See Park Video It's blue. It's incredibly blue. It's unbelievably blue. Crater Lake formed about 6700 years ago, within human memory, when a great volcano erupted so forcibly that it emptied it's magma chamber then collapsed upon itself leaving a great empty crater....
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The Amazingly Scenic Columbia River Gorge
Today we explored the waterfalls of Columbia Gorge. We drove the Historic Highway and stopped at every waterfall taking little hikes and lots of pictures. Except at Talkeena Falls where we hiked to the top of the ridge! At Multnomah we had a delicious lunch at the...
Astoria
See Lewis & Clark Video See Maritime Museum Video It dawned a beautiful day. We found an independent bakery and got scones, cookies, and snack bars then headed from Vancouver, WA to Astoria, OR. We visited the Columbia River Maritime Museum, wondered if our...
The Oregon Trail
See Oregon Trail Museum Video At the suggestion of a fellow camper at the Arco KOA, we headed this morning for Baker City, Oregon. There we visited the Oregon Trail Regional Museum before heading out to see The Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. We discovered that a...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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A Bitung Welcome and Jungle Trek
The apprehensive with which we approached our the Bitung Jungle Trek quickly evaporated with the incredibly warm welcome offered us by the Bitung people, the gorgeous lush landscape, the beautiful beaches, and the fascinating wildlife. This has been an incredible experience.
Australia’s Termite Architects and Waterfalls
Today’s adventure took us into The Australian outback in the Northern Territory, Australia’s last frontier in search of towering termite mounds and incredible waterfalls as well as a most delicious Aussie lunch.
Moore Reef, A Great Barrier Reef Adventure
Our much anticipated excursion to the Great Barrier Reef from Queen Mary 2 docked at Yorkey’s Knob near Cairns, Australia turned out to be not quite what we had hoped for but did yield an absolutely amazing helicopter experience as we flew above Moore and Elephant Reefs.






