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Victoria B.C., Butchart Garden, Roosevelt NP and Museum

July 7 we ferried across the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Port Angeles Wa. to Victoria B.C.. Victoria is a thriving clean city on Vancouver Island, it not Vancouver is the capital of British Columbia. From the harbor we walked around the capital building then to Fisherman’s Wharf finally finishing with a drive throughContinue reading “Victoria B.C., Butchart Garden, Roosevelt NP and Museum”

Olympia National Park

The second half of this vacation was in this National Park with stays at Fairholme CG on a 12 mile long mountain lake, Hoh CG in the heart of Olympia rainforest and Kalaloch CG on the ocean beach. On Sunday June 28 we got the rental RV and headed to Fairholme. We took the ferryContinue reading “Olympia National Park”

Last of Seattle Phase

Friday 6/27/2026 was world cup day for Will, Colleen and family, Iran vs. Egypt. We started the day with a hike in Seward park. A peninsula that sticks out into Lake Washington, it has beautiful old growth forest easily accessible to south Seattle suburbs. After lunch at Rough and Tumble sports bar we went backContinue reading “Last of Seattle Phase”

Seattle/world cup

Left Bloomington Indiana 6/18 at 7:00 AM, nervous about making it to Seattle on time. Without too much difficulty we made it to Prairie River Camp, Mn., 640 miles, the first day. Day two with a stop in Mitchel, S.D. to see the corn murals, and a stop at Wall Drugs for lunch saw usContinue reading “Seattle/world cup”

Macchu Picchu

The Peru government began regulating entry to MP about 6 years ago, so now 1). you must have a guide, 2). your entry is timed so that the number of people present at any one time is limited and 3). your time inside is limited to 2 hrs, theoretically, and the guide is responsible forContinue reading “Macchu Picchu”

Valle del Salgrado

At Cusco airport we were met by a representative of Tripmaster who simply recognized us by the confused looks on our faces. He escorted us to our driver, gave us our many tickets, and departed. The drive to the Sacred Valley was 2 hrs., we arrived at Hacienda del Valle Sagrado (Sacred Valley) at 11Continue reading “Valle del Salgrado”

Peru !

Uber Fails: Getting to Lima was a chore. We had trouble scheduling connecting flights so had to stay the night in Miami on 3/1, check in 11 PM, leave 5 hrs later. The Uber we scheduled before going to bed was a no show, but we realized it quickly and had one there to getContinue reading “Peru !”

Savannah…

…a beautiful city, the second busiest port on the east coast, well worth a visit. Savannah is a success story. Thirty years ago it was run down, dirty and plagued by crime. Things slowly began to change. No one I spoke to seemed to know the exact reason but probably control of crime played aContinue reading “Savannah…”

Montreal Day 3

Thursday 8/7/2025 Today’s schedule was a Steve and Peggy day. We picked Montreal’s botanical garden and insectarium. Both are fabulous, the latter is more out of the ordinary, after all lots of cities have botanical gardens. They are located on the same property literally in the shadow of the olympic stadium built for the 1976Continue reading “Montreal Day 3”

Montreal day 2

Tuesday 8/5/2025 was a travel day, after dropping K & J off at Holiday Inn Centerville we had a devil of a time getting parked and into our vrbo. I finally decided to take the car top carrier off and carry it into the room. That way we could use the building’s underground parking. KContinue reading “Montreal day 2”