Goonies, a movie that we both grew up with and loved was mostly filmed on the Northern Oregon coast. And the Goonie house still stands in Astoria, OR. Since we were headed up Hwy 101 and passing right through Astoria, how could we not stop? I mean, Goonies never say die. So […]
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Mother’s Day weekend was spent beach combing for all sorts of treasures along the seven pristine miles of beaches in Lincoln City, OR. Well, we were beach combing while the kids spent most of the time crawling in, around, and on top of the driftwood teepees constructed along the beach. From captaining […]
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We enjoyed a taste of the snowy mountains in Crater Lake but were itching to get back to the ocean. After a night stop over in Eugene, we made the drive to Newport, OR. A quintessential seaside town in Oregon split in half by Yaquina Bay with miles of ocean beach. And just off […]
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On the mantle back in our “sticks and bricks” house was an amazing painting of Crater Lake (created by Christie’s talented Nana), so we’ve been talking about coming here for years. Although it was a bit early in the season (still 10 feet of snow around!), we couldn’t pass it by. “With […]
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From Yosemite we moved our roaming home northwest to Redwoods National and State parks. Our home base was Elk Country RV Park where, upon arrival, you’re required to sign a damage release due to the herds of elk wandering through the campsites daily. We did see the beautiful herds, thankfully none decided to nuzzle up to […]
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Yosemite is a national park of legends and one of the places that was on our route map from the start. While it was incredibly crowded and nearly impossible to get an RV campsite in the park, that didn’t stop us from visiting. We made our base camp at Yosemite […]
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Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are two adjoining parks managed as one. While we had planned on being here earlier on our way north through California, the weather was way too cold for a bunch of Texans (20 degrees at night – nope), so we initially bypassed it for […]
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John Muir said “Keep close to Nature’s heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” And this week we did just that. Muir was a famous naturalist, woodsman and one of the earliest advocates for the […]
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Following the beautiful visit to Anacapa Island, we made our way to Pt. Reyes National Seashore about two hours north of San Francisco. We tucked “Theo” into the quaint Olema Campground and though soggy from recent rains, our site was surrounded by greens of every shade as the California coast was in full spring […]
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Just about a dozen miles off the coast of Santa Barbara lies one of California’s great wildlife treasures: the Northern Channel Islands. Often considered the “Galapagos of North America” this small archipelago hosts one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world and was a must-experience for us. We visited Anacapa […]
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