Habs on the Road

Day 4 Google maps shows the USS Arizona below us…creepy! About 1000 people died when it was destroyed. They said the temperature got up to 8000° and vaporized most of the crew. Hard to imagine. Day 5 Happy 20th anniversary to us!! It’s crazy to think 20 years ago we were married and headed to … More Hawaii! Part 2

Wow!! Now this is an exciting trip to log! We finally get to knock out our 50th state, and celebrate our 20th anniversary at the same time!! It seems surreal. We love that both kids will be able to say they’ve been to all 50 states (and 4 Canadian provinces), all before Tripp is even … More Hawaii! 50th State and 20th Anniversary! May, 2023

Day 30 We’ve been gone one month! Today, we headed to Omaha, NE to knock Nebraska off our list. Nebraska is the last remaining state of the lower 48! This is a super exciting day!!! Are you ready for our 49th state????? Here we go!! We got checked in at the KOA just west of … More Out West 2021 – Part 9 (Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas)

Day 27 Carla drove us through the panhandle of Idaho and then to Billings, MT today. Really pretty scenery in Montana! We saw the “Lady of the Rockies” 90 foot tall statue! We didn’t plan on making it all the way to Billings today, and we had a reservation at a nice KOA in Billings … More Out West 2021 – Part 8 (Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin)

Day 24 This morning I met Todd and Arlene for breakfast at Lil’ Jon’s! It was fun to catch up! We then took it easy for most of the day. It’s nice to have days where we don’t do much so we’re not worn out trying to go go go. We were in Seattle today … More Out West 2021 – Part 7 (Seattle)

Day 19 I started today waking up earlier than necessary, thinking, “I wonder if Lil’ Jon’s still has cinnamon rolls left. I bet if I leave now I can get some. But I’m so tired. I’ll sleep just a little longer and I bet they will still have some.” 30 minutes later, same thought, back … More Out West 2021 – Part 6 (Seattle)

Day 13 We made our way to Newport, OR today! We have been looking forward to this for a while! It was neat seeing the landscape change to a more Pacific Northwest look. Love those evergreens! Carla and I took a stroll on the beach. There is a nice path leading from the RV resort … More Out West 2021 – Part 5 (Newport, Raymond)

Day 11 We left the dusty hot campground in Three Rivers and headed north on Highway 99 toward Fresno. Before we left, we found that there is a REALLY cool magic shop in Fresno called Hocus Pocus, so we found a place to park the RV (an old Sears parking lot) while we drove to … More Out West 2021 – Part 4 (Fresno, Redding)

Day 9 Today, we headed to the east side of California so we could see the giant sequoia trees in Kings Canyon National Park. The drive was not for the faint of heart… It was a beautiful morning to get the RV ready to go! Carla noticed that the giant shrub next to the Jeep … More Out West 2021 – Part 3 (Sequoias)

Day 6 We are headed to Bakersfield, CA today, hopefully with no disasters, and hoping the RV engine light doesn’t come back on. Today was a really long day! Over eight hours of driving across mostly desert. It really wears on you after a while! We were very grateful that the engine light did not … More Out West 2021 – Part 2 (Bakersfield, Santa Cruz, Monterey)

We had originally planned to go “out west” in the summer of 2020, but thanks to COVID-19 we didn’t do the trip. The plan was to do a giant loop around the west half of the USA, visit the 4 remaining states (excluding Hawaii) we haven’t been to as a family, and visit a couple … More Out West 2021 – Part 1 (OKC, Amarillo, Albuquerque, Sedona)

We decided to visit Disney World one more time before our annual passes expire. Because the trip is only going to be a couple of weeks, we decided not to mess with the RV (Dewinterizing, loading, and then the reverse of that). We decided on a Tuesday to go to Disney, and we left on … More Disney World sans RV

Day 24 Today we packed up to prepare to check in at Disney’s Art of Animation Hotel! It was a lot of work to get the RV cleaned up, everything put away, refrigerator completely cleaned out, and we moved as much food as we could fit into the ARB Jeep refrigerator. Unfortunately, we had to … More East Loop – Fall 2020 – Part 3

