Blogs from Olympia, Washington, United States, North America - page 5

Well we are only two days away before beginning our trip. This morning was a little unusual for Washington State; I awoke to thunder!!!! We had to shop for our trip today and begin packing. Tomorrow is the Fourth of July and my son's family and my sister's family are coming over for Ribs. That means waking up early and getting the fire started for a day of BBQing. ... read more

Trip Across the West Our trip will begin on July 5 from our home in Lacey, WA. We expect to leave by 10 am and have a very long road trip ahead of us. Our goal is to be in Reno, NV before midnight. That is a 10 hour trip and we should be able to make it. We will spend the night in Reno and the next day begin our trip to Las Vegas. Our entire trip is scheduled to be three weeks long and will take us through many states west of the Mississippi River. ... read more

Judy overnighted on the 17th with former debating buddy Vicky Yehl. You might have seen Vicky on a recent segment of the Discovery Channel, all about mining for diamonds in the Canadian north! She gave Judy the backstory about which apparently hardworking site was about to go bust, and which guys were competent geologists and which ones weren't... the two of them had a lively visit, brunched with Vicky's beau and fellow geologist Derek, and Judy climbed back aboard the Cantrail bus for a five hour jaunt (90 minutes of which was spent waiting to clear the border with all the other tour buses) back south to Seattle, a kind pickup by friend Moya (who fought her way through post-Mariner traffic to the Amtrak depot to reunite Judy with the rest of her luggage), and a ... read more

SKIPPER Skipper is 4 years old he will be 5 in August. He has been going to this beautiful for "Cats Only" Pet Lodge in Olalla, WA for 4 summers. This is his home away from home. Rhonda is the owner of this Pet Lodge she is awesome with Skipper, she has the best understanding of cats, their likes, dislikes, wants and needs even "Skipper". Skipper is a excellent traveler, he has a travel carrier that he starts out in but once we are on the highway he comes out from under his blankets, stuffed teddy bear and unstuffed COW that he craweled under when we first leave the house. He will sit on my lap or check everything out in the car and then go back to the carrier but usually not without voicing his ... read more

Spring can come at anytime, I am sitting here looking out onto our deck to the snow and ice storm that we have been having all day. We are being told to expect up to 2 inches of snow tonight. My goodness this is the middle of April. Well, it will be just a little under two months and we will be starting our trip to the East Coast on our beautiful 2006 GL1800 Gold Wing. Hopefully the weather will be fantastic and that we can stay away from the tornadoes. We will be leaving in the middle of the week heading South to Vancouver to pick up Doug's little sister, Renee and her husband Rick on their Harley. It will be so much fun to have them traveling with us. We will go on in ... read more