Update about a road trip.
This strange “day” of the trip actually bridges 10 days of real life. On October 13, I drove south from Bellingham along a scenic route than runs down the coast and offers broad views of the islands between the US and Vancouver Island in Canada. The original plan was to go to Seattle for a … Continue reading Day 30 – Trip Resuming
I am flying home today to be with my brother. Obviously, I do not know when/if I will continue the trip so it is goodbye for now.
Many of you will be too young to remember this Carpenters’ song but today was a wet Monday with very gloomy news to start the week. I learned that my brother is in intensive care and that the doctors were concerned that he may not make it through the night to Monday. Fortunately, he got … Continue reading Day 29 – Rainy Days and Mondays
As I planned today’s activities I realized that staying the night in Spokane was probably a mistake. I only do detailed planning a day or two in advance but I have an general outline of possible places to stay from my initial planning in the summer which included Spokane. The final part of yesterday’s drive … Continue reading Day 28 – The Mighty Columbia River
There is not much in Kalispell to see or do, unless you are a boater/cyclist/fisherman and have some time on hand, although the downtown area is somewhat charming. So, after a leisurely breakfast at the local Sykes diner which originally opened in the 1890s, I headed out of town to take the long way to … Continue reading Day 27 – Taking the Scenic Route to Spokane
Today was the highlight of my trip so far as I drove and hiked in and around Glacier National Park. The most famous feature of the park is a road that traverses it in the east-west direction called “The Going to the Sun Road”. Glacier is the northern end of the US Rockies and, although … Continue reading Day 26 – Rocky Mountain High
After driving so far in the past two days I decided today was going to be a no-travel day. I had to catch up on routine, but important, things such as laundry, a bit of shopping, checking and paying my credit cards and sleeping. Apart from a walk in a nearby park and going out … Continue reading Day 25 – A Relatively Restful Day