Things that happen and things we seek out
We’ve met so many people in our travels that tell us that Glacier National Park is their favorite US National Park. We finally got to see it this year – just before winter! I found that I really wasn’t taking a lot of photos or video – I was just soaking up the beauty of…
We decided to take the ferry from sleepy Bainbridge Island, Washington to bustling downtown Seattle! The ferry ride is about 50 minutes and there is plenty of indoor and outdoor seating (as well as room for cars and bikes). And the ferry is dog friendly! The ferry is free going to Seattle for pedestrians and…
There are some beautiful places to hike on Bainbridge Island. We stopped at the Grand Forest and hiked around a bit with James. James is reading all about the history of the park: More blackberries!!!
We were in Florida for the cruise and rented a Ford with CarPlay. I like CarPlay because of the larger navigation map and the fact that I get to play my own music but I don’t like how it saves info from my phone to the car, specifically because this isn’t my car. That aside,…
We are really enjoying the Oregon beaches. I just love that they are dog friendly! Someone told us when the tide is out, you can walk out to that big rock you see behind James. I’m not sure if I believe it, but you can see that the water is really shallow when the swimmers…
I love checking out farmer’s markets in new towns and seeing what is grown and sold locally. Being from Florida, I never saw fresh raspberries, blackberries or blueberries at the farmer’s market! And Brandy was picking on me a little for buying some – she said I should just pick them from bushes on the…
After such a big day of eating dairy at Tillamook, we decided a short hike would be good for all of us. We headed over to the Cape Meares Light. It was built in 1890 and you approach the light from a long pathway that slopes downward towards the light. It is a small lighthouse…
We have seen so many wild rabbits in Oregon! James is absolutely freaking out. You might remember when we lived in Austria, James’ favorite treat was rabbit ears. I can’t find these rabbit ear treats here in the US, but I have found some other rabbit treats. Which do you think James would rather have…
We are just LOVING these dog friendly beaches in Oregon! We found a tiny five-space parking lot on the beach near Neskowin and we got the last parking spot. We had fun walking along the beach and of course playing frisbee with James!
When we first drove over the mountain pass into western/coastal Oregon, I felt like we were in a Twilight movie. The Twilight series is based in Washington, but most of the filming was done in Oregon. And this mountain area felt just like the movie! I wish we would have stopped to take photos. But…
It is so odd to see huge rocks in the ocean and on the beach! Chris and I both grew up in Florida with flat, sandy beaches. Here in Oregon, huge rocks are just out in the ocean and huge rocks are along the shore. So much of the coastline is rocky and has cliffs,…
We meet the nicest people when we travel. We were recently in Sun Valley, Idaho and we started talking to a couple that had a large motorhome for sale. Cynthia and Des are from Australia and they own a motorhome that they keep in the US. They fly into LA and get their motorhome out…
When someone told us there is a lake on the Utah/Idaho border that looks like the turquoise waters of the Caribbean, we knew we had to see it! Apparently the turquoise color is due to the limestone deposits suspended in the lake. I will tell you: that water is COLD! I tried to get in…
Yesterday, we talked about Cub Creek Road in Dinosaur National Monument. And the other day, we talked about the Quarry Exhibit Hall. Today we are talking about the Colorado side of Dinosaur National Monument. Did I mention this park is REMOTE? There is a small town called Dinosaur, Colorado right outside of the Colorado entrance….
We posted the other day about the Quarry Exhibit Hall at Dinosaur National Monument. Today, we are talking about Cub Creek Road on the Utah side near the small town of Jensen. Chris wanted to see the petroglyphs and I was really surprised how close you could get to them. Back in 2010, we went…
Chris mentioned to me that he really wanted to see Dinosaur National Monument. I read mixed reviews saying the complete dinosaur skeletons in major museums are better. Since we’ve seen a lot of museums in DC, New York, Chicago and Orlando with dinosaurs, I wasn’t sure I would like Dinosaur National Monument. One thing to…
We really do meet the neatest people in our travels. Here in Breckenridge, Colorado, our neighbor Joanne is an author! She let us borrow a copy of her children’s book, Peter the Caterpillar. Chris and I have a silly thing we do – we sometimes read out loud to each other in bed. Back in…
One thing I love about Colorado is that so many people have so many outdoor hobbies. It has been an unusually cold and wet May (now June!) and people are still skiing! I love seeing the skis and snowboards mounted in roof racks on top of cars driving down the road. Then you also see…
It’s great to meet new people and it’s even better to meet amazing people. Recently we made some new friends, Becky and Sharon, and in our conversation we learned that they were competitive archers! I have recently gained an interest in archery but had no idea where to start. I had looked at compound bows…
We were looking for a place to stay in or near Amsterdam. We also wanted to visit The Hague and Rotterdam. We ended up finding the perfect place in Gouda! We didn’t know anything about Gouda except that it had a cheese market with, of course, Gouda cheese. The first thing we saw as we…