Photography, Fun, and Adventure in the U.S.
Idaho has no national parks, and only a handful of national monuments (all located in the southern part of the state), but that doesn’t mean the state is not worth exploring. We found some beautiful places while visiting Coeur d’Alene, Sandpoint, McCall, and Boise. We stayed in a campground at
The Canadian Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and Alberta: Spectacular. Amazing. Breathtaking. Alluring. Gorgeous. Spellbinding. If you have never been, you must add it to your to-do list. Nature and God’s splendor are in full view in every direction as you travel through this land. We decided we had to
This stop had no national significance (though we did spend some time in the Colville National Forest and the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area), but we may have found our EmpoweringSites.com HQ… in the tiny town of Loon Lake. (You can learn more about our search for a new #HQ
Oh, the fun we had on this stop of the trip, including two forays into the mountains of North Cascades National Park, #13 on our list of national parks explored on this adventure — and one of the least visited of all the national parks. This isolated park in northern
We took a few days in Bellingham to visit Ran’s son and daughter-in-law and new baby, as well as do our usual romping around the surrounding natural attractions, including Deception Pass and Mount Baker. We started the adventure with a drive up to Mount Baker along Highway 542 (Mt. Baker
Continuing westward, we traveled to the Olympic Peninsula to seek out and explore the amazing variety of Olympic National Park, #12 on our list of national parks we have visited on this adventure. Of all the national parks, this one may offer visitors the most variety, including high, glacier-capped mountains, old
This stop was all about seeing two active and dramatic volcanic mountains in southern Washington. We traveled from Ellensburg (and the not so pleasant Yakima River RV Park) to Randle (sadly misspelled), traveling over the quite beautiful White Pass Scenic Byway (Highway 12), which offered us an early peak at
We hit the Columbia River Gorge at the perfect time. The weather was wonderful, the trees and plants all green, and wildflowers blooming everywhere you looked! Just wow. (Side note: It is also very windy in the Gorge!) We saw arrowleaf balsamroots, lupines, lilacs, bachelor buttons, larkspur, camas, penstemons, wooly
We had a sort of homecoming when we came back east to camp in Bend; a few weeks back we had camped about an hour south of Bend in Crescent. And while Bend traffic was not so wonderful, the sites and trails we biked and hiked most certainly were. This
This stop took us back inland from the Oregon Coast… camping just outside Salem, Oregon, located in the soil-rich Willamette Valley — located between the Coast Mountain range and the Cascades. While we had originally planned to dive deeply into this region known for Pinot Noirs, we found ourselves drawn