Fun Stuff Along the Way

Today was spent on planes and in airports. Our trip was uneventful. It was a three movie flight. Taking off from Portland Airport provides an interest view of several volcanos. Mt. Hood is the closest to Portland. Mt. Adams, Mt. St Helens, and Mt. Rainer are also visible from the air. That means there are […]

We were originally going to fly back on this day. When we saw that waiting a day would save us a few hundred dollars, we changed our plans so we could visit the Columbia River Gorge. We were happy to save the money, and we really enjoyed the Columbia River Gorge. We drove out Interstate

We have completed this trip’s visits to national parks. We are heading toward Portland for our flight home. We still have a couple of stops along the way. Our trip begins in the fog again today. Fortunately, the fog did not last long. Once we got near the Oregon coast, the skies had cleared. It

We woke up this morning tired and road weary. We took some time in the morning to rest and then drove to Sacramento, CA. It was a long drive made even longer by the heavy traffic. It seemed that the closer we got to Sacramento, the heavier the traffic became. We were thankful that we

This trip began either very late at night or very early in the morning depending upon your view of time. It is about 3:45 am. We are waiting for our taxi to show up for our early morning flight to Portland Oregon. No matter how well you plan, things do not always work out. Our

We spent the night in Frankfort Kentucky. We will not visit the capitol today because it is closed on Sunday. We will instead enjoy a drive through the mountains of Kentucky. Mountains means a different thing east of the Mississippi. The trees and the mountains are still fun to observe. We got to use some