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Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada

Valley of Fire State Park is a short distance  above Lake Mead and it is such a beautiful small park.  We spent a day there and thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it.  We found a great piece of BLM land … Continue reading

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Some of our favorite hikes

  Lake Whatcom County Park near Bellingham, WA has a nice wide trail around part of the lake.       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- We survived an 11 mile round-trip hike to New Dungeness Lighthouse on the Dungeness spit on the northern … Continue reading

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Gardens

Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island were beautiful. We traveled to the gardens via a nice ferry ride from Anacortes, WA.      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace Arch Park on the U.S. and Canadian Border had wonderful gardens spread over quite a bit … Continue reading

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Campsites we have enjoyed

Our first campground was Rocky Gorge, on Lake Koocanusa, where we enjoyed the shade and the water.     Our second night out was spent in a WalMart parking lot in Colville, WA where it was about 150 degrees (or … Continue reading

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