We wanted to stay in Calgary (population 1,361,852) for our next stop, but I couldn’t find a full hookup campground on the west side of town. We had been to Calgary on a business trip some years ago and really enjoyed the vibe. Our route paralleled the Canadian Rockies as we headed toward Calgary, and…
Once again, our drive to Granum (population 406) was incredibly scenic, and in some ways even a better experience than the next 3 days we camped there. I could hardly get over the fact that so many pictures taken through Sid’s windows turned out so well. The drive took us around the southern and eastern…
The road to West Glacier (population 221) provided beautiful scenes of tree-lined rivers, lakes, broad valleys, and snow-capped mountains. I also took pictures of some photogenic wilderness homes and structures, which I like. This drive was an occasion when the journey was equally as impressive as the destination. We stayed 3 days at Moose Creek…
The drive to Coeur d’Alene (population 54,628) wasn’t particularly scenic, but nonetheless, it was comfortable and uneventful. We camped at Blackwell Island RV Park less than 2 miles from the historic downtown. This family-owned and run business didn’t have “resort” in their name; however, it provided a number of amenities worthy of a resort. There…
Our trek to Fairbanks, Alaska (population 32,515) was 3,590 miles long. We intentionally took 45 days to get there, choosing to experience the drive by camping a minimum of 3 days at each stop. This is the first of 15 blogs, which capture each of those travel legs and stops. Where appropriate, I’ve included pictures…
Arthur Airstream is a 2020, 27-feet, Front Bed, Globetrotter. While he came pre-wired to accommodate roof-top solar panels, we weren’t experienced or economically sound enough to have the panels installed when we purchased him in September 2019. But after nearly five years on the road, and with very real prospects of needing to boondock (camping…
I woke up New Year’s day 2024 with pain in the right rhomboid muscle area of my back, a pain with which I was all too familiar. This was the exact pain I had experienced in early 2023, that ultimately led to an anterior disc fusion of C-4 and C-5. In a repeat of what…
MFI visited our friends Claudia Schlosser and Nick Fermor back in 2012 when they lived in Kirkland, WA near Seattle. During her visit, they took her to see the Big Four Mountain Ice Caves. As we departed our tour of Roozen Gaarde tulip farms, she asked me how far it was to the ice caves….
As we approached spring, MFI and I saw a growing number of television commercials and billboards advertising the upcoming Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in Mount Vernon, WA (population 35,219). In the early ’80’s, we were fortunate to tour the world famous Keokenhof Gardens in Lisse, Netherlands while stationed in Germany. Once mid-April rolled around, we…
MFI and I tried to ski every Monday during what turned out to be a relatively mild winter in Washington state. As a result of warmish temperatures and generally light snowfall, the conditions varied widely between wet snow and perfection, with most days falling somewhere in between. We certainly didn’t crush the season; however, our…
