Death Valley is the largest national park outside of Alaska at 3.3 million acres. I don’t know what I thought Death Valley National Park would be like, maybe a very hot sandy, flat kind-of boring place. Instead, it is one of the most diverse places, like Yellowstone but with weird…
Huachaca (wa-chew-ka) City is a great location to explore this diverse and beautiful part of Arizona. Close to the Mexican border, the desert landscape is offset by views of the Huachaca Mountain Range. Nearby Sierra Vista, the Spanish name for “mountain range view”. It accurately describes the many mountain ranges, including…
We loved the huge sites at Rock Hound State Park in New Mexico. The rugged slopes of the Little Florida (flor-ita) Mountains are the backdrop for this peaceful campground at 4,500 to 5,400 foot elevation. Collecting some souvenir rocks is encouraged and I couldn’t have been happier! We hiked on the…
I have always wanted to see the Anasazi cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park. Bruce had visited as a young adult on the way to attend Arizona State University and he had told me stories about it for years. I was under the impression that there was one set…
Salt Lake City: In Salt Lake City, we stayed at a really nice, large and shady KOA. Travel days towing with the power steering connected takes it’s toll and the tow-car was dead on arrival. The KOA team loaned us a battery charger. so problem solved! We normally don’t stay…
Oregon – Family, Friends & Doctors We took a car trip to Oregon for a few weeks in late June 2017. This is the first time leaving Ian after his transplant surgery and he had only been out of the hospital a couple of months so his dad stayed with…
Setting up House Ian’s marriage didn’t survive the stress of his illness and his wife sold most of his stuff before he even got out of the hospital! We helped him restock the furniture, kitchen and household items. In June, 2017 we got him settled into a new home…
We were blessed to have retired just in time to be available when our 29-year old son, Ian, became seriously ill at the end of 2016. Ian was hospitalized 10/28/16 and again 12/13/16 when his lung collapsed. He was diagnosed with Hepato-Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Even though…
We are in the final downsizing effort before moving full-time into the motorhome, but Joyce still had one more sabbatical before retirement. We decided that the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Parks would be great in late September early October. The Grand Tetons were beautiful. The aspens had just started…
Bruce retired on 7/15/2016 and we were off to Greece and a cruise on the Ionian and Adriatic Seas on a small 20-cabin yacht. Long flights but it was worth it. Cruising up the coastline from Greece, to sites in Albania, Montenegro and across the Adriatic Sea to Italy…
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Summertime in WA - Part 3 Mount Rainier National Park - Outgear Adventure
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....Summertime in WA - Part 2 Olympic National Park - Outgear Adventure
Summertime in WA - Part 2 Olympic National Park - Outgear Adventure
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… Continue read...