Juneau, AK
We will keep this post very short (as internet and phone seem to be a real problem here). Just wanted to let you know that we touched down in Alaska. Took the ferry from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert –…
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Host Olympic City 2010
Greetings from Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia. Crossed the border from the US to Canada on the 9th of July (Friday) and headed up to Whistler. Hiked a local trail with Dad where we discovered that there is no rainbow at…
‘Northern Exposure’
Hi All! Remember the TV show ‘Northern Exposure’? It was set in a fictitious place called ‘Cicely, Alaska’. Well, on July 8th we drove east out of Seattle on Hwy 90 for 80 odd miles to get to Roslyn, Washington,…
Mt Rainier, Washington (14,410 ft)
Thought I’d better send a quick post to let you all know that I was successful in my summit of Mt Rainier! I set off at 10:30am Monday from the car-park arriving at Camp Muir around 3:00 pm. After a…
Portland, Oregon
What a surprisingly pleasant and nice city! There’s a bit of a European feel to it. Lots of funky, trendy, leafy neighborhoods: Hawthorne, NW23 (reminded me a bit of Balmain in Sydney), Downtown. I loved the Japanese and Rose Gardens:…
Lassen Volcanic and Crater Lake National Parks.
After numerous previous trips whizzing up and down the I-5, we made the right decision to go a little inland and visit these two great national parks. Mt Lassen (10,457 ft) remains covered in snow, with the various lakes just…
Finally on our way!!!!!!
You wouldn’t believe how much stuff fits in a small, 2-bedroom apartment! And it just seemed to keep coming up out of the ground!!!!!!! But finally after 3 days of packing and stuffing things into storage, we got on our…