This is a quick post to wish all of you a joyful New Year, with the blessings of good health, the abundance of all that is important to you, and the opportunity to follow your dreams. Our lives have been filled to overflowing the past few weeks. Another word for that would be crazy, with […]
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We’ve always wanted to see the holiday light display at Shore Acres State Park near Coos Bay, on the Oregon coast. But prior to our full-time travels, by the time December arrived in southern Oregon our trailer was either merrily rolling along on a winter vacation to warmer climes or hibernating in storage until the […]
Someone at the Chamber of Commerce apparently had a fit of poetic inspiration when they embellished Bandon’s name. But I have to admit; Bandon-By-The-Sea does suit this little Oregon coastal town. Cozy (population 3,000), quaint, and with perhaps the most beautiful stretch of beach on the Southern Oregon coast, Bandon is the quintessential Pacific Northwest […]
It has been a long and glorious autumn in our hometown of Ashland, Oregon. I love the fall colors, the crispness in the air, the coziness of a wood fire, a simmering pot of soup on the stove. More difficult to appreciate is the gray chill and fog that cocoons Ashland, generally descending the first […]
If you enjoy kayaking and you’re anywhere near the Klamath Basin in southern Oregon, you must kayak the Wood River. Our kayak has traveled with us from the rugged bays of the San Juan Islands to the mellow waters of the Florida Keys, with many lakes, rivers, springs, and swamps along the way. But the […]
It took us several years to take the leap into full-time travel. One of the biggest reasons we waited was because we couldn’t fathom traveling with our cat, Spot (named for the white spot on her belly). At the time, Spot (more affectionately known as Spotty-Kitty) was in her mid-teens and had never traveled anywhere […]
In mid-October, we got to do one of our favorite things. We went on a weekend camping trip. I know that sounds funny, given that we’ve been traveling full-time in our trailer for the past 16 months. But this felt like a camping trip from days of old (meaning pre-full-timing). Before we took the leap […]
If you own anything tie-dyed, you’ll feel right at home in Eugene, Oregon. According to polls, this is the number one hippie city in the country. Judging by the astonishing array of tie-dyed merchandise at the Saturday Market, I’d say that’s a good call. Our politics are liberal and we eat locally grown organic foods, […]
“I wouldn’t bother going there,” advised our neighbor at Salt Creek Recreation Area when we told him we were planning to head to Neah Bay for a couple of days. “It’s just a run-down town and there’s nothing interesting to do.” We briefly considered his negative review and went anyway. We had wanted to visit […]
Whether you’re in the mood for alpine meadows and high mountain peaks, ancient forests, serene lakes and waterfalls, or rugged coastlines and tidepools, you can have it all in Olympic National Park. The diversity and splendor are so remarkable that the United Nations has declared the park both an international biosphere reserve and a World […]
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