So I have given up hope that we will actually get the blog caught up with where we currently are. After leaving the Northeast Entrance of Yellowstone on Wed. Sept. 3rd we took Highway 296 up into Montana for a bit and then south to 120 (Chief Joseph Scenic Highway) into Cody, Wyoming. We arrived around 9pm and immediately searched for a campsite. Not knowing the area, we took the first one we could find. It happened to be an RV Park, but the owner was nice and let us use a site to sleep in our car at a reduced [View Full Entry]

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As we had already come a long way from our starting point back at Grant Village campground, and we still had a lot left to see that we hadn't gotten to, we opted to stay Tuesday night at another place, closer to the sights that we wanted to see the next day: Canyon Campground. We had originally planned to leave Wednesday 09/03, but since there were still so many sights left, we adjusted our plans to get to see them, since we were already here and might not get back for awhile. Tuesday night we also got to attend another ranger [View Full Entry]

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It snowed! That's right, September 1st and it was snowing. We knew it was gonna be cold just by watching the temperature gauge in the car drop as we climbed in elevation, but never planned for snow. After the few hours sleep at the rest stop, we took Hwy 26/191 through Jackson, Wyoming and the Grand Tetons. I could move to Jackson in a second, if it weren't so dang cold! It is an adorable town, with a very clean and friendly downtown. We stopped for breakfast and walked around the very "western" town square. In every store I found ways [View Full Entry]

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Alright, the moment you all have been waiting for (or at least since the last blog), the Voodoo Doughnut. As an avid viewer of both the Food Network and the Travel Channel, anyplace that has been featured on both must be worth a visit. We left Mt. St. Helens at around 10am we took Interstate 5, south to Portland, Ore. Not having any other actual destination in mind while visiting Portland, we got a good overview of the city by driving around looking for parking for an hour. Naturally, upon finding a parking spot, it began to rain! Luckily, we have [View Full Entry]

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Cody here. So we made it to Labor Day weekend and had no plans for accommodations. We didn't really think about it too much, to be completely honest. Based on what we had heard last night from the park ranger, we were pretty sure that we were going to be sleeping in the car in a parking lot somewhere, but we decided to give it a go. We drove a short way up towards Mount St Helens, where there is a state park campground; it was full. Luckily, two miles back on our way in we had seen an RV park, [View Full Entry]

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Fort Stevens was our camping accommodations on Thursday night, as we rolled into town at around 9:00. Being right before the Labor Day weekend, the ranger told us we were lucky to get a spot. Starting Friday, they were booked solid. This was the largest campground west of the Mississippi, and the fourth largest in the country, with well over 500 campsites. Because of the lateness, and the rain, we decided to sleep in the car. In the morning, amidst the gray skies typical of the Pacific Northwest, and a fair share of sprinkles, we proceeded to Astoria, where we had [View Full Entry]

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In Crescent City, California, we took a detour from the 101 and took Highway 199 to Cave Junction, Oregon, in order to visit Oregon Caves National Monument. Not only is Oregon Caves National Monument one of only a few National Parks in Oregon, they are also very rare caves in that they are made of marble. Only 5% of the world's caves are marble, most are limestone. As is the case with the majority of the trip, I underestimated the road and the amount of time that it would take to get to the monument from Cave Junction. The 20 miles [View Full Entry]

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From Petaluma KOA we headed North on the 101 on Monday (8/25). Due to some computer glitch, lost in cyber-space problem, we didn't have a campground reserved in the Redwoods, so we were hoping to make good time up to the park in order to secure a campsite. The drive in itself, was uneventful, and other than being long, was fairly nice. We knew that one particular campsite, Gold Bluffs, didn't take reservations, so we were planning on trying there first, and getting a campsite set up before checking out any of the visitor centers. When we arrived at the entrance [View Full Entry]

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As I'm sure Patrick will be happy to know, on our way up to San Fran on Saturday (08/23/08) we got so hungry that we couldn't wait any longer, and we headed in to get some delicious burgers at In-n-Out. I've never seen a burger place so crowded in my life. It was definitely worth the wait, though. Luckily, right across the street from the In-n-Out was a BP gas station, for which we have ~$150 in free gas cards, courtesy of Florida Blood Center. This was the very first BP station we've seen all trip, of course, so we wanted [View Full Entry]

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Monterey Bay and Pigeon Point Lighthouse: We left San Simeon beach with high hopes of making it to Monterey early enough so that we might be able to spend some time at the aquarium. We were, however, waylaid not five miles north of our campsite where there was a sea lion viewing point. We weren't going to stop, but a bunch of people were there and as I had never seen sea lions before, we decided to pull over and see what we could. At first we were disappointed and couldn't see anything. I got the bright idea to pull out [View Full Entry]

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