Day 14 We drove to KOA in Kissimmee, FL, where we’ll stay for several days. Day 15 After I got off work we headed to Magic Kingdom, the first park we always go to! Day 16 Day 17 We went to the Polynesian to eat at Captain Cook’s, and our plan was to take the … More East Loop – Fall 2020 – Part 2

It’s been a while since we last went on an extended RV trip! We are setting out for 41 days on the road, covering a large part of the eastern United States. We will first head northeast to St. Louis, then to Columbus, OH, and then through Cincinnati to Pigeon Forge, TN. We will then … More East Loop – Fall 2020 – Part 1

Having not traveled in the motorhome since February, we’ve been itching to hit the road! We had planned on a 7000 mile trip earlier in the year, but then stupid COVID hit and everything started shutting down. We decided to go to Colorado to some higher elevations where it is cooler. I’ve always wanted to … More Rocky Mountain Getaway – 2020

After the busy Christmas and New Years time of year, we usually get the itch to escape to somewhere warm. And each year it seems that January is full of doctor appointments, dentist appointments, and other commitments. By the time February gets here, we are very ready to load up the RV and go almost … More Winter Escape to the Gulf – 2020

Day 32 We ate at Tim Horton’s (yet again), and then drove from the hotel in Moncton, New Brunswick the rest of the way back to the RV in Maine. It was a pretty drive! The fall colors are really vibrant here! You can tell there are more French-speaking people in New Brunswick than in … More Journey to Nova Scotia…and Disney World – Part 5

Day 28 We headed to Nova Scotia today! The dogs woke up at 4:30am (after we got to sleep around midnight), so we just stayed up and finished getting ready. All loaded up!! We dropped the dogs off at Acadia Woods Kennel at 7am. We then started the 3.5 hour drive north to Saint John, … More Journey to Nova Scotia…and Disney World – Part 4

Day 23 We made it!! We drove the rest of the way to Narrow’s Too RV Park in Trenton, Maine, which is about 20 minutes from Bar Harbor. We are glad to be staying in one place for a few weeks, aside from driving the Jeep to Nova Scotia for 4 nights. Driving through Boston … More Journey to Nova Scotia…and Disney World- Part 3

Day 18 We left Disney World and headed north! It felt good to be heading to something new. There were so many lizards all over the Fort Wilderness campground (or, “wizards”, as Tripp used to call them). This guy rode on my hitch about a mile to the car hookup area. Another lovebug massacre happened … More Journey to Nova Scotia…and Disney World – Part 2

If the kids were naming this blog entry, they would have titled it “Journey to Disney World…and Nova Scotia”. Given how many times we’ve done Disney (we were just saying how it would be neat to know just how many times we’ve walked into the Disney parks), the trip up the east coast into New … More Journey to Nova Scotia…and Disney World – Part 1

We had to take our RV to Indiana for a major repair, so we figured we would make a larger trip out of it and see some new states / attractions while we’re up that way. I almost didn’t post a blog entry for this trip, since only the trip from Arkansas to Indiana was … More Trip of Disasters: St. Louis, Indiana, Lake Erie, Niagara Falls, D.C.

We recently traded in our Jeep Grand Cherokee and bought a 2016 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited (JKU) Rubicon as our new toad. We did this so we could start doing some off-roading and tent camping while in remote areas. I had spent the last couple of years building up a 2010 Toyota 4Runner, but recently realized … More New Toad! 2016 Jeep Rubicon

I never thought I would be the type to buy a motorhome. Years later, guess what…we are on our third RV! And now we are doing something else I never thought we’d do….we bought a dog! Even crazier, the puppy is located 1274 miles away…and we’re going to drive the RV to go get her! … More Salt Lake City Puppy Run

