Habs on the Road

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