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...
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;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...