Blogs from Washington, United States, North America - page 220

Paddy Mackin of NW Exposures and his two faithful grips (Nan and Shaddy) made a twelve day photo safari in early October to the east side of the Cascade Range in Washington State. The caravan was comprised of a lightweight, fold-out Quicksilver tent trailer towed behind a four cylinder, sure-footed, all-wheel- drive Subaru Forester. This combo downshifts from 5th to 3rd gear going up steeper inclines, and sometimes crawls up a very steep ascent in second gear, often behind of creep of slow 18 wheelers. The first photo destination on the safari was 5-star rated, 300 foot Clear Creek Falls, snuggled into a cliff side about 2.5 miles east of White Pass along U.S. 12. There are only three 5-star rated waterfalls within the Mount Rainier Region of “A Waterfall Lover’s Guide to the Pacific Northwest.” ... read more

blog by Bronia Please note: this site keeps changing it's format (it's not us -we promise!) so further pictures/text may sometimes be hidden - look for arrows or signs indicating 'next' to guide you. Seattle Going to Seattle signified for us being on the move again. Vancouver had been part of our trip, but it had been a sort of 'trip hiatus' or luxurious break as staying with family and friends had been just like being home again with all the home comforts. So as we packed our bags and said goodbye from Vancouver it signaled the second and last phase of our travels - the four month section that remained through Canada, the USA and then into Latin America. Our plan for leaving Vancouver originally meant taking a train or bus for the three hour ... read more

Early to rise to catch out 10:50 flight home. I hope you all enjoyed our little adventure. I’m sure you can tell we have . We have a long day and night ahead , we should arrive in Portland by 9:00 tonight, plus about 8 hours. This could either be one of our favorite anniversary’s or one of the worst. See you all soon . Love to all, Mike and Sandi ... read more

Greetings from Seattle, WA!! I hope everybody is doing fine back home in Europe. Due to a 9 hours time difference between the American west coast (where I am now) and continental Europe I am only online when most of you aren't. I hope you're enjoying the blog though and feel free to leave a comment. I have now moved again (yeah I know, I'm really flying all over this country) and I have made it to the northwest of the US to the city of Seattle. The city is just three hours drive from the Canadian border and the city of Vancouver. Today I made a visit to the Boeing factory in Everett about one hour north of Seattle, that was one of the main reasons for going there. The place was just so cool, ... read more

. We had a little hiccup this morning - we stayed in this little motel in Orofino (just 18 rooms), which to our surprise had Wi Fi - for about 10 minutes after we checked in! One of the owners had been working on upgrading the router and didn’t quite have it right… So we waited around ’till it kind of got fixed before we started out our journey at Dam number 1… Statistics Starting Destination: Orofino, Idaho Ending Destination: Coulee Dam, Washington Ending Destination GPS: N: 47° 28.843’ W: 116° 15.237’ Elev: 1086’ Miles Driven: 245.4 Most Interesting Road Sign: No parking on highway, except during Ball Games Most Difficult to Pronounce Town Name: Wawawai Dworshak Dam The Dworshak Dam is the highest straight-axis concrete gravity d... read more