Volcanic Legacy – Our Six-Month Adventure – Part 16

Our 6-month adventure continues as we travel south through Washington, Oregon and Parts of Northern California. Volcanoes line the coast from Washington down through Northern California, some of which have recently erupted such as St Helens and Lassen. This post will cover the initial part of our way home out of Alaska this fall following much of the Volcanic Legacy Byway.  It includes a number of State and National Parks dedicated to the volcanic activity in [...]

By |2022-10-07T11:34:41-05:00September 30, 2022|California, Oregon, USA Travel, Washington|0 Comments
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Our Upcoming 6 Month Key West to Alaska Road Trip

Background We have always dreamed of an Alaska road trip but given its distance from our home and the geographic size of this destination, we intentionally left this off the plate until we had time to do it right. So now that we're both retired and have more flexibility, it was time and as a result, we have put a travel framework in place where we will leave in the spring and return home just [...]

By |2023-05-25T07:49:21-05:00February 9, 2022|Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, MIssouri, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Road Trips, South Carolina, South Dakota, USA Travel, Utah, Washington|22 Comments
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A Whirlwind 2 week Oregon Road Trip Adventure Part 2

Overview of the Oregon Road Trip Part Two This is part two of our 3,248-mile 13-day road trip we did in Oregon in 2013 that covers a great deal of the state and really gave us a flavor for its diversity of geography and culture the state has to offer.  This post picks up in Burns Oregon and continues all the back to Portland. Part one can be found here. Oregon Road Trip Overview [...]

By |2023-12-19T08:26:48-05:00January 1, 2022|Oregon, Road Trips, USA Travel|1 Comment
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A Whirlwind 2 Week Oregon Road Trip Adventure Part 1

Overview of the Oregon Road Trip Part One. There have been times when we only had 2-3 weeks to travel. My Wife Nancy and I like to pick a state / area of North America and do what we jokingly call a "reconnaissance" trip where we spend our time moving rapidly from area to area. This gives us a good feel for what we might want to do when we come back and revisit an [...]

By |2023-12-19T08:28:29-05:00January 1, 2022|Oregon, Road Trips, USA Travel|0 Comments
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