Still high from the Tundra Buggy Polar Bear sightings, we packed our suitcases to return to the RVs for this final post of the Polar Bear Migration Tour. If you missed the prior posts, see Part 2 The Bears in Churchill and Part 1 Getting to Churchill. Train from Churchill…
Arriving in Churchill After a two-week journey of moving and driving nearly every day in the RV, we finally arrived in Churchill, the Polar Bear Capital of the World. See Polar Bear Migration Tour – Part 1 Getting to Churchill in the previous post. A welcome break in the schedule,…
Our large, premium site at Pheasant Ridge in Wilsonville, Oregon was a nice change from our prior stays where the sites were uncomfortably close together. It provides options for staying near family next time we are in the Portland area. With the annual service on the RV complete, we shifted…
After our National Park trip in Washington, we headed back to Oregon for the Labor Day Grand Opening of the Styring Vineyards new Tasting Space and to prepare for our Fantasy RV Tours Polar Bear Migration trip. Oh, and it would be nice to get the Jeep back from the…
The final destination in our Summertime in Washington series took us to Mount Rainier National Park. Click to read the first two articles: Part 1 Mount Saint Helens and Part 2 Olympic National Park. Camping Near Mount Rainier A week stay at the very small Eastcreek Campground in Mineral, Washington was…
After visiting Mt. Saint Helens in the mountains, Ocean Shores on the coast and Port Orchard on the Sound (see Part One of ‘Summertime in Washington’) we continued on to see Olympic National Park over two weeks in August. One week along the Northern Strait and one on the Western…
Summertime is a great time to see the Pacific Northwest where we feel at home in the abundant greenery. It contrasts so dramatically against the recently-visited desert scenery of Namibia and our typical winters spent in the desert Southwest. This route in July and August started out as a plan…
This 13-day journey to Namibia in late June and July checks off a few of our bucket-list items. Read on for our story and watch the video created by Pangolin Photo Safaris: Pangolin Express Video Link (18 minutes). We were on the move most of the time so this story…
Provo, Utah It was killing me to drive by the turn-offs to so many beautiful National Parks on the way through Southern Utah. Bryce Canyon, Zion, Capitol Reef, Grand Staircase Escalante, etc. are destinations that we have (mostly) been to and loved. There is no time for those detours today.…
When you think of The Grand Canyon, you probably think of the super-busy South Rim Visitor’s Center with wide Canyon overlooks and plenty of services available. This would be our first visit to the North Rim Grand Canyon that typically only 10 percent of the visitors venture out to see.…
Happy Valentines Day! My first batch of polished rocks came out of the polisher a few days ago.
Had some fun times in New a Orleans! Today, we left Louisiana, went thru Mississippi, Alabama and arrived in Pensacola, Florida
