Blogs from Washington, United States, North America - page 16

We will be relocating to Seattle sometime in the first quarter of 2018. After 15 years in Arizona, I'm a little apprehensive about moving to a city that is 3 times the cost of living with a kid going to college and no home. But that is that, and its all water under the bridge sine the move is happening. So this fall break has us making a road trip to the Pacific North West; the up-side to it all is that, I so love road trips and an excuse to eat badly while on the road (laughing out loud). It took us 5 days on the road because we made stops in Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Glacier National Park, and Tacoma. 3 nights in Seattle is all we had on this trip and it was ... read more

Blog 09-25-17 Long Beach to Chehalas, WA To go east in Washington you have to go into Oregan and use their roads, the ones in WA are not suitable. We left the beach this morning much to Linus's displeasure, and headed east and north. We are heading to Chehalas, another Thousand Trails campground near Mt St. Helens. But first we stopped in Longview, WA to go to an RV repair place to see if they could help Ginnie with her electric cable. Somewhere along the line there was a power surge that semi-fused the 50 amp cable to a 30 amp adaptor. They were impossible for us to disconnect from each other rendering the 50 amp cable basically a 30 amp. That is fine as long as you don't want to run everything in the rv ... read more

blog 09-23-17 ILwaco Harbor We slept in this morning til after 8 am, guess we were tired from yesterday. After breakfast we loaded the boys in the car and took them to Ilwaco Harbor where there were big doings going on. Every Saturday they have market day and there are fresh fruit and vegetable stands along with crafters that make all kinds of things from recycled glass products to knitted hats to soaps and most things in between, to hot dogs, burgers and several regular restaurants with tables outside. But this Saturday was special because there were 2 tall ships in the harbor. Both are from the north western area and come as a tourist attraction and to get money to support themselves. Both ships have appeared in movies like Pirates of the Carribean and Once ... read more

Blog 09-21-17 Beach, Sunset and a Kite It was long overdue, I had to get my hair done. So I made an appt for 9:30 this morning at a local beauty parlor and they worked wonders. I have been hiding under a hat for a few weeks now so it's time to uncover. They did a great job and I feel like a new person. When I got back to the camper Ginnie had done wash and cleaned and the place looked wonderful. We finished cleaning and sat outside for a while discussing the remainder of the day. There were brief sprinkles every now and then, then the sun would come out and look gorgeous. The temp was low 60s but in the sun felt really warm. We had lunch then packed the kids into the ... read more

blog 09-19-17 Ocean City to Long Beach Yes, we are sticking to the ocean. Last night it poured rain all night and we woke up to puddles and the ground feeling like a sponge, soft and gushy. There was one last trip to the beach to be had and there was sea foam remenents all the way up to the grasses. The ocean looked very riled up and it was quite noisy but was calm in comparison to the Jersey coast. Watson and I got back to the camper in time to see Ginnie and the boys leaving for their walk so we did some things to get ready to leave. It is moving day and we are going to Long Beach about 2 1/2 hrs down rt 101. We left around 10:30 am and found ... read more