Category Archives: road trips

Coast Road Trip Ideas

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

Hi all, it’s been awhile.  I’m coming out of hibernation.  I really get why there are folks called “snowbirds” who leave their cold winter homes for a warmer clime, then come back when suddenly the winter clime becomes the best … Continue reading →

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Great Read: The California Surf Project

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

Don’t ask me how I first heard about this book.  I suspect it came from my trawling the Chronicle Books website for titles to request from the library.  I do this about once a month.  I go to my favorite … Continue reading →

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Corner View–Winter

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

Seattle actually looks wintry right at this moment.  While the rains have returned, there is snow on the ground from last night, and in the dark everything seems lit up by the white ground.  It will be long gone soon, … Continue reading →

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A Lummi Island Daytrip

Posted on October 27, 2010 by

I’m doomed by wanderlust, which always seems particularly at its most insatiable when I’m at my most financially restricted.  (So, right now.  And often, of late.) My dear family puts up with this because they get to see new things … Continue reading →

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Corner View–Holiday

Posted on October 20, 2010 by

We had a tremendous vacation this year, the Big Road Trip East with our two wee ones in tow.  You can read about that massive undertaking by going here and reading each link to see photos:  http://wanderchow.wordpress.com/category/road-trips/. On a more … Continue reading →

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Souvenirs

Posted on August 19, 2010 by

An array of souvenirs from our Big Road Trip…I couldn’t resist picking up a few things! But far and away my favorite souvenir came from the Four Roses Kentucky Bourbon Distillery:  single barrel, fantastic (and I’m not a bourbon fan) … Continue reading →

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The Home Stretch of the Big Road Trip East…West

Posted on August 15, 2010 by

Some final photos from our return West. Key to the photos:The boys make friends with a horse behind the hotel in Montana.Wheat Montana!  Can we call it “w00t” Montana?  I love that place.  Maybe a little too much…since I couldn’t stop … Continue reading →

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Big Road Trip East Photos Part 3: Returning West

Posted on August 12, 2010 by

Key to the photos:Historic Boone Tavern, Berea, KentuckyCloud Gate (aka “the bean”), Millennium Park, Chicago, IllinoisCloud Gate, Chi-townView of Downtown Chicago from Millennium ParkA real Chicago hot dog!  From Portillo’s Corn Palace, Mitchell, South DakotaWall Drug, Wall, South DakotaCrazy Horse … Continue reading →

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Big Road Trip East Photos Part 2: Appalachia

Posted on August 10, 2010 by

Key to the photos, taken late June and early July:Boone Lake at sunset (Tennessee)Lily (TN)Tweetsie Railroad (Blowing Rock, North Carolina)At Grandma’s (Pound, Virginia)Reunion (Big Stone Gap, Virginia)1940s quilt pieces given to descendants at S.W. Virginia reunion ***There are so many … Continue reading →

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Big Road Trip East Photos Part 1–Going East

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

Key to the photos:Baker City, Oregon; Boise, Idaho capitol buildingSnake River and Shoshone Falls, IdahoLake Bonneville sign at rest stop of Interstate 80, IdahoI-80 in WyomingWyoming wind farm; Windmill up close (these are everywhere in the remote mountain and Midwestern … Continue reading →

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