Adventure Summaries, Highlights, & Access to Albums – dated end of Adventure
Lizzy Adventure Album at: January 14- February 20, 2023 (OK…took 3 weeks to wrap this up…hard to “keep up” on the road! Need to work on that process, eh?) Overview The first leg of Life with Lizzy 2023 was 37 days, driving ~3,400 miles (~2,000 Towing, ~1,400 exploring), staying in Read more…
Lizzy Adventure Albums at: June 2-June 24, 2022 June 24-July 22, 2022 Overview We took our first long Lizzy Trip in 2+ years…50 days, mostly in the Rocky Mountains and High Plains (sleeping above 4,000′ for 35 nights….highest was ~7,165′ @ Laramie, WY) We originally called this trip “Loop thru The Rockies”. Read more…
Lizzy Adventure Album at: March 25-April 9, 2022 Overview Our warm-up trip for 2022 began with an overnight in Corvallis, where we didn’t even unhitch, but we did de-winterize Lizzy. Then two weeks on the Oregon Coast, mostly visiting the Central area, at 2 new-to-us Oregon State Campgrounds. First one, was Read more…
National Park Day Trip Album at: February 14-21, 2022 Overview We took another Valentine-ish Getaway to Olympic National Park, 3 nights at Kalaloch Lodge (beautiful sunsets), 4 nights at Lake Quinault Lodge. We had rain in the Olympic Rain Forest, but also a fair bit of sun, some clouds and Read more…
Lizzy Adventure Album at: September 22-October 3, 2021 Overview Eleven day Lizzy trip back to the NW coast, hanging out 4 days at the cutest KOA on Willapa Bay and then a week back at Fort Stevens State Park, near Astoria, OR at the mouth of the Columbia. A short get-away before we Read more…
Northwest Visit Album at: July 21-26, 2021 Overview In late July, we had company visit from Dallas, Mark’s “old” AT&T friends Pradeep & Mili and their daughter Oly. They were our first house guests since the spring of 2019 (and the first people, other than ourselves, in the house at Read more…
Lizzy Adventure Album at: June 10-15, 2021 Overview Five day Lizzy trip to the Columbia Gorge, with Alyson, staying in Cascade Lock, OR. We had 3 days to visit sites in Washington and Oregon, West and East along the great river, and a day in Cascade Locks, itself. We re-visited/visited: Historic Columbia River Read more…
Lizzy Adventure Album at: April 3-21, 2021 Overview First Lizzy Trip of “the season”…18 days, mostly meandering north up the Oregon Coast on 101. We started with 2 days “high-tailing it” south on I-5 to reach our southern-most stop at Cape Blanco. This is the farthest south we’ve ever camped on the Read more…
National Park Day Trip Album at: February 8-12, 2021 Overview Relaxing, Valentine-ish Trip, to visit Lake Quinault in the Olympic National Park, taking advantage of a 2-for-1 special at Lake Quinault Lodge. Despite being in the Olympic Rain Forest, in the winter, it was sunny and partly cloudy for 2 full Read more…
Lizzy Adventure Album at: October 25-30, 2020 Overview Five day Lizzy trip to the Bavarian-styled town of Leavenworth, in the central Cascades of Washington. We went up on Sunday, and Alyson joined us on Monday for the rest of the week. We re-visited/visited: Leavenworth: Wandering around, eating Bavarian food, doing a Read more…