Day 1 This is turning out to be the “Almost” RV trip! As in, we almost went some places, and almost had some disasters! We had decided at the last minute to go to northern Minnesota near Lake Superior, and I was getting excited to kayak in some of the 10,000 lakes! So we parked … More Summer 2018 – St. Louis

Day 13 Back in Orlando! We were here for several weeks just 7 months ago when we were establishing our Florida residency in April, 2017, and stayed until June sometime. Anyway, the kids (and us!) are excited about going to Disney World! We stayed at our favorite RV park in Kississimme (KOA) for one night … More Gulf Coast Winter 2018 – Orlando, FL

Day 8 And, back into Florida we go! We were here seven months ago. Below is where we crossed into the state from Alabama on Hwy 98. We drove 2 hours over to Destin. On our way there, we got to see a new bridge being built. It was neat to hear them pounding in … More Gulf Coast Winter 2018 – Destin, FL

It felt good to get the RV out of storage (although, it’s only been there a month!). We parked it at the Creeks Golf and RV Resort in Cave Springs just down the road from our house so that we could get it warmed up, finish loading up everything, etc. The high was 22° today, … More Gulf Coast Winter 2018 – Arkansas to Orange Beach, AL

Sorry, the “pictures to words” ratio is opposite of normal for this post! So…we didn’t quite make it to the one year mark of fulltiming in the RV, but that’s ok! It’s been an awesome experience and we now know what it’s like to do that and not have a stick ‘n’ bricks home base. … More 1 Year Journey…well, almost!

The night before we got our RV back, we took the kids to see the movie “The Star”. We had the entire theater to ourselves, and nice leather recliners! It was a lot of fun! We got our RV back the next day and it’s in top shape now! We were very glad to get … More 1 Year Journey – Indiana to St. Louis to Arkansas

We had an appointment at the Forest River factory in Elkhart, Indiana to have several items fixed. The reason we drove it all the way to Elkhart (722 miles) instead of taking it to a local RV repair place, was that there were a couple of defects that need to be taken care of. A … More 1 Year Journey – St. Louis to Elkhart, Indiana, Chicago

We left the West Coast and drove to Arkansas in just three days.  When you first get on the beginning of I 40 on the west side of the USA, you get to see this sign: Pretty New Mexico scenery: ​​ We had planned to stay at an RV Park in New Mexico, but when … More 1 Year Journey – California to Arkansas

It took us 10 hours to get from Greenfield to Oceanside!  That should normally take between five and seven hours, but LA traffic was so terrible!  We happened to hit it right at rush hour and I think it took us 2+ hours to get through the city.  More red than green on the traffic … More 1 Year Journey – California – Oceanside, San Diego

We arrived back in Seattle from the cruise to Alaska. Carla took these really cool photos as the ship was pulling into the port before I was even awake. We headed back to our house on wheels.  After hooking up the car, we headed south toward California. Mount Shasta was sure pretty.   JGW RV … More 1 Year Journey – Washington to California

After leaving Skagway, we spent the following entire day at sea.  We woke up to the ship rocking back-and-forth quite a bit! It actually made me nauseous.  I would frequently lose my balance in the hotel room or walking down the hallway, especially where there weren’t any windows.  It felt like walking through a carnival … More 1 Year Journey – Alaska to Victoria, B.C.

We woke up, docked in Skagway, AK. This was the farthest point north we have ever been.  We were closer to Russia than to our families!  That’s a weird feeling! We took a quick stroll down the main street through town, which is, of course, loaded with gift shops.  It’s neat little town, though. Snow … More 1 Year Journey – Alaska – Skagway

We woke up to our ship docking in Juneau around 5:30am Alaska Time.  It was a beautiful morning! Neat wall of fog behind us that looks like a glacier as we were pulling into Juneau: We really liked seeing all the tall and skinny waterfalls.  It looks like Hawaii! This is the first time we’ve … More 1 Year Journey – Alaska – Juneau

We woke up to complete fog the next day.  It remained like that for most of the day.  We spent the entire day at sea, so I’m not sure what all we missed scenery wise due to the fog.  We could hear the ship’s foghorn sound every three minutes.  We went up to the upper … More 1 Year Journey – Alaska – Ketchikan

We shipped out of Seattle and headed toward Alaska! ​​ We stored our RV in the cruise ship parking at Lake Pleasant RV park, which has electrical hookups to keep your refrigerator going.  The electrical posts are shared by several RVs and require you to convert down to 110AC.  It looked a little like a … More 1 Year Journey – Alaska!

