Hello everyone,
We're back! Another in our series of trips to see the country. We had no complaints about access to last year's blog (unlike the 2005 trip) and we had a relatively easy time updating things as we went so we'll use the same style, format, and company as a year ago. Easy enough.
This year's trip will start with a plane ride into Portland, OR. Right now the rest is sorta up in the air. We'll probably break for the coast and camp along the Pacific but one thing we need to do in the next couple of weeks is get a better sense of the route we'll take. Likely we'll head southwest to the coast, follow the ocean a bit, cut across Oregon (stopping by Crater Lake), head into Idaho, maybe get as far west as the western side of the Tetons, cut up Idaho and into Washington. We'll likely spend some time in Seattle (possibly getting to the Red Sox-Mariners game on June 27) and spending some time in places like Olympic National Park, North Cascades National Park, and others.
We've got a new tent this year, a Hammerhead 3, and we set it up in the living room (the better to freak out Charlie) over Memorial Day weekend. It's quite nice. We're very excited to use it.
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That is one snazzy tent! Thanks for forwarding the blog address to me, I look forward to catching up with you!
Nic.
Wow, very cool!
I'll be right with you guys every step of the way...Doh! There he is again!
Now for some light trivia. Tillamook Lighthouse (probably near Tillamook park) was built in the early 1900's on a remote rocky outcropping. It was thought to be unbuildable due to the rough weather and high surf conditions common to this area of the Pacific. Once it was completed, it was nicknamed "Terrible Tilly" for it's weather. During storms, the ocean would often fling enormous boulder-sized rocks onto the reinforced concrete roof of the lighthouse. Most lighthouse keepers had a brief teunure at "Terrible Tily", but one keeper in particular fell in love with the place and often refused his shore leave time. He retired after 30 years service. The lighthouse was automated in the 1970's and keepers removed. Since then, a private corporation has bought the keepers house (the light is maintained by the US Coast Guard) and turned it into a crematorium, a repository for ashes.
Maybe you can see the lighthouse during your travels? That would be cool!
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