We had been in Montana, Washington and Oregon for nearly eight weeks this summer, and made our way back home with a few fun stops and lots of eye candy. Just in time for Fat Bear Week, we left all the bear-obsessed states behind. We swapped all those bears for the long-distance sunrises and sunsets of the desert Southwest. Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada Boise...
Ooops, we did it again! We discovered a mostly unknown, hidden gem. We’re adding Joseph, Oregon to our short list of places most people have never heard of, that have delighted us with their small-town charm. (Also on this list: McCall, Idaho; Bigfork, Montana; Lanesboro, Minnesota; and Cedar Key, Florida.) It’s been called America’s Little Switzerland, The...
Leavenworth “Das war ein Riesenspaß” = That was tremendous fun! Leavenworth, Washington is a bustling Bavarian-styled village in central Washington state. If you slept through junior high World Geography like I did, be informed that Bavaria is one of 16 federal states in Germany, similar to how Texas is a state in the United States: related to the others...
Coeur d’Alene is one of those mysterious places we’ve always heard about but hadn’t yet visited. Perhaps we were intimidated by the weird name which has way too many extra vowels, but turns out is easily pronounced: “CORR – DUH – LANE,” after the Indian tribe whose ancestors have lived here forever. CDA is a vibrant lakeside...
We’ve been in Montana for a month. That’s a record for time in any one state, except Texas, where you can spend a full month just tryna cross the darn thing. We’re moving on, but first, here are three-count-em-three charming attractions not to miss in Western Montana! Garden of One Thousand Buddhas (29 miles north of Missoula, plenty of RV parking)...
RV travel of more than a week isn’t a “vacation” per se. It’s just doing what you do at home, but in a series of new and interesting locations. Call it “regular life … but elevated!” Here are some examples from Whitefish and Bigfork, Montana, which are about 35 miles apart from each other, and where we spent 10 collective...
Like much of the country, this area is currently suffering from (past) wildfire forest destruction and (current) wildfire smoke, blowing in here from Canada and Oregon. We soldier on, regardless. Glacier is 1.1-million acres of wilderness beauty. This is our third visit to Glacier National Park, but our first visiting East Glacier — the kinder, gentler little...
The start of our ten-week Summer 2026 trip north to Montana, Idaho, Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon dawned sunny and bright. The first 24 hours were a dream. And then …. tragedy! Not the tragedy that this picture first suggests … I did not run over Philip’s head with the RV. Rather, one of the hydraulic lines on the underside of the RV fell...
Our first-ever trip to Williams, Arizona had us barefoot on a mile-long trail, and marveling at actual bear feet — safely, of course! With a side course of dinosaur poop. It’s Williams, Arizona — on the original Route 66! This particular destination included three V.I.P.’s, our three eldest grandchildren — Connor (5), Violet (3-1/2), and...
It has been three months since we returned from summer travels in the Southern states + Minnesota this summer. We’ve been basking in the cool’ish fall temps and adventuring closer to home. Check out other Arizona gems here. Here’s what we’ve been up to! Page, Arizona Divin’ into Dive Bars We love us some dive bars, but had yet to visit...