Oregon – PCH in Oregon
We were in the home stretch, with a target date to be back in the Bay Area but flexibility on how to get there. We decided that traveling south down the entire Oregon Coast would… Read More
Les Trois Tetons
Angela’s parents were joining us later in the week, so we choose to invest a little time exploring the park and town of Jackson for possible activities and places to eat. Besides, we’d… Read More
End of the Trail for South Dakota
Today was a get-it-done day. Ronan and I prepped the truck for travel – refueled, added DEF, aired up the tires, and reconfigured the bed. The boys and I did a little… Read More
Notes from the Road: Thermopolis, Wyoming
The first thing that hit us was the eggy smell. We’d been traveling across Wyoming all day and pulled into the Fountain of Youth RV Park without a reservation. The sun was… Read More
Mount Rushmore & the Black Hills
The first three nights in Hill City were pretty low key – in other words, we slept in, re-organized the truck and coach, caught up on emails and hit the grocery. The… Read More
North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame
We slept in and when we awoke, the bison herds were still fresh in our thoughts and thus the topic of conversation over pancake breakfast. The rain that had passed through and the… Read More
Big Bison & Real Cowboys
Fog settled in the bottom of the river basin and wrapped the campground in cool damp air. It was a perfect morning to sleep in, but I was awake. Trying not to… Read More
Work Day in Medora
Because it was going to be hot and humid and we had a fair amount of travel planning to do, we headed into Medora to find good connectivity for phones and Internet.… Read More
A National Park to Ourselves
We awoke to a rain storm this morning. It was fairly light, just enough to cool the air and suppress the insects a bit. We packed lunches and headed to the North… Read More
Purple Rain on the Plains with a Twang
Day two of driving, but only 160 miles from Wolf Point, Montana to Medora, North Dakota. We left early so that we might get a good campsite at Theodore Roosevelt National Park,… Read More
Why the Bear Crossed the Road
After a breakfast of pancakes, we drove up to Many Glacier for a day of hiking. Our “next door neighbor” at the KOA campground, a parole officer from Illinois, showed us pictures… Read More
Two Medicine Lake & Bear “Sightings”
Since we were unable to complete our attempt at crossing the park via the “Going-to-the-Sun Road” from the west, we were anxious to try it again from the east. Unfortunately the road… Read More
West Glacier to St. Mary
Today was moving day – from Fish Creek on the west side of Glacier NP to St. Mary – Glacier Park KOA on the east side. Easy drive. Ninety nine point six… Read More
The Drive to Kintla Lake
The rain continued through the night and kept the coach downright cold. After our experience in Collier – where the heat pump auto-switched over to the not-yet-broken-in furnace and filled our trailer with smoke, setting off… Read More
The Long Drive
Today was a travel day. A long one. Five hundred fifty two miles to be exact, and that doesn’t include the miscellaneous turn-arounds we had to do through some construction zones and… Read More
Bend – Oasis in Central Oregon
Bend was an oasis (high speed wifi, hot showers, laundry rooms, AC power, large and well-stocked grocery stores…), and the last such place for the next several weeks. From here, we aimed… Read More
Rare Pizza Shark Sighting in Bend
Among the many benefits of camping is the food. Despite the limited food options (try finding a well-stocked grocery store in any popular camping area) and the lack of proper tools, there’s… Read More
Collier Logging Museum
About a mile from the campground, along the clear, cold (very cold) waters of Spring Creek, down a winding dirt trail, under US-97 and across a pine wood bridge is the Collier… Read More
From Lassen to Central Oregon
It wasn’t easy to leave the Lassen area, but we headed north toward Crater Lake National Park. The drive along CA-44/89 North took us past MacArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, where we… Read More
Climbing Up and Into a Volcano
We set out early with lunches packed, hiking gear on, walkie-talkies charged and a goal – to climb Cinder Cone in the upper northeast corner of Lassen National Park. The main areas… Read More