the van. It took another 3 days to move everything we wanted out of the Airstream and into the van, but by the 3rd the Airstream was in storage and we were 100% official van-tramps. We...
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...
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...
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.
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...
Instead of staying in the hustle and bustle of the town of Kenai the past week, we spent it at Captain Cook State Recreation Area where we hung out on the beach, worked, saw our first sunset in months, and did a few short hikes. As you can see from...
Nancy Lake State Recreation Area … is one of the few flat, lake-studded landscapes in Alaska preserved for recreation purposes. The recreation area’s clear waters are ringed with unspoiled forests, and provide tranquil settings for canoeing, fishing, hiking and camping. – Alaska.gov As you can see, Google maps makes the Nancy...
