May 4, 2013 - Getting Ready

We have been packing the RV, getting Phoenix shots and getting ready for our next trip. Ride along with us and we travel through Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, a corner of New Mexico, Nevada, California, Oregon and then home. We will attend my nephew's graduation from the USAF Academy and then our granddaughter's high school graduation. This adventure will start on May 9th and end somewhere around June 16th.

Oct 18, 2012 - Fidalgo Island, WA

October 18, 2012 Cool morning again! In the rig most of the cupboard open with the lip parallel to the ceiling leaving the edges at eye or in Bob’s case heads level. We have a rule that when a cupboard is opened it is closed. Undoubtedly, each of us are multi-tasking or get distracted. I left a cupboard open and Bob really sliced the top of his head. Fortunately, the bleeding stopped but doubt that he will get the haircut he was planning! We both donned shorts with plenty of layers on top for our bike into Anacortes. Folks told us it was...

Oct 17, 2012 - Port Townsend to Fidalgo Island

October 17, 2012 Have really enjoyed Port Townsend with all of its charming Victorian buildings and houses. After breakfast at 9:00 (!) we decided to drive to Fort Worden, an active army base to protect the Puget Sound from 1902 to 1953. In 1973 it was turned into a state park. All of the old buildings built at the turn of the century line the large parade grounds. The Point Wilson lighthouse dates back to 1879 and continues to operate today. The area is now used as a conference center but also has camping facilities, concert amphitheater,...

Sep 23, 2012 - Anacortes, Washington and the San Juan Islands

September 4-7, Anacortes, WA and the San Juan Islands We headed out on the 4th, with Anita sporting her new Cowboy hat. We were not sure whether to visit Seattle before going to Canada or doing it after. We decided we would catch it later and decided to stop short of Canada and visit a small town called Anacortes. There is a lot of water around the town as it rests at the North of Puget Sound. Also, in Anacortes there are various ferries that take you to a number of places around Puget Sound including Canada. Click on the map so you can...

Aug 26, 2012 - The end of the road

Yesterday we spent the day in Centralia, WA. There really wasn't much to do there and the campsite was just average so we did a little touring around and then hung out in the RV for the rest of the day. This morning we left for our final destination, Anacortes. It was an awesome trip through Seattle compared to a few weeks ago when we were stuck in traffic for hours. This time, being a Sunday, we sailed right through. We'll have to remember to travel on Saturday or Sunday if we ever take that ferry again. We arrived in Anacortes and set up...

Aug 26, 2012 - Moving Again

OK, here's what's happening. I'm back in the States again for a few days. (I had to take the trailer in for them to replace an electrical panel that they think is faulty and to pick up the TV remote control that was supposed to come with the trailer months ago!) I got the remote (finally) but they had received the wrong panel from the manufacturer, so I'll have to come back again for that! Anyway, while I'm here I thought I would visit a few casinos and today I'm at the Swinomish near Anacortes. Yesterday, however, I decided to go to the...

Jul 13, 2012 - Anacortes, WA

It was raining as we got off the ferry and started north on Whidbey Island. We had heard about the revamped Cliffside RV Park that's on the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station so we stopped to see it and see if there was room for us. There wasn't but the park is absolutely beautiful with an outstanding view of Rosario Strait. Ricardo, the camp host, called his friends Tom & Carol at North Whidbey Island RV Park and they had a spot. However we decided to continue to our reservation at Pioneer Trails RV Resort on Fidalgo Island near Anacortes....

Jul 10, 2012 - Whidbey Island

On this day we set out for the beautiful town of Anacortes, Washington. In order to get there, we headed to Port Townsend where we caught the morning ferry to the city of Coupeville located on Whidbey Island. It was a calm day for a crossing and the blue skies promised us a great day. Immediately after disembarking the ferry we came across a country road that led us to a quaint home where the owners had a U-Pick Raspberries farm. We just had to stop. My mind raced with all the possible recipes that would use these fresh, delicious berries....

Jul 10, 2012 - Anacortes, WA

We had another fun filled, exciting day in Washington. We drove to Port Townsend and visited the Fort Worden State Park and the Point Wilson Lighthouse. Fort Worden is a beautiful park, it is where the movie "Officer and a Gentleman" was filmed. Afterwards, we took the ferry over to Whidbey Island. Our first stop on the island was the little town of Coupeville to pick raspberries, we are planning on making a pie and some raspberry cobbler. They also had a lot of cherry trees but they were not ready for picking. Our next stop was Deception...

Jul 9, 2012 - Anacortes, Washington

7/9 – 7/15 Another 40 miles (I-5, SR536, SR20) brought us to Swinomish Casino RV Park in Anacortes, Washington. This is the only stop for the month that we had hookups. It is nice, every once in a while, to not conserve on water and electricity. While in the area we: >had a visit from Omer and Paula Keitges who drove over from Concrete, Washington (we know them from Rovers Roost in Casa Grande). They gave us a tour of the town of La Conner, a cozy little tourist town filled with specialty shops. They also took us to lunch at a local pub. We...

Jun 6, 2012 - Trip Preparation Week

We had a relaxing weekend with Joanne and John visiting, going out shopping and a BBQ at the beach. On Monday, Robby and Dana left for Colorado Springs to enjoy the sunshine, friends and speech & debate events. Joelle retook the math section of the Compass Test and qualified into college level algebra & trigonometry, which means all her courses over the next two years of high school will be college level/credited courses. Wesley and I went to Seattle on Tuesday and he got the brackets taken off his two front teeth and had them replaced...

May 16, 2012 - Anacortes WA

Today was a good day. We left the campground just after 8:00 because we read that you need to be at the ferry dock an hour before our scheduled 9:30 departure. So….we got in line just before 8:30 and found ourselves driving on board the ferry Chelan an hour earlier than we planned. No big deal. The loading took only a few minutes and we were under way at about 8:40, headed toward our first stop at San Juan Island’s Friday Harbor. The trip took a little over an hour and despite a little foggy overcast, it was a great ride. The scenery all...