Category West Coast Tour 2016
West Coast Tour 2016 – Oakland, Part Two
Timeline: September 29 – October 2 After a better night’s sleep, we arose to a day with not much planned, just dinner out later on at Chez Panisse. While Kris and I hung out at the apartment, Joanna and Jessica spent the morning in Berkeley getting Joanna a new piercing for her ear. Later in […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Oakland, Part One
Timeline: September 29 – October 2 We took off for Oakland mid-morning, stopping in Redding to get gas and some cash from an ATM. From there it was a smooth and easy drive down I-5, I-505 and then the I-80 into the East Bay. The drive didn’t take that long, a little under four hours […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Mt. Lassen National Park
Timeline: September 27-28 We ate breakfast in the room at the Budget Inn, checked out, gassed up next door at the Pilot, topped off the coffee mug and headed south on Highway 97 towards Klamath Falls and our destination for the next two nights, Mt. Lassen Volcanic National Park. It is centered around Lassen […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Crater Lake – Part Two
Timeline: September 25-26 The next morning, we drove back to Crater Lake, entered the park and headed down the East Rim just past the Phantom Ship viewpoint to the turn off to the Pinnacles. A few miles down the road we parked and did a two mile out and back hike to Plaikni Falls. […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Crater Lake – Part One
Timeline: September 25-26 We accessed Crater Lake at the western entrance and drove straight to the Visitors Center, arriving right around 1pm. We had arrived just in time to take in the 20-minute informational film about the park which gave us very good background on the lake’s origins and explains its appeal. We then drove […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Kamp Angst/Rogue River – Part Two
Timeline: September 19-24 We arose the next morning ready for another big breakfast and weren’t disappointed. This is not fancy food, but it is good quality and there is plenty of it, something like eating at home if your Mom was a good cook. We made our own sandwiches this time, packed up our […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Kamp Angst/Rogue River – Part One
Timeline: September 19-24 We drove down out of Bend around the north side of Crater Lake and made way for the REI in Medford to pick up the Osprey pack I had ordered. We arrived in good time, completed the transaction and then drove a short distance to a nearby In-N-Out, our first stop of […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Bend
Timeline: September 15-18 The drive to Bend wouldn’t take long so we dawdled a bit in the morning before heading south on the I-5 to cross over the Cascades at Salem. As we’ve posted about Bend before when visiting my brother, I’ll condense this report on our visit as much of it was taken up […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Portland – Part Two
Timeline: September 12-14 With Brian off to work early Tuesday morning we spent a bit more time getting caught up with Colleen and then the three of us drove into downtown Portland for a stop at Powell’s, self-described as the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world. And as one of our […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Portland – Part One
Timeline: September 12-14 Our next destination was Portland, two full days of driving ahead of us. We’d split the distance almost in two and stop for the night near Boise. Having done some pre-packing the night before, we broke camp early and were out by about 7:30am. It was quiet in Moab, a Sunday morning […]
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