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Birch Bay, Washington

This was a short trip up to Birch Bay, to meet up with some friends and see the local sites. We had a stop off on the way up at the Little Mountain Overlook outside Mt Vernon, a look in at Samish Island and lunch at La Conner. Arriving for some nice evening sunsets. Slide…
Road Trip 2020 – Glacier, Yellowstone and Grand Teton

This trip was delayed a week and we had to change around some of the accommodation due to wildfires and smoke. It all worked out pretty well in the end, but it would have been nicer to have had the original stay in Yellowstone itself, rather than having to really just do a drive through…
North Cascades Loop

This was a relatively local trip, up to the North Cascades, a couple of nights in Winthrop and then looping back round via Pateros and Leavenworth and back to Seattle. The first day was dams, lakes and some waterfalls. Sun Mountain Lodge had some good close trails – and found a good spot near the…
Oregon Coast and Wine

A short trip down to Yachats for a few nights, then a stopover in the Willamete Valley for some food and wine. We stayed at the Overleaf Lodge and Spa, and had dinner at the Drift Inn on the first evening. The second day we had a short walk on the beach locally then a…
Tucson Arizona

“The coldest I’ve ever been” and “Arizona” aren’t usually found in the same sentence, but the trip up to the Mt Lemmon Sky Center Observatory and hike in sub-zero mist and snow made it memorable for that very fact. But that was day 2. On arriving we visited the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, met some…
California Central Coast

This was our first trip to this area, and we flew into San Jose and back from Santa Barbara, taking in views, wine and missions along the way. We also stayed in a hotel we later saw in “Ratched” – Lucia Lodge, Big Sur. A very nice spot. Back to Day 1 though, and after…