Oregon is a wonderful state! We’ve known this since our first trip here six years ago when we flew out to Portland and then drove through the Willamette Valley (Oregon wine country) over to the coast to Yachats to attend girlfriend Chris’s wedding. Incidentally, that was our first vacation together [August 2009; we had been dating for four …
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery, was the first American expedition to explore the northwestern lands of the vast territory the United States purchased from France in 1803. U.S. President Thomas Jefferson was keen to explore and map this newly-acquired territory known as the Louisiana Purchase, for it doubled …
June 8-11 — The last of our national park visits in California for awhile, we spent four days enjoying Redwood National and State Parks along the Pacific Ocean in northern California. It was clear from the welcome sign that this park was a bit different than the others we have visited thus far. In …
Another city in the U.S. I’ve always wanted to visit is Savannah, Georgia. It’s consistently ranked in the Top You-Name-It American cities… top places to visit, top places to live, one of the friendliest… and now I know first-hand why! Let’s start with where we stayed. In a campground, of course, but this was another really …
This is the view that greeted us when we woke up at the Hunting Island State Park Campground on the morning of December 17th. How could we not have seen this when we pulled into our campsite last night?!? Because it was dark is the reason; very dark with no streetlights. We could hear the ocean …
We are spending several days with my father’s cousin, Aleta, and her partner, Ed. Most of my father’s side of our family resides back in Denmark, so the few of us that are here in the U.S. definitely need to stick together! It’s been a wonderful visit and they’ve taken good care of us; we’ve eaten …
August 25 – On the recommendation of a couple of people we met three weeks ago, we came up to Ricketts Glen – a state park in northern Pennsylvania. They sold us on the promise of an epic hike that takes you alongside 21 waterfalls – you hike down one creek to where the two …
August 19th — At Fred’s insistence, we visited Washington’s Crossing State Park. As it wasn’t on our “National Park Areas” list, I wasn’t too keen on going – I just wanted to get to Valley Forge! – but Fred wanted to see this famed historic site as General George Washington crossed the Delaware River here. I …
August 5-8 – We’re here for a few days in Ohiopyle State Park, which, contrary to the name, is not in Ohio – it’s in southwest Pennsylvania. We have a few state parks we’ll be staying at now until we get to our next national park, Acadia N.P. in Maine, just after Labor Day. Ohiopyle …
