Monthly Archives: September 2010

 We are really missing our family and friends now but still enjoying the travel. We are in Ashland Oregon at a coffee shop across the street from a running store owned by Hal Koerner – the great ultramarathoner. He won the Great … Continue reading →

Stayed at Washington’s Cape Disappointment National State Park – one of the Lewis and Clark group of parks. (L & C were 18th century American overland explorers.) It has a great beach but no one was swimming or surfing because it seemed too … Continue reading →

We just finished a 4 day hike to Enchanted Valley in the Olympic National Park. It poured one day but it’s a great place to spend a rainy day. Pictures can’t capture the cascading waterfalls, glaciers and wildlife. We are … Continue reading →

We’re staying in “The Village” area of Victoria in our friend’s classic apartment. Lots of good coffee shops and organic food stores in the area. This is a very nice city where cyclists and runners abound (and bound as well). It’s good … Continue reading →

Surfers and rain. Last night we experienced our first real Vancouver Island rain. Deluge. Got a lot of sleep – 14 hours. Love our MEC tents! Luke has never been here before but in 1978 I was hitchhiking on the Island … Continue reading →

Exploring beautiful Tofino and the Pacific Rim National Park. Yesterday we saw dolphins playing in the serf! Our campsite at Bella Pacifica Campground is right next to the beach. Hope to connect with our friend Merwan and Hillary and take … Continue reading →

Van Central Hostel is located on uber-cool Granville Avenue. Guess the bars get out at about 4:00 a.m. and, as you know, people yell a lot when they are drunk. All kinds of cops on the street and many limos cruising Granville. Big … Continue reading →

That’s Tok, Alaska to Stoner, B.C. We’re past Stoner now – on the computer in the Williams Lake Visitor’s Centre. We stayed last night in Canyon Creek and a bald eagle was perched across the creek from our campsite. Cool. … Continue reading →