A short drive from our hotel was the Bonneville Salt Flats. This was a must-see attraction on KK’s vacation to-do list. This place was one-of-a-kind. It was formed when ancient Lake Bonneville slowly evaporated and deposited a high concentration of…
Happy Sweet Sixteen, Marissa! Marissa had the honor of turning 16 in Oregon, and driving across multiple states on her birthday. Mallory turned 16 several years ago in Florida on a high school marching band trip, but come one, that’s…
During last night’s dinner, KK expressed an interest in watching the sunrise at Crater Lake National Park. Twilight starts at 5:09 and sunrise at 5:41, so we left shortly after 4:00. The sunrise crew was KK, Scott, Mallory and I. …
A planned departure at 9am was delayed by 2 hours when KK’s camper shell key broke off in the lock. The closest locksmith was in Eugene, Oregon, about 50 miles away, so we unexpectedly had a little time to kill…
The day started early. As in 1:00am early. Stephanie and Marissa flew from Tulsa to Portland to spend the second week of the trip with us, and they landed at 1:00 in the morning. As a reward for all that…
Today was out last full day in Portland and apparently we felt pretty content with our accomplishments so far, as we did very little touristing today. One of the joys of spending time with a 3-year-old is all the unexpected…
We set out this morning to explore the Columbia River Gorge. Who cares about an old gorge? We do! The Columbia River Gorge just east of Portland contains the highest concentration of waterfalls in North America. Who doesn’t like waterfalls?…
It was raining as we woke up at Lake Quinault. It was dark when we arrived last night, so it was a pleasant surprise to see the lake so close to our front door in the light of day. Down…
Wake Up To Adventure Olympic National Park coffee mug In the Olympic National Park Visitor Center gift shop this morning, Mallory pointed out a coffee mug inscribed with “Wake Up To Adventure” and said that would be a good blog…
Today we are headed to the Olympic Peninsula. We drove south out of Seattle all the way around Puget Sound, and then back north to the northern edge of Washington. We are headed to Cape Flattery on the northwest tip…