Vancouver Island – British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver Island –another step closer to Alaska       Our border crossing in to Canada was the easiest yet. We rode on to the ferry in Port Angeles, Washington State, spent a glorious time sitting in the sun catching up with our friends Ken & Carol...

Washington – the beautiful scenery just goes on

Washington State       We cross the mighty Columbia River in to Washington State.  The river has been dammed in several spots to control the river flow. This saw the demise of falls that had been the fish grounds of the local first nation residents for...

Oregon – possibly the most beautiful place on earth

  Oregon is a paradise of mountains, trees and rivers     From Yosemite we take in a bit of the Wild West in Nevada’s Virginia City. Complete with wooden footpaths and saloons like the “Bucket of Blood”.  Mark Twain began his writing career here at a...

Yosemite – awesome

    The drive through the national forest gives us a taste of what is to come – the lakes, the mountains and the trees – awesome.                 The roads are amazing. The landscape is awe inspiring. We just...

California – San Francisco and beyond

    We enjoy the coast road to San Francisco but the GPS delivers us to the wrong end of Lombard Street.  It’s on one side of the crooked part of the street and we are on the other. The ride through the city is surprisingly easy – except a small traffic jam...