Meaher State Park, Spanish Fort, Alabama to Punta Gorda, Florida with some “F” in Traffic on the way. On our walk in the morning, Riley wanted that bunny! I really pushed through the remaining miles and arrived at the house after dark, but nearly burst into tears as I got close. Despite the dark, I […]
2022-10-04 Deming, NM
Found a phenomenal spot in New Mexico with a neat view of the twinkling city lights below. I’m not getting as many miles under my belt a day as I had hoped (not in my 20s anymore!), but Riley and I will get there some time soon. The kids got power restored, so I’m less […]
2022-10-03 Klamath – Weed, CA – Coast
I swear we got a picture of the van under the “Weed” sign in Weed, CA, but it didn’t pop up in my export. Oh well. We took in the last sights of Oregon, before heading into California and dropping KT off on the Northern California Coast, where I did that wardrobe swap and continued […]
2022-10-01 Columbia River Gorge Sights
Happy birthday to this guy, who I’m sure is spending it the way he always dreamed! In a van! Multnomah Falls to Crater Lake, OR. We stopped in a town on the way and strolled through the art festival going on, as well as picked up some food truck food. From there we stopped to […]
2022-09-30 Oregon to Northern CA
Heading home where I will swap wardrobe sweaters for t-shirts, stock up on supplies, and continue on to Florida. Propane is now fixed, so fully self contained again. We stopped at Astoria Column in Astoria, Oregon to check it out. The hill up to the park was a little terrifying – it felt like the […]
2022-09-29 Ian Aftermath
Ian struck Cayo Costa island (one of my favorite beaches, and yes, the same one I kayaked to a year earlier) at the mouth of Charlotte Harbor where it meets the Gulf on September 28th. The kids live right up the river from there. However, since the property was on the north side of the […]
2022-09-27 Tracking Ian and Coordination
Ian’s track prediction changed at the last minute before landfall after becoming a Category 5 storm, and was now targeting the kids’ location directly with warnings of up to 18 feet of storm surge. I was completely consumed tracking Ian and getting the kids to evacuate somewhere safe since they live on the water. The […]
2022-09-26 Tillamook to Seaside
We walked Riley in the morning, as usual. The canal housed a pretty neat steamboat, but apparently I didn’t take a picture of it. We continued on, stopping at the Tillamook Cheese Factory in Tillamook, OR. I can never pass up the opportunity for fresh squeaky cheese curds. We toured the factory and loaded up […]
2022-09-25 Oregon Coast
Riley loves to lie on picnic tables – it’s kind of her thing. After walking her in our campsite in the redwoods, we continued up the Oregon coast, occasionally stopping to take in the view (and selfies, of course). KT found us a lunch stop, which surprised me by being a food truck (trailer) in […]
2022-09-24 Humboldt Redwoods State Park
We packed up camp in the morning and continued north, getting off the highway in order to drive through Humboldt Redwoods State Park. I wanted to drive through the famous Redwood you could drive though, but they said we were too big. Oh well. We made it to Eureka, CA, where we ate dinner at […]