Late Summer 2024 With great memories of our visit to Yosemite, we left the park with a promise to return in the future. We turned west and headed to the California coast. We jumped onto the Coastal Highway (Rte 1) at Bodega Bay. Ah, the blue of the Pacific! Further up the coast, we camped at Hendy Woods State Park, one of our favorite parks, near Philo, CA. You camp among the trees, and then you can hike into the…
June – July 2023 Crater Lake We visited Crater Lake on June 20th, one day before the offical start of summer. Surprise! We arrived to find a fresh dusting of snow and frosty temperatures to match. A clear, bright blue sky made the water look dark navy blue. Crater is the deepest and purest lake in the U.S. This mountaintop lake was once a volcano. An eruption 7,700 years ago created the crater and set the stage for this 2,000…
Mid-May to Mid-June 2022 We crossed into Oregon, and found ourselves in familiar territory, both weather and location-wise. We stayed at several parks that we enjoyed last year. The chilly rains travelled with us. Locals are so used to being damp, that they don’t notice a drizzle – or even acknowledge that it’s raining. They just call it heavy mist or fog and go on about their day. Our first stop was Humbug Mountain State Park, where we had stayed…
Exploring the Pacific Coastline & PortlandEarly to Mid-June 2021 Humbug Mountain is one of Oregon’s highest mountains. The state park of the same name is nestled between the mountain and the Pacific Ocean. The mountain was originally called Sugarloaf Mountain. It became known as Tichenor’s Humbug in 1851, after a team of explorers sent by Captain William Tichenor got lost and headed north of Port Orford instead of south. Although the mountain was a disappointment to those early explorers, we…