Seattle Skyline from Kerry Park

Day 7: Seattle – the last big… city for now…

Campground: Trailer Inns RV Park, Southeast 37th Street, Bellevue, WA. Total Distance: 1392 Miles. Traveled today: 98 Miles. Key highlights: Alder Lake Park, Kerry Park, Seattle, The Spheres, Seattle, Space Needle and gardens around it. Alder Lake offered an excellent morning stroll as the clouds started to retreat and Mount Rainier began to clear on …

Day 6: Mount Rainier, Washington

Campground: Alder Lake Campground, Washington. Total Distance: 1294 Miles. Distance Traveled Today: 237 Miles. Key highlights: Riffe Lake viewpoint (Washington Road 12)Mount Rainier National ParkWonderland trail from Rainier Inn to Cougar Rock It’s time to head to our next state—and enter Washington. We are heading to Mount Rainier via road 12, which winds between beautiful …

Day 5: Falls of the North Umpqua River and to Portland

Campground: Roamers Rest RV Park, Tualatin, OR. Total Distance: 1057 Miles. Traveled today: 292 Miles. Key highlights: HWY 138 (beautiful++),Watson Falls,Toketee Falls. Today, we woke up at 0600 a.m. to a drained battery sirene from the smoke detector, after the water heater had been working all night to keep the pipes from freezing.At 0615 a.m., …

Day 4: The rain was a setback – the snow was the highlight.

Campground: Diamond Lake (site G29, nps.gov) Total Distance: 765 Miles Traveled today: 262 Miles Key highlights: Road 97 to OR (beautiful),Refresh in Klamath Falls,Clear Water Falls (road 138),White Horse Falls (road 138).Crater Lake in the Snow. Here comes the rain again. An unexpected late spring storm hit northern California and southern Oregon with a dramatic …

Day 3: Sky to Falls

Camp Ground: Fowlers Campground, CA. Total Total Distance traveled: 506 Miles. Distance Traveled today: 63 Miles. Day Highlights: 10K Run or walk from Lower to Upper McCloud falls (and a bit further)Trail: Bunny flat to Horse camp Trail (Shasta Mountain)Fun Swimming in McCloud Middle Falls The day started with the traditional weekend active morning: jogging/running …

Day 2: CA89- Burney and McCloud Falls

Campground: Fowlers, CA. Total Distance: 443 Miles. Traveled today: 115 Miles. Key highlights: Hike: Burney Falls loop trailKayaking on Britton Lake Hike: Middle and Upper McCloud FallsAxe and Rose Public House Bar in McCloudShasta city. 2nd day was focused on exploring scenic road CA89 with great views of Mount Shasta and, later on, LassenAs expected, …

Day 1: The Journey Begins

Campground Fowlers Campground CA Total distance 328 Miles Drive today 328 Miles Key Highlights Scenic drive with a great view of Mount ShastaLower McCloud falls Every Journey starts at mile 0. We started our way in Sunnyvale, CA, around 09:30 am. We stopped for a nice brunch at Lagoon Valley/ Pena Adobe Regional Park. By …