While we explored the Cascades and Olympic Peninsula, we parked the RV at a central location. We still did a lot of driving but we could return to North Whidbey most nights. Each morning we started out in a new direction. We stayed at North Whidbey RV Park for a week and it was a …
From October 2017
Sol Duc Falls at Olympic National Park
After hiking up Hurricane Hill in the most-visited part of Olympic National Park, we headed for the a more remote section of the park. We drove to Sol Duc Falls. Olympic National Park is huge with many disparate parts including coastal, forest, and mountain ecosystems. There are no roads through the park, making it a …
Please Help Me with my Homework
I recently read a story about a child that wanted her parent’s help with her homework. When she told her dad she couldn’t do it, she held out the paper and expected him to write the correct answers for it. The author of the story drew a parallel between the father in the story and …
Hurricane Hill at Olympic National Park
Continuing our tour of the National Park sites in Washington, we headed to Olympic National Park. We stayed on Whidbey Island and took the Washington State Ferry from Coupeville to Port Townsend. Taking the ferry saved us five hours of driving around Puget Sound. We wanted to hike Hurricane Hill so we didn’t have time …
Pike Place Market, Seattle Washington
Our second hop off the Emerald City Trolley in Seattle was Pike Place Market. Whenever we talkegd to anyone who lived in the Seattle area we would ask them what we should see. Pike Place Market was always first on their list. Then they would add, “but don’t go there on the weekend.” So – of …
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
There is one National Park site in downtown Seattle: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Seattle Unit. A unit of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is also located in Skagway, Alaska. Tom and I went visited that park almost 20 years ago, but we had never been to the Seattle unit. The Seattle unit …
Emerald City Trolley in Seattle, Washington
Although we have been close to Seattle for the last four months, we had not gone into Seattle for a visit. So we felt it was important to check out the city before moving on from the Pacific Northwest. With Johnny and Val, Tom and I decided that the best way to see the downtown …
Waiting for the Amtrak Train
Tom and I are sitting in an Amtrak Station. We love to ride the train, but we have yet to ride an Amtrak train that arrived on time. Today a culvert collapsed in Tacoma, damaging the tracks and making it impossible for any trains to get through. So we are waiting for a bus to …
Ebeys Landing National Historical Reserve
After all the hiking up and down mountains in the North Cascades, we needed a day with less vertical challenge. So we stayed on Whidbey Island (our current home) and toured Ebeys Landing National Historical Reserve. Ebeys Landing was the first National Historical Reserve in the National Park Service. A national reserve is an area …
Stehekin, Washington: The Middle of Nowhere
When Tom and I were on San Juan Island, we thought we were pretty remote. However, we still had cell phone service, internet, and a grocery store 12 miles away. We didn’t know how good we had it! Compared to Stehekin, Washington, San Juan Island is the middle of civilization. Although Stehekin is in the …