Category Trips
West Coast Spring 2018 – Grand Tetons, Part Two
August 6 -7 We continued on to Jenny Lake, stopping at an overlook that afforded many shots of the lake with the range in the background. At these crowded spots, it sometimes takes many moments to get a clear picture without any other tourists in the frame. It’s the price one pays for traveling during […]
West Coast Spring 2018 – Grand Tetons, Part One
August 6 -7 After dawdling at breakfast at the Grant Village Dining Room, we gassed up at the station there, grabbed one more Huckleberry and Chocolate candy and then began the drive down to Grand Teton National Park, which would take us about an hour. Our original plan for this portion of the trip was […]
West Coast Spring 2018 – Yellowstone, Part Three
August 1 – 5 We left the Mud Volcano area and drove to the very crowded parking lot at lookout spot for the Lower Falls. We walked out to take in the view, where you can see the bulk of the 20-mile length of the canyon fed by the falls. At more than 1,000 feet […]
West Coast Spring 2018 – Yellowstone, Part Two
August 1 – 5 We decided on duplicating a hike that Irene had done during an earlier visit, starting out of the Lodge we passed by folks waiting for Old Faithful and headed up the Observation Point trail for a brisk ½ mile ascent to the summit and its commanding views of the valley below […]
West Coast Spring 2018 – Yellowstone, Part One
August 1 – 5 Joanna and I decided to give the Super 8 breakfast a chance and although not world class, there were some edible pastries, yoghurt, and cereal (my only shot at eating Fruit Loops) that made it worth the stop. In these situations, its best to avoid whatever those things they call eggs […]
West Coast Spring 2018 – Spokane/Missoula
July 30 – 31 Recalling the delays we’d encountered on the way into Vancouver at the tunnel and at customs, and with an eight hour drive in front of us, we left the apartment around 7am. Although it was a Monday, traffic was light as we were going against the morning commute and we made […]
West Coast Spring 2018 – Vancouver, Part Three
July 26 – 29 As planned, we set out the next morning on the bikes ready to explore as much of this bike friendly city as we could. Heading north on the bike path two blocks away from the house to just shy of Burrard Bridge, then left along the shoreline all the way out […]
West Coast Spring 2018 – Vancouver, Part Two
July 26 – 29 Sleeping that first night we discovered a couple of downsides to our Chic Airbnb, one correctible and one not so much. The non-changeable was that in many homes on the west coast don’t have air conditioning (ours in L.A. doesn’t) and we were visiting during a very warm period of the […]
West Coast Spring 2018 – Vancouver, Part One
July 26 – 29 The ferry for Anacortes was due to leave around 11am, which gave us time to break camp and get to the terminal a little early to make sure we were in line to board, thinking there’d be a place nearby where we could grab some coffee and food while killing time […]
West Coast Spring 2018 – Lopez Island
July 23 – 25 With the short ferry ride to Lopez Island completed, a five-mile drive took us to Spencer Spit State Park for the next three nights. Featuring two sand spits that join to form a briny marsh lagoon, the park is a popular migratory stop for waterfowl, including Bonaparte’s gulls, great blue herons […]
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