Month: June 2018

Victoria

Whatever the state of the bank account, we are undeniably rich in friends. We had a fantastic weekend in Victoria, BC, visiting folks we hadn’t seen since Tino was two days old. Yes, we were just in Portland, …

Pacific Northwest

After an intensive week of family and friends, we headed back to the wilds of National Park campsites with a trip up to Crater Lake. Everything was as beautiful as expected; what we did not anticipate was the …

Northern California

A rash of visits. Cruising friends, family, friends of family…we haven’t been on our own for a week. Along the way, we’ve been soaking up the sights, of course. We’ll be continuing on north, all the way to …

Cost to Cruise: May, 2018

Boilerplate disclaimer: this is not what it will cost you to go cruising. People’s constant advice, discussing cruising finances, always seems to be: It’ll cost what you have. We did not find this helpful in our planning, however …

The Great American Road Trip

We’re feeling very Griswald-y around here, with our tent and our van and all our gear; we actually heard someone in a bathroom singing “Holiday Road,” for a little background music. After shipping about 750 pounds of stuff …