Oct 8, 2019 - Seattle

Today was our first and last full day in Seattle. In spite of early rain in the day, we ventured out to do a "walkabout" of downtown Seattle. The Pacific Science Center was, alas, closed, but the Chihuly Garden and Glass was open, and we were very glad it was. Sandy had previously visited the place, but I had not. Dale Chihuly is a very gifted artist who specializes in glass, and what a gifted specialization he has! Some of his creations defy the imagination, but as he said himself, "sometimes I don't know what I am going to do until I do...

Oct 7, 2019 - Port Gamble & Seattle

Leaving Port Townsend, we stopped at the Jefferson County International Airport. Yes, I said the International Airport. It really is a well laid out small general aviation field, but it carries the moniker of "International" because one can clear Customs coming from Canada without going to a large airport like Seattle-Tacoma. In any case, we had a delicious breakfast at the Spruce Goose Café, located at the airport. There are numerous model airplanes hanging from the ceiling and other aviation related memorabilia situated around the café,...

Oct 6, 2019 - Port Townsend

Along our drive today, we saw the beautiful Lake Crescent, which is a glacially carved lake. It is cold and very clear, located in the Olympic National Park along WA Route 101. The area is almost bucolic in its natural beauty. Two pictures that are attached hopefully give some credence to what I described. Notwithstanding the natural wonder of this area, we were witness to a near catastrophic car accident. As we stood mesmerized by what we saw, a small SUV suddenly careened off its lane, destroyed a road sign, partially went airborne, and...

Oct 5, 2019 - Forks - Mt. St. Helens & Rialto Beach

Leaving Portland behind, we donned our adventurer's metal and boldly invaded the state of Washington. Somewhat to our surprise, it was really easy! Our first stop was Mt. St. Helens, the volcano that blew its top. We wound up only stopping at the Visitor's Center since the mountain was completely covered in fog. Looking at the camera some 50+ miles away at the mountain, one could not see anything except fog. Wisely, we decided to forego driving 100 and some miles to see fog. However, we did see a very good, short movie about the before and...

Oct 4, 2019 - Back In The U.S

We left Hope this morning for our drive back to the United States. It was only about 150 miles, we were back in the United States around noon. The border crossing into Abottsford, Washington was a breeze. They only asked a few questions and moved us on. It was pouring rain when we crossed, pardon all the photos, they were the best I could get. We drove through the tiny town of Abottsford in a few minutes passing by one farm after another. Most of the farms were growing berries, some had pumpkins too. We are all set up for a couple of...

Oct 2, 2019 - Twanoh State Park Beach

Twanoh State Park Sept. 28 – 30, 2019 It’s an easy forty-five minute drive from our driveway to Twanoh State Park on Washington’s Hood Canal. Formerly a Civilian Conservation Corps camp “back when”, this state park is near Union, WA, on Hood Canal. It has about thirty-five sites. Approximately fifteen of them have full hook-ups. Mary Anne, Georgia, and Marlene had scheduled a scrapbooking trip at a Worldmark in Seaside, Oregon. With free-time available, I contacted our friends Bud and Judy, having heard that they were thinking of getting...

Oct 2, 2019 - Hammond, LA

Hello! We have received several emails asking if we were still alive and where we are since we have not made a posting since mid-July. To be honest, it has been a pretty quiet summer for several reasons: First, I am sure those of you that have visited the Pacific Northwest would agree that, unlike the Maine Coast, Oregon and Washington coasts are not a series of bays and inlets but rather a string of isolated beaches, cliffs and rock formations. Of course, they are beautiful, but we did not find as many little shops and restaurants. Of...

Oct 1, 2019 - Captain's Log - Earthdate 2019.10.01

Captain’s Log: 2019.10.01 We enjoyed our short three night stay in the Missoula, Montana area but on Monday, September 23rd we left the area and began traveling again. This leg of our trip took us up and over the Rocky Mountains and the “Continental Divide”. I have to pat myself on the back because this trip I remembered to let air out of our bicycle tires. As a result we did not have a tire blowout like we did on a previous trip. Elevation does not do good things to fully inflated bicycle tires. After having traveled through some pretty...

Sep 26, 2019 - Seattle (In Transit)

@@@@@@@ KAPOORS ON THE ROAD We love flying with Alaska Airlines because of their many positive customer perks, but especially because they are very quick to email their guests a credit voucher if their flight is delayed an inconvenient amount of time. This happened to us last year when we were returning from a trip to the Oahu and the Big Island, Hawaii. The credit vouchers are good for one year, as long as the flight is booked before the voucher expires. It was good until the end of May, and we used it for this flight in late September....

Sep 26, 2019 - Getting ready to head south

Preparations are underway for another adventure. We are planning to drive in October to Mesa, AZ, where we will be spending the winter. However, before we set up housekeeping in Mesa, we are planning to leave the car in AZ and fly off to San Juan, Puerto Rico to board a ship to sail down the east coast of South America. We spent last winter in Mesa, the location of our first adventures as snow birds, or more appropriately for west coast Washingtonians, rain birds. We had an interesting enough time that we decided to spend another season at...

Sep 22, 2019 - Summer's Over

Captain’s Log: 2019.09.22 Our time as Campground Hosts at Jim Creek Navy Community Recreation Area is over, for this year, and it is time for us to disconnect the trailer’s umbilical cables and and make our earthship ready to head out again. We had a really good time but it seems like summer went so fast. On another note, in just a few weeks it will have been five years since we left Washington State to begin our RV travels and here we are leaving Washington again. I feel a little like it must have felt for Captain James T Kirk when he...

Sep 18, 2019 - Cousins at Mayfield Lake

Cousins at Mayfield Lake Sept. 12 – 15, 2019 About two months after an Enns Cousins Reunion near Troutdale, Oregon, three of the Pacific NW cousins, and spouses, did a first-ever camp-out together at Mayfield Lake. From Lebanon, Oregon, cousin Janet, and spouse, Clint, came in their travel-trailer. From north of Seattle, double-cousin Nadine, and spouse Paul, came in their motor-home. They were accompanied by their cat. And from Lacey, it was Mary Anne and me. I’m the third oldest of the Enns cousins. Janet is the youngest. Nadine is just...