Category: Recreation/Sightseeing

Carmel By the Sea & the Pebble Beach 17-Mile Drive

A DAY in CARMEL BY THE SEA – August 22, 2021Carmel is a lovely quaint, but expensive little town. There was one shop, “Carmel Classics”, that had the perfect shirts and super soft cross between a long sleeve shirt and a sweatshirt that I got. They were nice quality and reasonably priced. We saw the… Continue reading Carmel By the Sea & the Pebble Beach 17-Mile Drive

A Whale of a Time in Monterey!

MONTEREY BAY WHALE WATCH TOUR AUG 20, 2021 This totally topped off our summer travels!! We saw several bottlenose dolphins while we were still in the bay near the wall of sea lions. Evidently, they haven’t been in the area for a few months. As we headed out into the ocean we found so many… Continue reading A Whale of a Time in Monterey!

Monterey Bay Aquarium-A MUST See!

We pulled into the Monterey Elks on August 18th to stay in an RV site for 5 nights. There are two entrances to the Elks parking lot. The one we entered from, (and left through), had a couple of neighborhood roads with tighter turns, but I think it was better than the other entrance that… Continue reading Monterey Bay Aquarium-A MUST See!

Napa Disappoints

When in Napa…Barry and I figured we’d visit a select winery or two for the true Napa experience. We weren’t planning extensive wine tasting since I rarely drink anymore. We saw a Wine Train advertised. That would be cool, so Barry got online to check it out. Details didn’t matter–there was no availability during our… Continue reading Napa Disappoints

Time Among the Giant Redwoods

We left Howonquet, in Smith River, CA at 6:10 am to ensure we made it through the construction area on 101 PRIOR to the road being shut down completely from 8am – noon. We made it through, but there were a couple additional construction areas where it was one lane at a time, but luckily… Continue reading Time Among the Giant Redwoods

South Jetty Adventures

South Jetty adventures began with the drive getting there! Aug 10Barry really got his turn at tight curves, narrow roads, etc. today. I’m so glad I agreed he should go ahead and drive again today. Selfishly, I THOUGHT I’d have some quality time to catch up on the writing of a blog post or two…wrong. … Continue reading South Jetty Adventures

Oysters and More at Pacific City, OR

We knew going to Pacific City Thousand Trails RV that we needed to get there by 9 or 9:30 to be ready to tag a decent site since it is a “first come, first serve” park. With the amount of trees and narrow roads with some tight turns, we are so glad that we have… Continue reading Oysters and More at Pacific City, OR

A Week at Seaside

THOUSAND TRAILS SEASIDE (TT)Barry planned for us to be at the Seaside Thousand Trails for a week that included the 4th of July, so we could stop by the beach house to spend some time with Grandma Nancy (the first Nancy Patrick. 🙂 ). TT Seaside is one mile from the beach. We scored a… Continue reading A Week at Seaside

Multnomah Falls and 115 Degree Temp w/Best Friends

I was so excited to meet up with Lynne and Eric Ogren – my best friends from Oak Harbor. Barry and I had an incredible visit with them when they lived in Wrangell, Alaska. A few years later when we retired and became full-time RVers, they were our first planned stop in Lewistown, Montana, which… Continue reading Multnomah Falls and 115 Degree Temp w/Best Friends