We are once again in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Jim worked the sugar beet harvest here in 2016 and wanted to work it again. Sproule Farms happily rehired him for the harvest. I don’t plan on rehashing the whole sugar…
Lake Sakakawea
It was time to head east to the other side of North Dakota for the Sugar Beet Harvest. Jim had once again signed up to work the harvest. More on that in the next blog post. We had a few…
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
When you hear the word “Badlands”, we all think of the famous Badlands in South Dakota. Well, it turns out there are more Badlands than those. We discovered other Badlands when we were at Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada.…
West Yellowstone
I did a little research about what lay eastward when we left Boise and found in one of my guide books a reference to Earthquake Lake in West Yellowstone, Montana (the town, not the National Park). That sounded interesting. Let’s…
Boise 2018
A trip to the Northwest is not complete without a stop in Boise. Jim has two nephews there. We’ve been to Boise before and will most certainly visit again! This was a quick weekend stop because we are on a…
Bend, Oregon
We had heard good things about Bend, Oregon over the years. So we decided to make it our next destination. At the end of our three days, we decided that three days was NOT enough time to explore the area. …
Portland 2018
When we left the Columbia River Bar, we were headed to Portland to visit Callie. But Cannon Beach was an easy stop on the way to Portland. Cannon Beach Jim had never been to Cannon Beach. This was my third…
Columbia River Bar
We spent a lovely couple of days exploring the Columbia River Bar. This is where the Columbia River, which divides Washington State from Oregon, exits to the Pacific Ocean. It is a system of bars and shoals, forever shifting. It…
Mt. Saint Helens…again
In August, 2017, when Janelle and I were in Portland, Oregon visiting Callie, Janelle and I visited the Mt. Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument and the David Johnston Observatory (read about that visit here). Jim had never seen Mt. Saint…
Mt. Rainier National Park
What can one say? Our country’s fifth National Park is stunning. It rivals Glacier National Park for beauty. The park is dominated by a single peak, the volcano known as Mt. Rainier. Mt. Rainier is covered with glaciers that are…