Geo: 46.5897, -112.021We are not having much luck with the weather up here in the northwest. We spent most of the day under a low ceiling, black billowing monsters in the sky which did prove menacing at times. Check out my photos. And the sky did open up on us for about an hour in the early afternoon. But we didn't allow it to dampen our plans. We had a good day.We left Kalispell, MT at 8:20 AM, 63 degrees and headed for Glacier National Park. It took us about 45 minutes to get to the park entrance. We drove through small towns, one of which is called Flattop, where the billboards say they make Flattop Vodka. I thought, there must be a Flattop Mt. around here somewhere. I guess there is, but given the low ... read more

Geo: 46.997, -120.549We left Vancouver this morning at 8:10 AM and 68 degrees and began by retracing the route that had taken us to Vancouver from Seattle. It is the only route…down I-5. We spent about 20 minutes at the boarder stop…again the border agent was surprised to hear we had driven all the way from Florida. Are we nuts? Perhaps. The plan for today was to try and see Mt. Rainer. The forecast was for cloudy skies and snow above 8500 feet. We were not at all optimistic about having a good view, or any view at all, of the mountain, but we decided to take our chances and go for it. For the third day in a row, we drove through the Skagit River Bridge detour. This time I got a photo of the ... read more

Geo: 47.6353, -122.302An interesting day it was. Our plan today was to go sightseeing on Puget Sound in the morning then visit Pike Market in the afternoon. We left the hotel at 9 AM, 64 degrees, and headed north on I-5. The first thing I saw when we hit the road was a long chain of mountains to the east, with those now familiar trails of snow bleeding down the sides. Since the sky was blue today and the sun was shining brightly, we could see them clearly in their majestic splendor. I can't explain why, but there is something about mountains that makes my heart skip a beat. Someday, perhaps, I will get to lay my eyes on the big one…Everest. That would be sweet. Soon I spotted a mountain, far off in the distance, ... read more

Geo: 45.5118, -122.676Well I have always pictured the western part of Oregon as cold and rainy and foggy and guess what? It didn't disappoint me. We had just that kind of day…mostly. We left Roseburg at 8:10 AM today, 55 degrees and overcast, and headed for the coast. The original plan was to visit some wineries, but Steve decided he wanted to see the Oregon coastline, so we made a detour. Most of our drive today was the scenic route through the countryside, up the coast, and back through wine country. (Unfortunately we were running late and were very tired, so we drove on past the wineries. Honest!) We began our drive through fertile farm land and grazing land populated with donkeys, mules, horses, cows and sheep. I even saw a black sheep among all of ... read more

Geo: 42.3237, -122.89It was a chilly start this morning when we left the hotel at 8:10 AM and headed north toward San Francisco on the PCH. It was overcast and foggy, too. We were going to put on a lot of miles today and I expected it to be rather boring, going up I-5. We opted for the interstate for speed and figured we were probably giving up the scenic route. WRONG. If any of you plan to drive to Oregon from San Francisco, take I-5. You will not be disappointed. We began by driving the 20 mile stretch to San Francisco. We did not plan for traffic, but we should have. There were a lot of cars on the road. We drove along the foggy coast for a while. Then the road began to climb ... read more