For the second year in a row, our Glacier National Park plans were dashed by wildfires. Plan B was to head somewhere on the coast to wait it out and experience usually reliably great weather in Septemeber. We had wanted to get back to La Conner and Port Townsend in Washington and found space at […]
Washington
La Conner
La Conner was one of our favorite Thousand Trails from last year. We had decided to head south to Moab but made a little detour to get up here to soak in a little early fall sun. The first few days did not disappoint. We hiked the rocky beaches, paddled our boards, and enjoyed the […]
Olympic National Park
From Pacific City, we headed up the coast to Ocean Shores, Washington. We passed through some epic scenery but didn’t stop as Google told us we had at least a five hour drive. The Washington portion of Highway 101 was especially curvy and bouncy. We have learned to be wary of opening cabinets after a […]
Lovely La Conner
We moved on from North Cascades National Park to the Thousand Trails La Conner Resort. The park is right on the Puget Sound and turned out to be a favorite of ours this summer. The weather was a perfect 80 degrees every day. Every night there was a great sunset and even Crosby seemed to […]
North Cascades National Park
From Winthrop, we climbed back up the steep North Cascades. The weather had changed from sunny to North West drizzle. The scenery in the park is pretty spectacular and very different from most of the Cascade range. We stayed two nights in the very nice Newhalem Creek Campground next to the visitor’s center. You can definitely […]
Boondocking Bliss in Upper Bobcat
After staying in RV parks for a while, it was time to unplug and head out for some open space. We consulted Campendium.com and found the perfect free camping area close to our route, outside of Winthrop, Washington. The Upper Bobcat is a fish and game access area but seems to be relatively empty when […]
Getting our Yodel on in Leavenworth
From Cougar we headed North and stayed an uneventful night in the poorly named “Paradise RV Park”. The next day brought rain and a slog through Seattle traffic. We finally climbed into Cascades and rolled into the Leavenworth RV Campground. The campground is 18 miles from the faux Bavarian town of Leavenworth which turned out […]
Up to Washington
We finally left Oregon and ventured into Washington. Our first stop was Cougar, Washington close to Mt. St. Helens. We enjoyed a few nights in the bucolic small town staying at the Lone Fir Resort. Jaime had never visited Mt. Saint Helens and unfortunately the the weather wasn’t great when we went to the mountain. […]
Port Townsend, WA
We stayed two days in Port Townsend, a very quaint Victorian town on the Puget Sound. Our campsite was located in Fort Worden where they filmed “Officer and a Gentlemen” back in the 80’s. “I don’t see any horns on you boy.”
Olympic National Park
Beaches, rainforests, and glacier filled mountains. Olympic National Park is a truly unique place. We’ve been fortunate to enjoy the park with a rare commodity in the Northwest – sun.