blog 09-12-17 Orchas ! It was up and out early today to catch the whale watching boat out of Anacordes to the San Juan Islands to see if we could find the Orchas that feed here. We were on the newest ship of their fleet a catamaran that could hold 130 people and travel at 25 knots. There are 3 floors, the main floor with padded seats and tables, the second deck with some inside seating and outside seating and the third deck with metal seats and a top for shade but no sides. All the decks had walk around viewing areas with great viewing from almost anywhere. Our departure time was 11 am and we were pretty close. The ship slipped out of the harbor and between the islands and we were on our adventure. ... read more

Blog 09-19-17 La Conner, WA Boy are we getting good at breaking camp. After 4 days in Leavenworth there was no preperation the night before to pack up so in the morning we had it all to do. But we have gotten efficient doing the tasks at hand and before you knew it the dogs were walked and there was nothing else to do but drive away. The night before we had decided to take Rt 2 across the Cascades instead of driving way out of our way to take the interstate. I had talked to a local person the night before and she assured me that trucks take Rt 2 all the time with no problems especially with no snow in the forecast. So off we went and the scenery knocked our socks off. Some ... read more

blog 09-07-17 Leavenworth, WA On the road by 9:30 heading west on I-90. Our night was surprisingly restful despite the traffic and sirens. There was traffic through Spokane but not bad and we saw 4 Walmarts which made Ginnie say "Here they all are, not where we want them". The road took us over the Columbia River, starting to look impressive but about half as large as it will be later. We exited onto Rt 2 which runs west but a little north of 90 and is a 2 lane 60 mph highway through wheat fields that would rival Kansas. Some of the wheat was still standing but much had been harvested and the fields resembled a little blond boy with his crew cut for school. It was over 60 miles of the same view, rolling ... read more

blog 09-03-17 Yellowstone Falls Our destination today was Yellowstone Falls so we tried to get an earlier start, didn't happen. The entrance to the park was about 10:45 and we took the east route toward Tower and eventually Canyon. The road twisted and turned, up and up passing magnificent views of mountains in the not so far distance and beautiful meadows. Unfortunately the wild life had gone to bed for the day and refused to show themselves. The temperature was warm again so I don't really blame them. As we drove higher and higher we noticed traffic ahead and thought OH Good we'll see some animals. Not to be. The traffic was stopped with people out of their cars walking around and looking ahead. We had passed an ambulance earlier coming the other way but didn't ... read more

blog 09-01-17 Moving to Yellowstone Friday morning we were all packed up and ready to travel by 10 am, we're getting good at this. North on 191 we entered Yellowstone and proceeded north to West Thumb. There was construction in this section so we sat and waited for the southbound traffic to be escorted past us then it was our turn for the pilot truck to escort us north. At West Thumb we traveled east along the shore of Yellowstone Lake so we got a good view of it and enjoyed the scenery. At Canyon we headed west to Norris then north to Mammoth where again there was construction on the road that took it back to it's basics. We had 3 inches on each side of the motor home to travel through this section and ... read more