Avin had been seeing the “Ride the Ducks” vehicles around Seattle and wanted to ride them. We finally made time to do that and it was a lot of fun! We also took some time to see the huge fountain near the space needle.  I remember coming here is a kid.  Tripp loved running around the … More 1 Year Journey – Washington Part 6

We made yet another trip to REI in Seattle.  That store is so much fun!  It’s probably my favorite place to shop and drool over cool outdoor stuff.  They were having an outdoor event on their huge patio on the second floor and there was lots of food, drinks, and music. I tried a caribou … More 1 Year Journey – Washington Part 5

After a couple nights at Issaquah Village RV Park, we headed back to Lake Pleasant RV Park in Bothell (we only moved over to Issaquah because Lake Pleasant didn’t have those nights available). I’m glad to be going back, as the I-90 freeway noise here is pretty bad and it gets on your nerves after … More 1 Year Journey – Washington Part 4

We spent the afternoon at Mount Rainier National Park!  This is something I’ve been wanting to do for years.  We went here when I was really young, but I couldn’t really remember much about it. We drove about 2.5 hours from Bothell to Paradise, WA, which is right on the side of the mountain at … More 1 Year Journey – Washington – Part 3

Just as we did when Minda and I were kids, we ate Spud Fish n Chips at Juanita Beach! The next day we went to a movie in the park at Marymoor Park and watched Finding Dory!  Huge turnout!  They had everybody stand up and dance for a minute before the movie started…we didn’t … More 1 Year Journey – Washington Part 2

Couple more pictures from Ona Beach in Oregon (sometimes I forget about pictures taken on other phones that we use): We are constantly looking for creatures in the water… This is one of the best parts about being near the beach!  It is so much fun to build a fire on the beach and roast … More 1 Year Journey – Washington Part 1

We’ve really enjoyed being in Oregon!  The weather has been awesome and it’s been really relaxing.  There are so many great beaches to stop at, and I love the fog covering the evergreen trees up on the hills. The kids have started school again for the Fall, and Carla is doing a great job teaching … More 1 Year Journey – Leaving Oregon

We’ve really enjoyed staying in Newport!  The weather is consistently nice this time of year and there is plenty to see and do.  The Pacific Shores Motorcoach Resort is the perfect place to stay.  No complaints whatsoever! It’s so nice to be able to run down to the beach from out RV whenever we want … More 1 Year Journey – Oregon Part 2

We had to abandon our site at Woahink Lake RV Resort due to really poor cellular reception and unstable wifi.  This was my fault, as I didn’t do my usual homework of researching the cellular coverage in that area beforehand (more details farther down regarding a better cell coverage app I found). Note the “No … More 1 Year Journey – Oregon Coast

Over the weekend, we drove all the way through Idaho to Portland, OR!  It was a marathon drive, but glad we made it. Tripp jumped across the Idaho border! Driving along the Columbia River was really beautiful the closer we got to Portland.  We looked for mountain goats, but didn’t see any. We did see … More 1 Year Journey – Idaho – Oregon

It was so nice outside this morning! Low 70s and no humidity. We continued across I-80 and stopped at a rest area in Wyoming. We captured some footage from the air! The Bluetooth wireless headphone set up with the front TV is working pretty well!  Pitstop near the Utah border! Utah!!!!! ​​  We drove … More 1 Year Journey – Wyoming / Utah

Today we drove around Denver and headed north along the Front Range of the Rockies. It was killing me not to stop and drive up to Idaho Springs to show Carla and the kids where I’ve been!  There just wasn’t enough time, since I was working today.  We also want to save that for when … More 1 Year Journey – Colorado / Wyoming

