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 this part of the world. This post covers the following area: Day 1: Transition to Yakima (day 125 of the overall trip) - continued from our previous post We arrive at Bellingham bright an early in the morning and are off the ferry within 30 minutes. As we pull the truck off the boat, we check to see if our satellite radio service has been turned back on for our return to the lower 48. [...]
Our Upcoming 6 Month Key West to Alaska Road Trip GalleryOur Upcoming 6 Month Key West to Alaska Road Trip
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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 before the holiday season. This has been by far the longest and most complex trip that Nancy and I have ever put together with the initial planning starting back in 2018. We had read and researched this off and on over the last couple years but in June of last year we finally we set a target date and started to plan in detail. The plan has evolved quite a bit since we started, and [...]
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 Overnight Stopping Points A Whirlwind 2 Week Oregon Road Trip Adventure Part 1 post covered the first 5 stops of the trip. B -Astoria C -Florence D- Diamond Lake E- Bend F - Burns These stops are covered here in this post F - Burns I - Ontario K -Joesph L -Baker City M -Service Creek N -Portland Day 7 Overview We started from our anchor point in Burns and embarked on a really [...]
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 area at a slower pace someday. This was 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 is part 1 of a 2 part post. Click here to go to A Whirlwind 2 Week Oregon Road Trip Adventure Part 2 Oregon Road Trip Overview [...]