We're on the next to last leg of our summer long adventure and it's hard to believe it's almost over. Wednesday, Sept 9 we spent a leisurely day the Izaak Walton Hotel in Essex, MT - thanks, Bob and Joanie Dehlendorf for recommending this unique place. The hotel is on the southern border of Glacier National Park and is an old railroad inn that is right on the railway line. A great old place - our room was paneled with wood, and looked like an old railroad car. The dining room is called...The Dining Car...what a surprise... and has big picture [View Full Entry]

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Day one... It started off slow. I started packing the car around 8am and didn't get done til 1pm. I have way too much stuff and not enough room. I finally fit everything and loaded Bobette and Shelly in the car. I didn't know how they would take the movement of the car and being on the road. They adjusted well and were walking around and eating lettuce before going to sleep. I got stuck in traffic going over the bridge, but the rest was pretty good. I didn't make good time at all but tomorrow will be better and I [View Full Entry]

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Merry Christmas to my loyal followers. Dave and I are back in the good old USA for the holidays. We been running ourselves ragged visiting some friends and family and liquidating assets. We plan to keep sailing for a few more years. I've been paying over $2500/year in storage which is ridiculous and If I keep it in there a few more years, I could just buy all new stuff! From the minute I got to my parents house up in Sonoma, I had posted furniture and other high dollar items on craigslist. I can't tell you how awesome that site [View Full Entry]

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I've been updating the blog from a "lovely" little town called Winnemucca where we are spending the night. After 9 hours of driving through places like the great salt desert and the boonies of Nevada we thought it best to spend the night here since the only hotel listed in our AAA tour book for Lakeview had no available rooms and taking a chance of getting into Oregon and having to drive another 100 miles or so to find a room was not prudent. When we stopped at the visitor center in Elko Nevada the woman told Sylvan that she [View Full Entry]

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*Disclaimer: This entry was written by my boyfriend, David. I was too tired and too lazy to write an entry so he did it for me. Plus, he's a better writer than I am. Anyways, I do not take responsibility for anything that he wrote below. If anything offends you in this entry, you should hunt him down in Cleveland, Ohio in about 4 more days. Also, you will see my own comments in bold. I will take responsibility for all of that. :-) **Another thing: Travelblog recently experienced some dumb hacker stuff so a lot of the entries are lost [View Full Entry]

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Last December my friend Kris and I made our long-term goal of driving to Winnemucca, NV a reality. Why Winnemucca, you ask? Because we liked the name of this quaint desert outpost, that's why. Much more than simply a Basque outpost in northern Nevada, Winnemucca is a fantastic destination for a road trip through the forgotten west. As Nevada's most resplendant northern hub, Winnemucca boasts several features appealing to those on the road. There are numerous casinos, the best of which is easily the Red Lion where one can take in a game of FTN. These casinos are generally small, but [View Full Entry]

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