Several Hikes and Walks in Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Washington June 2023 Visiting Mount Saint Helens NVM Mount Saint Helens NVM is among Washington’s top 10 attractions. It had been on our to-do list for a while. When we left Eatonville, the sun was shining. It was raining two hours later at Mount […]
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Fort Nisqually Living History Museum & Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, WA Washington June 2023 A Day at Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, WA After a few days of hiking, we went to Tacoma, WA, to visit the Fort Nisqually Living History Museum in Point Defiance Park. The museum shows what life was like on Puget Sound in
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Mount Rainier National Park Washington June 2023 – Mount Rainier NP – Day 1 Mount Rainier NP – Day 1 Saturday, March 30, 2019 7.50 mi 2:10:58 hrs Now that we were in Eatonville, a visit to Mount Rainier NP was a must, as the park was only an hour away. Especially because the weather
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Nisqually State Park, Eatonville, WA Washington June 2023 A Short Hike in Nisqually State Park After a day of driving, we stayed in the area and visited Washington’s newest park, Nisqually State Park. Washington acquired land in the area and created Nisqually State Park. The park opened officially in 1990 and is located in the
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Time to Say Goodbye Again! Oregon The Fox Chase Flat The past week, our home away from home was a charming, spacious Airbnb apartment, in Portland’s friendly, urban neighborhood Concordia. We loved the parks, restaurants, and coffee shops just around the corner and weren’t surprised to learn that this neighborhood is considered one of the
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International Rose Test Garden, Portland Oregon The International Rose Test Garden Is Simply A Lust for The Eyes Sometimes you just need to change plans. Hubby and I had planned to hike part of the Wildwood trail. The marker with directions to the Rose Garden at the starting point near the parking lot made us
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Powell Butte Nature Park, Portland Oregon Our 1st Visit to Powell Butte! We expected to walk in a park surrounded by houses when we drove to the Powell Butte Nature Park’s parking lot. However, as we climbed up the hill into the park, the houses disappeared. Suddenly, we were surprised to see the very beautiful
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Kelley Point Park, OR Oregon We are baack! How wonderful it is to be back in the Pacific Northwest to continue our traveling adventure again! I was excited to see the beautiful white mountaintops flying into the area again. After we landed and drove to our accommodation, everything looked cheerful. Driving through Portland, we saw
Traveling Back to the Netherlands Oregon Flying Back Home Again! Dec 26, 2022 ~ 25 mi ~ 0.5 hrs Our son drove us to Portland International Airport for our red-eye flight to Chicago International Airport, traveling back to the Netherlands. After dropping us off with two large suitcases and Hemmes, we quickly hugged and said,
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Checking Out! Oregon Celebrating a Cozy Christmas We celebrated Christmas with our son and daughter-in-law while our youngest son joined us with Facetime for a while. We enjoyed delicious food, Christmas music, Christmas movies, playful chitchatting with each other, and working on the not-so-easy jigsaw puzzle. Checking Out … However the next day, we were
