Adventures including a visit to, drive thru and/or stay in Washington
1,123 Miles, ~20 hours driving (~10 hours each), in 4 Days It is NOT our “normal” travel habit to move Lizzy even 2 days-in-a-row, let alone 4. Nor do we regularly drive more than 250 miles in a single day, let alone 3 of 4 days in a row. We Read more
Two months visiting friends and family …including our kids and grandkids on the Jersey Shore, Gail’s Massachusets family, and the “usual suspects” in Washington. Also busy at home trading in The Beast for The Brute and breaking her in; cleaning up Lizzy; catching a Mariners-Red Sox game at T-Mobile Park; Read more
Home in 3 long driving days and a day of “rest” Gail did her share of towing all 3 driving days, including through Portland. Mark did drive us through the Siskiyou Pass and back into Puget Sound Traffic! Our one day of “rest” was at in Albany, OR, not total Read more
Left Seattle Area yesterday, after 3+ weeks at home We didn’t do even half of what we had on our To-Do List! No surprise. We did get in all our planned (and follow-up) doctor & dentist visits and did the most pressing yard work (i.e. hedge trimming). Mark worked on 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
Wrapped up Touring in Idaho Got to Maryhill State Park, Washington on Monday. Spending a few days just relaxing and recuperating on the Columbia River. (Yes, that is Gail wading in the Columbia, above.) WHAT a whirlwind trip this has been…and hot…even here on the Columbia! We spent the 10 Read more
Taking Lizzy through the Rocky Mountains & High Plains! After 2+ years of only taking short trips around Washington & Oregon, we are finally heading out on a longer trip! We’ve planned a 7-week Loop Trip, mostly in the Rocky Mountains. While we’re out, we’ll be staying at 17 different 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