DAILY PHOTO ALBUM DAILY VIDEO SLIDESHOW This was a very early morning heading from Olympic NP to Victoria BC. Today was going to be a long (but fun) one, nonetheless we were prepared to tackle it. The first challenge of the day was to make sure we made the ferry to Victoria from Port Angeles….
Author: Richard Kittelstad
USA Roadtrip 2017 – Day 51 – Olympic National Park, Cape Flattery, and Sol Duc Falls
DAILY PHOTO ALBUM DAILY VIDEO SLIDESHOW This was our second day in Olympic National Park, and involved us exploring the northwest coast early in the morning. We started the morning at the Fairholme General Store, which was directly east of our camp ground, in order to get coffee and a snack. Though we had a…
USA Roadtrip 2017 – Day 50 – Olympic National Park
DAILY PHOTO ALBUM DAILY VIDEO SLIDESHOW On this day we woke up from our camp site on Sandbeach and headed north around 830 in the morning. Our first stop on the list was Cannon beach which is a famous coastal view with mountainous rocks coming out of the ocean. This little town on the coast…
USA Roadtrip 2017 – Day 49 – Oregon Coast, Sea Lion Caves, and Thors Well
DAILY PHOTO ALBUM DAILY VIDEO SLIDESHOW Our goal today was to get to the Oregon coast and take a scenic drive along the beach. It is about a 3 hour drive to the coast and we had a few sites to take in. Our goal was to get to Oregon Dunes National Preserve, and Thors…
USA Roadtrip 2017 – Day 48 – Columbia River Gorge and Waterfalls
DAILY PHOTO ALBUM DAILY VIDEO SLIDESHOW This next day started early. We were up around 8 but still had about 9 hours of sleep. This was needed for Ashley as we put about 7 miles under our feet the previous day. Ashley was feeling much better and we were ready to do some short hikes…
USA Roadtrip 2017 – Day 47 – Mt. St. Helens to Portland, Oregon
DAILY PHOTO ALBUM DAILY VIDEO SLIDESHOW This day was a big one for us, as we are supposed to see a whole new part of the country. The first part on our list was to head south from Tacoma and go to Mt St Helens. This proved to be about an hour drive from where…
USA Roadtrip 2017 – Day 46 – Mt. Rainier National Park
DAILY PHOTO ALBUM DAILY VIDEO SLIDESHOW Mount Rainer is the most obvious feature on the horizon in Seattle as it towers over the city from nearly 50 miles away. Every evening the west face of it becomes glowing red from the sunset. It, in itself, is a national park to be explored, and a major…
USA Roadtrip 2017 – Day 45 – Seattle
DAILY PHOTO ALBUM DAILY VIDEO SLIDESHOW Now I work(ed) at a golf club in Tampa and over time have gotten to know many people. Our members were great to me and I got to know some as friends. One in particular was having a large road trip through the summer as well and turned out…
USA Roadtrip 2017 – Day 44 – Whitefish, MT. to Seattle, WA.
DAILY PHOTO ALBUM DAILY VIDEO SLIDESHOW This day started early as we had planned to make it all the way to Seattle by night to meet friends the following morning in the city. We started around 8am and were leaving with Slavee and his family, as they were headed onward to their journey too. We…
USA Roadtrip 2017 – Day 43 – Glacier National Park with Slavee
DAILY VIDEO SLIDESHOW DAILY PHOTO ALBUM This day we decided to hike Grinnell Glacier. Ashley and Slaveè’s wife Rachel and youngest son Max, stayed behind and explored the city of Whitefish. I believe Ashley was just resting for the day. We headed to Glacier after stopping at McDonald’s for a quick breakfast. It was an…