MAY 28, 2019 There isn’t much to Juneau. It’s got about 35,000 residents and we saw 4 mid-sized cruise ships in port. The tourists clog up the small downtown area and take the tram to the top of Mt Roberts. They also ride buses to see the Mendenhall Glacier and the old mining museum. We […]
MAY 24, 2019 – Ferry to Juneau, AK Today, Friday, May 24 we g0t on the ferry to go to Alaska!!!! Yesterday we left Portland on a 6 hour train ride to Bellingham, WA. We stayed overnight in a terrific Airbnb in Fairhaven, the old port part of Bellingham and also where the train station
MAY 17, 2019 Thom’s cousin in Portland OR offered not only to host us for our stay here, but also to provide “guided” tours of various places in the region. On Friday May 17 we dropped the RV off for its repairs and took the transit light rail into the city. Patrick met us at
MAY 12-13, 2019 On May 12 we drove another 3-4 hours to Florence OR. Along the way, we took a side trip to Charleston where we found a pretty spot for lunch overlooking the mud flats with clam diggers, saw a nice collection of fishing boats, and bought some beautiful, large oysters. We stayed 2
MAY 11, 2019 We left Yosemite Valley CA on May 9, with the plan to stop 2 nights and take 3 days to reach the Oregon Coast, with our first night in Brookings OR. We stopped in Calistoga CA, a small town of hot springs and the attendant spas and upscale hotels. We stayed in
MAY 5, 2019 Drove to our lodgings just east of Groveland and checked in but had to wait an hour until “check in”. Geez….. We took the advice and drove down the road a few miles to the Rainbow Pools. A spot to see the full river crash over rocks into a pool and then
MAY 1, 2019 We spent 4 days biking in the area around Eureka before going north and into the hills, once again!, to visit cousin Conor and his wife Rachel. Other members of the family included several elderly beasts, Murray the cat, and Sheba the dog. The comfortable house is an extended cabin type building
APR 24, 2019 – Weott, CA We left Fort Bragg, CA today after 5 quiet days with a few long walks into town or along the sea. The beauty that continues along this lengthy California coast is hard to describe. We drove to the Avenue of the Giants and Humboldt Redwoods State Park. What an
APR 20, 2019 – Fort Bragg, CA Fort Bragg, CA is a small coastal town founded in 1857. It spent it’s heyday as a fishing and seafaring community and supported a vast logging industry. The railroad played a large part in its development. The trains stopped servicing the area and fishing and tourism became the
APR 4, 2019 – Washington, DC Nearly everyone in DC this week will visit the Cherry Blossoms at the Tidal Basin. We timed our DC visit so well!!!! After lunch with a few former colleagues yesterday, we went to the Wharf, rode the free taxi to Haines Point, seeing a bit of the very familiar