Articles & photos of international travel.
From March 4-15, we enjoyed visiting California’s Pinnacles National Park and redwood coast plus Oregon’s southern coast via RV camping. Highlights from the trip are… Read More »2022 March: CA: Pinnacles NP & Redwoods. OR: south coast.
Our summer 2021 went from Mammoth Lakes to woolly mammoths! Hiking mostly new trails for training in Washington kept us motivated and fit, climaxing with… Read More »A Mammoth summer 2021: hiking Olympics, Sierras, Rockies; Nebraska
In Nevada, revisiting Valley of Fire State Park stunned us with rainbow rock patterns. Driving 3 hours north reaches Cathedral Gorge State Park, whose subtle… Read More »2021 April: Nevada: Valley of Fire & Cathedral Gorge State Parks
In April 2021, we boated 226 gorgeous miles down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, from Lees Ferry to Diamond Creek over… Read More »2021 April: rafting Grand Canyon 226 gorgeous miles, Arizona
As the winter pandemic gradually waned, we enjoyed hiking four desert areas in Southern California: Mojave National Preserve; Joshua Tree National Park; Mecca Hills Wilderness;… Read More »2021 March: California desert: Kelso Dunes, Joshua Tree NP, Mecca Wilderness, Indian Canyons
Driving the scenic Oregon coast cured our Seattle winter blues, February 7-11, 2021. Designed for summer throngs, Highway 101’s many spacious campgrounds were thankfully uncrowded,… Read More »2021 Feb: Oregon coast in winter via RV
Self-contained RV travel provides a healthy antidote to pandemic isolation. Our 32-day RV getaway in fall 2020 visited intriguing corners of Utah, Indiana, South Dakota,… Read More »2020 Oct: RV to Utah slots, SD Badlands, Wyoming, Idaho’s Sawtooths
After a dozen hikes to Spray Park splendor since 1982, in summer 2020, I discovered an adventurous loop return to Mowich Lake via Knapsack Pass… Read More »2020 Aug: Spray Park–Knapsack Pass Loop trail, Mt Rainier NP