We left Van Buren, Arkansas this morning.  We already miss our families and friends!  It was so good to get to spend a few weeks with them. We will see you all via Skype soon! Here was the beautiful sunset last night in Van Buren!   We are glad to have our slideout hydraulic system … More 1 Year Journey – Kansas

We headed toward Vicksburg, MS… …and about 20 miles outside of Hattiesburg, our RV decided to have a new problem.  Carla had pulled over in front of a gas station so we could change drivers. I was going to drive for an hour during my lunch break.  Keep in mind, this was the only place … More 1 Year Journey – Mississippi Slideout Scare, Arkansas

Today, we FINALLY got the new Truma AquaGo water heater installed, which works great!!  I’m thinking of using the original Atwood water heater for target practice, or possibly a boat anchor, or maybe take it out to a field and demolish it like they did with the printer in “Office Space”.  Ah, bay 94, moments … More 1 Year Journey – Leaving Florida

We came to Tampa to have some repairs made at Lazy Days RV, including swapping out our Atwood water heater with a Truma AquaGo!  What a huge RV place this is!  Nothing else like it.  Unfortunately, it seems to be on par with most service centers in terms of custoner service and quality of work.  … More 1 Year Journey – Florida – Tampa / Clearwater Beach

As we come to the end of our time in Orlando, Carla and I celebrated our 14th anniversary this past week!  We happened to be changing RV parks on our actual anniversary, and Tripp was sick that day also, so we didn’t do much to celebrate. The next night we went to Medieval Times, which … More 1 Year Journey – Florida – Wrapping up Orlando

Today marks day 51 of our one year journey. It’s bizzarre that today I happened to calculate the number of days we’ve been traveling, because 51 days is exactly how long we were gone last year on our longest trip!  That means, as of tomorrow, we are breaking our record for the longest time in … More 1 Year Journey – Breaking our Record!

This morning, we checked out of Disney’s Fort Wilderness and broke free from the clutches of the mouse!!  We headed to a Freightliner service center to have a recall part installed for the power steering hose and to have our generator maintenance performed. We then made a decision to kill time in the Orlando area … More 1 Year Journey – Florida – Killing Time in Orlando

When we traded in our last RV, I kept the Wi-Fi Ranger I had installed on it.  I recently also bought the new Weboost 4G-X RV cellular booster as well. After performing an initial test to confirm the cellular booster performs as advertised, which it did, I wanted to figure out a way to mount […]

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I thought I would post an update with some photos of our time at Disney World.  We’ve been having a lot of fun, and not trying to cram too much in everyday.  Having season passes and having lots of time in Florida makes Disney so much more enjoyable, since you’re not trying to squeeze so … More 1 Year Journey – Florida – More Disney World!

Avin turned 10 today!  Can’t believe it.  He was so excited to wake up, open presents, and head to the park!  First stop, Buzz Lightyear’s Spin-out!  The kids really like this ride!  We read about a secret you can shoot that is right below the giant Zurg toward the end, which gives you 100,000 … More 1 Year Journey – Florida – Avin’s 10th Birthday!

Today, we spent the afternoon at SeaWorld. We were a little too tired to do it, but we had already purchased tickets and our time in Florida is coming to an end.  Plus, it was supposed to be cloudy, so probably a good day to be outside! We rode on a really neat penguin ride! … More 1 Year Journey – Florida – SeaWorld

We spent a few hours trekking around EPCOT yesterday.  We didn’t have much time to really do a whole lot, but it was fun to see the park for a while anyway! The kids were excited to meet some characters they had not seen in a few years! On to the Nemo ride! They always … More 1 Year Journey – Florida -WDW EPCOT

We spend a couple of hours at Hollywood Studios last night. It wasn’t as humid as the night before at Magic Kingdom, which was nice! Storm Troopers on patrol!  Really cool! On to Star Tours! We got to see a new Star Tours movie based on a scene from The Force Awakens, which was REALLY … More 1 Year Journey – Florida – Walt Disney World Part 2

One of the major highlights on our trip has begun!  This evening, we picked up our annual passes (discount for Florida residents!) and we spent a couple of hours in Magic Kingdom after I got off work.  Just another Thursday night, right?  We are loving being full time in the RV…such freedom! We had a … More 1 Year Journey – Florida – Walt Disney World!

