As Sue and I headed down the Oregon coast on our Northwest Trip, we continued our Lewis and Clark discoveries. We visited Seaside, where Lewis and Clark had some of the men make salt from the seawater. We were heading on down to Cannon Beach where a beached whale was also part of their visit. We ...
Bryce Canyon National Park : Podcast 24
This spring, Sue and I decided to make an early trip to Bryce Canyon National Park, hoping to see it before all the summer crowds arrived. The visit was fabulous, the scenery amazing, and we did some really fun things. Enjoy listening to them on this episode of the ...
Lassen Volcanic National Park : Podcast 23
After our trip to Mount St. Helens, how could we pass up Lassen Volcanic National Park? Lots of interesting things to see and do, and my solo hike had an interesting twist! ...
California Redwoods : Podcast 22
Our travels down the Pacific Coast took us to the Redwood area of Northern California. We visited Redwood National Park and the adjoining state parks. Stunning is all that I can think of to say. These trees are magnificent and the wanderings that we took through them were fabulous! ...
Bald Eagles in the San Juan Islands
One of the unexpected treats of our Northwest Trip was all the bald eagles saw, perhaps 20 in all. This is one of our favorites that we saw as we took our whale watching tour in the San Juan Islands. Sue took this awesome shot of this magnificent bird perched on a small grass covered ...
Mount St. Helens : Northwest Trip Day 12
After staying the night in Kelso, Washington, we began our journey to our destination for the day, Mount St. Helens. My undergraduate degree was in geology, and I have always wanted to see Mount St. Helens. The stories that I'd heard an the pictures I'd seen of the eruption in 1980 were incredible ...
Lewis and Clark Along The Washington Coast : Northwest Trip Day 11
After the Hoh Rain Forest, we pushed on to Aberdeen, Washington, where we stayed the night. We had a lot on tap for Day 11, chasing Lewis and Clark along the Washington coast. The first stop of the day was to North Head Lighthouse in the southwest corner of Washington state near the mouth of ...
Northwest Lighthouses : Podcast 21
Episode 21 of the All Around the West podcast is now ready for your listening pleasure!. Click below to listen. Sue has always wanted to visit lighthouses and our Northwest trip was a prime opportunity to do that. All told, we saw 12 different lighthouses, visited many of those and in this ...
North Head Lighthouse
I've got quite a few posts coming to show you about our visits to a bunch of lighthouses in the Northwest. Some we were able to tour and some we were just able to see from the outside. But they all had different characteristics and were great fun to visit. We are going take you on our tour of all ...