We left Portland on a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon. We had decided to skip a trip to Seattle and instead head for Montana, a state we both love. We were hoping to spend a couple weeks up there but knew that it was getting late in the season so we hurried east.
Since we couldn’t [...]
Video clips from the Oregon Coast.
Our second week in Portland was just as full of excitement as our first week. Good thing we were only there for two weeks, we couldn’t keep up that pace for long! On the other hand, if we had stayed longer maybe we would’ve spread things out more, maybe…
It was not all big and exciting [...]
All the things you’ve heard about Portland are true. The city has an excellent transportation system (TriMet), two beautiful rivers (the Columbia and the Willamette), easy and rewarding recycling, acres of green space and lots of character. We were enchanted by it!
Of course there are downsides. Portland’s metro area population is over 2.1 million and [...]
The drive west on US Hwy 20 (said to be the longest road in America, it runs from Boston, MA to Newport, OR: a distance of 3,365 miles) from Corvallis to the coast was gorgeous, past rolling farm land, through tall trees, and over the Coast Range all under a bright blue sunny sky. Pulling [...]
What can we say it’s summer time in Corvallis; rivers are flowing, trees are bright green, blackberries are everywhere, people are friendly, and there are bike paths all over town. We think Corvallis lives up to its claim of “The Pacific Northwest’s most beautiful college town.” But as good friend Brendan likes to remind us, [...]
We randomly selected Grants Pass, Oregon as our next stopover point. Yeah, we made it to Oregon! It is located off I-5 about one hour north of the California state line. The city slogan is “Its the Climate” in reference to the usually mild temperatures but lucky us, our week in Grants Pass was [...]
Lassen Volcanic National Park is a new park for us and we were eager to explore as much as possible in our one day. The park surrounds Mt. Tehama, a stratovolcano that erupted and collapsed in on itself over 600,000 years ago. The severely eroded caldera doesn’t hold a lake like nearby (and geologically related) [...]
It’s nice to be back in Sacramento, the last time we were here was for friends Josiah and Heidi’s wedding in September of 2002! Friday night Josiah and Heidi had us over for dinner. We were able to dry-camp (stay in our RV without hooking up) in front of their place for the weekend [...]
We left El Cerrito, CA around noon and chose a lesser traveled road toward Sacramento, California’s capital. Our path closely followed the Sacramento River. Along the way we were hoping to find a nice place to picnic. Luckily, we saw a small brown sign that said “John Muir National Historic Site” so we decided to [...]
One night in San Francisco, Erin and I were walking from our BART station through downtown to a dinner meeting with our friend Tim. We stopped to listen to a street band singing and playing guitar, bass, and drums. They were really hoppin’! There was quite a crowd there, including several folks dancing. Their antics [...]
My ride into the city took longer this time, first the high-speed electric train was late, then we were further delayed while a bomb sniffing dog checked out the entire train. There was nothing in the news about it but I wondered if it was related to the plane plot that British authorities uncovered the [...]
Our return visit to the San Francisco area was a longer one and the weather was just as beautiful as before. Unfortunately, I could only watch the first couple sunny days pass from the window of our RV because I was sick. While we were in Healdsburg our friend Kelly caught a cold from his [...]
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Where are we now? Klamath Falls, OR 97601. 
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