“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
We had one more Washington location to explore. The entire Columbia and Wenatchee River valleys are full of orchards. Along the south banks of Lake Chelan, just 40 miles up the Columbia from Wenatchee, is the small town of Chelan. It is home to not only some wonderful orchards, it
Continue readingPNW 2023 Part 11 – Washington Cascades, Chelan, WA
First let me start with apologizing for the delay in posting these last couple of blogs from our trip. Things got busy once we got home, and life just gets going on its own. But I am resolved to complete the series and share our last few stops with you.
Continue readingPNW 2023 Part 10 – Washington Cascades, Wenatchee, WA
Our last area on the Peninsula still unexplored was the eastern coastline. We selected the small town of Potlach, just south of Hoodsport, along the Hood Canal. Though situated on the water, after our five boat rides, we were ready to stay on some solid terra firma. Potlach seemed well
Continue readingPNW 2023 Part 9 – Olympic Peninsula, Potlatch WA
During our last visit to this area, we wanted to visit Victoria and Vancouver Island, British Columbia but COVID put a stop to that. So during this visit we decided to try again. The base area we picked was the town of Sequim, pronounced “skwim”, halfway between Port Townsend and
Continue readingPNW 2023 Part 8 – Olympic Peninsula, Sequim WA
No trip to Washington would be complete for us without a visit to the San Juan islands and Whidbey Island in particular. We have great friends who live in Anacortes and we so look forward to seeing them when we are here. We also wanted to explore some new places,
Continue readingPNW 2023 Part 7 – Washington State, Whidbey Island
With Jennifer’s Dad getting ready to celebrate his 90th birthday, we decided to stop in the Seattle area and McChord Air Force Base as a place to park the motorhome for a couple days to fly down to Texas. Our original plan was to set up for a couple days
After 4 weeks exploring the Oregon coast it was time to say “til next time” to Oregon and drive north into Washington. We had not explored much of the far western Washington coast, so we decided to check out some new areas. There are two choices we found on the
Continue readingPNW 2023 Part 5 – Washington Coast, Pacific Beach
As we continued north on our journey up the Oregon coast we made one last stop, Cannon Beach. Our plan here was to enjoy one of the largest beaches in Oregon and try out some of the many restaurants in this small vacation resort town. Just a short 100 miles
Continue readingPNW 2023 Part 4 – North Oregon Coast, Cannon Beach
As we continued up the coast, we made an extended stop a few miles north of Newport and just a short 75 miles from Winchester Bay. We love this area! During our last two visits we spotted a lot of whales and hoped to replicate our luck again this year.
Continue readingPNW 2023 Part 3 – Central Oregon Coast, Newport
After a wonderful stay in Harris Beach and our first tastes of fresh seafood and the Pacific coast, we set the theme for our next stop as Seascapes, Sea Lions, and Seafood. Our target was to eat only freshly caught seafood, find sea lions in the wild close enough to
Continue readingPNW 2023 Part 2 – South Oregon Coast, Winchester Bay
