Blogs from Des Moines, Washington, United States, North America

We're getting ready to go on a real almost-month-long vacation in Europe (mostly Germany). I've never taken this much time off of work before, and I'm a bit nervous about that. I've never spent this much time out of the United States, and I'm also a bit nervous about that. I've also never spent this much money on a trip before, and I'm pretty nervous about that, too, but trying not to think about it. The cast of characters for this trip are Laura (daughter), Barbara (wife), Joe (wife's other man/additional partner/boyfriend/whatever), Cheryl (my sweetheart/additional partner), and myself. First stop is Hamburg, where our dear friends live and whom we have not seen since, well, a long time ago when they came to visit Seattle. Also, Laura is already there, and will be staying for the ... read more

Its been almost a week since I've added to the blog and we've travelled through Oregon to Washington State since then. After we left Lake Tahoe we went to an amazing place called Lassen Volcanic National Park. It's part of the cascade Range of mountains that stretch down the western part of the US and include St Shasta, Mt Hood and Mt St Helens. At Lassen Volcanic National Park we saw a hydrothermal area with mudpools and fumeroles which were fascination. We walked through a lava tube which was so big you could drive a car through. We didn't plan to stay here, but we had a day up our sleeves and we are so pleased we changed our plans. That is the joy of having a campervan and having the freedom "to sleep around." The ... read more