Road Trip 2023: By the Numbers
I like to look back on my trips at once I've been home a week or three. It gives me a chance to think back ...
Blog: 2023
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Craters and Tetons
This morning we hiked the North Crater for 3.1 miles (618 feet of climb). It is a combination of the primary types of lava: Pahoehoe ...
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Sleeping on Lava
Today was a relocation and maintenance day. We drove to Boise for the Subaru appointment I scheduled a couple weeks back. We got up and ...
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Crossing Oregon
It was another chilly night, getting down into the mid 40's in our tent. I think it gets so cool when we are above 7,000 ...
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Gorge Ourselves
The plans for today were to do a long hike in the Columbia River Gorge, followed by a dam visit if we had energy. The ...
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Quarantine
This morning we stopped by an urgent care to get a strep test as my throat is pretty sore, and it is worth resolving that ...
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Cloudy Rainier
Today my cold got worse and I didn't get much sleep overnight. It's only 3 hours or so over to drive to Mt. Rainier, but ...
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Hurricanes and Rain
Our last day in Olympic started up on Hurricane Hill. It is so named because the wind blows strongly up there. We got there early ...
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As Far West As We Can Go
Today started a bit late because of the tides. The Ozette Triangle is a 9.5 mile hike out on the coast. It is roughly an ...
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Needle Day
Today we left North Cascades behind. We could have stayed another week or two. The weather was great, the mountains beautiful, and the crowds weren't ...
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More Cascades
We decided to have a low key day after yesterday and visit some of the easier sites and hikes. Of course that means crowds, but ...
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Chain Lakes
North Cascades is beautiful. It's sort of a cross between the Rockies and Appalachians. There are places of bare rock like the former, but lots ...
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Double Dam
Today was a relocation day. The North Cascades Inn seems to be well located for our visit to the North Cascades National Park, but they ...
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Take the High Line
Glacier National Park is really beautiful. Everywhere you look, the scenery is wonderful and with my proclivities I could easily spend a month here. Of ...
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Grains, Trains, and Milk
Today we went further west to our next National Park: Glacier. The trip across Northern North Dakota and Montana was on state roads rather than ...
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All That and a Cerulean Warbler!
Today we headed to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Unit, in northwestern North Dakota. It was a few hours from Jamestown but we picked up ...
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Graveyard or Cemetery?
We started the day in southern Wisconsin at about 6:30 and we were on the road by 7:30 enjoying the light traffic at that hour. ...
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Chi-town and beyond
Today we are heading west, covering a lot of country. Early in the day we stopped at Cuyahoga National Park and hiked the Ledges Trail. ...
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2023 Summer Vacation
It's time for another road trip vacation. The destination for this trip is Washington and Oregon, staying to the north on the way out. It's ...