We drove to a KOA in Kissimmee, FL today. Really clean park with plenty of space in between sites. After getting set up, we headed to an airboat tour of the Everglades headwaters, which was an absolutely amazing experience!!  The airboat tour company is called Orlando Airboat Rides with Marsh Landing Adventures (http://orlandoairboattours.com).  The … More 1 Year Journey – Florida – Everglades Airboat Tour

After a lot of research and reading reviews about different LED light strips, I finally found one that I think will be a good fit for our RV.  It is waterproof and has a silicone covering over the whole light strip.  Also has an RF transmitter so that you can be inside the RV when … More Installing LED Underbody Lights

We did it!!!!  I will be updating the other blog post that outlines the steps for becoming a resident for full time RVers, but I wanted to celebrate becoming Florida residents! I wore my favorite shirt just for this special occasion (for all the fellow Seinfeld fans): Our RV and toad have some new digs! … More 1 Year Journey – Official Florida Residents!

We drove down to Cocoa Beach for a few days to see the launch of an Atlas 5 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center that will re-supply the International Space Station on Tuesday.  We can’t wait!  We are going to watch it from the beach right outside of our hotel.  Here is the flyer in the … More 1 Year Journey – Florida – Rocket Launch!

He has risen!  He has risen indeed!!! Sadly, we didn’t get to be with family today, but we tried to make it as much like Easter as possible! We watched a good Easter sermon by Craig Dyson this morning: The kids then hunted Easter eggs around the RV, which was a first! ​​ Carla made … More Happy Easter!

Last night we watched Apollo 13 again (first time for the kids) in preparation for our visit to the Kennedy Space Center. We are super excited!  This will be the 3rd Space Shuttle that Carla and I will have had the opportunity to see (4th if you count the relics at the Johnson Space Center): … More 1 Year Journey – Florida – Kennedy Spce Center

We escaped the last campground after Carla found us an RV park named Compass RV Park in Saint Augustine, so we are headed back up that direction in search of better Wi-Fi and wider roads!  I had to move our car two times this morning in order for RVs to get through the park. That … More 1 Year Journey – Florida – St. Augustine

We drove 30 minutes north of our campground to New Smyrna Beach. It’s a really neat, laid-back beach town with a beach you can drive on.  ​​ They were tons of people, but we carved out a little space of our own and attempted to learn how to skimboard!  I can ride a skateboard, but … More 1 Year Journey – Florida – New Smyrna Beach

Today we drove a couple of hours toward the coast where we will be staying near Cape Canaveral in a small town named Mims (you can see it on the map below). Really pretty scenery and gorgeous weather!! We got all set up at the KOA in Mims, FL. Very very tight roads with in … More 1 Year Journey – Florida – Cape Canaveral / Cocoa Beach

We left Van Buren this morning and headed toward Tupelo, Mississippi.  ​​ We weighed our rig and we are happy that we don’t need to put our RV on a diet! I had to stop and add a strap to the new bike cover since it was blowing around a bit more than I was … More 1 Year Journey – Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia

We left the local RV park in Cave Prings, AR (photo above) to embark on this long-awaited journey!  Our first stop was in Van Buren, AR at Overland RV Park (an hour away) so that we could spend some valuable time with our families before we left the state. It was really great to see … More 1 Year Journey – It begins!

We decided a while back that we would like to sell our sticks and bricks house and try living in our motorhome full-time for about one year, and the time has come!  Woohoo!! We will certainly miss our family and friends when we don’t see them for a few months at a time, but our kids … More Going Full Time!

Day 49- Awesome photo of South Dakota state line! We spent the night in a Cabela’s parking lot last night (nice change from an RV park) Today we drive 49 minutes to Mount Rushmore!!  It was a great way to spend my lunch break. Each head is 60′ high! Mandatory selfie…do you have any idea … More West Coast Adventure – South Dakota

Day 47 – We did it!  Yellowstone was AWESOME!  We managed to drive the whole outer loop (over 140 miles!) in one afternoon / evening, and saw some amazing sights!   A few wild facts about Yellowstone: Over 2 million acres  1100 miles of hiking trails 300 miles of roads Over 2000 buildings/structures Yellowstone Lake has 136 … More West Coast Adventure – Wyoming – Yellowstone National Park

Day 45 – Carla drove from Leavenworth to the east side of the Idaho pan handle. I was stunned by how gorgeous the scenery is through the north part of Idaho!  Very similar to Washington and Oregon.  We stayed at a great little RV park Carla found called Blue Anchor RV Park, located in a … More West Coast Adventure – Idaho, Montana

Day 44 – We drove from Seattle through the Cascade Mountains on Hwy 2 to the Leavenworth RV Park (Thousand Trails park).  The scenery was AWESOME!!  The drive was very stressful, though!  Lots of winding roads, narrow bridges, steep grades up to 4000′, and cars frequently lined up behind us wanting to go faster.  Carla … More West Coast Adventure – Washington – Leavenworth

Day 43 – Today was our last day in the Seattle area, so we crammed in a few more things while I had the day off.  We started by going to Gas Works Park to let the kids climb on the big pipes like I did as a kid, and also to watch the seaplanes land … More West Coast Adventure – Washington – Seattle Part 3

Day 42 – We took a trip to the top of the Space Needle today!  It was one of the kids’ favorite things we’ve done on this trip.   It’s a bird… It’s a plane!!! It’s Superman!!!!!!! We then drove our car onto a ferry at Pier 52 and rode to Bainbridge Island (35 min … More West Coast Adventure – Washington – Seattle Part 2

Day 40 – We arrived in Seattle!  We stayed at Lake Pleasant RV park in Bothell. Beautiful park!  Terrible Internet and a rude guy at the front desk, but the location is great. We immediately went to the old Spaghetti Factory and walked along the waterfront. Avin was sad that the construction equipment blocked access … More West Coast Adventure – Washington – Seattle

We drove over the freaky Astoria bridge and had to stop at the top for construction…doubly bad!! We then arrived in Raymond and got to see uncle Gary and aunt Kelli!  They saved us an awesome spot on the water at their RV park (Raymond RV).  We were all excited to see them and also … More West Coast Adventure – Washington – Raymond

From Canyonville, we headed north to Cannon Beach, where we stayed at Cannon Beach RV Resort. It’s right across Hwy 101 from the shops and restaurants in Cannon Beach. We really like this town and it’s been many years since I was here as a kid!  It finally rained the second day we were here…first … More West Coast Adventure – Oregon – Cannon Beach, Seaside

It was nice to start a new state, and Avin took this great picture of the sign as we crossed the border!  Way to go, Avin!  He is a photographer in the making! The scenery has been beautiful so far.  We stayed for 2 nights at Seven Feathers RV Resort, which is a really nice … More West Coast Adventure- Oregon – Canyonville, Florence

Happy Birthday, Carla!!!  I love you! In keeping with a 13 year tradition of writing this in the sand….here is the “Carlsbad version”: I’m proud that she drives our RV whenever needed, whether it’s through heavy traffic, high winds, giant mountain passes, or construction zones, all the while with kids shouting to her, “Mom, can … More West Coast Adventure – California Part 5

We headed north on Hwy 101 toward Monterey, stopping at Yanks RV resort in Greenfield.  Pretty scenery as we pass through Pismo Beach! Our RV could only do 35mph over the pass up ahead in a steep ascent to 1532′ above sea level: We saw tons of grape vineyards! When we got to the resort, … More West Coast Adventure- California Part 4