Author: Mike Pekrul

I always said there’s no way I’d ever do that, without a significant amount of alcohol. Susy and I met up with all of our visiting friends and we all went on a lake cruise on Flathead Lake, Montana. Booze cruise / Karaoke. The booze part and the cruise part were right in my wheelhouse.…

We spent yesterday and today in Glacier National Park in Montana. Yesterday started very early, 6:30am, to try for a parking spot at Logan Pass, way up on the Continental Divide in the park. Nope, not nearly early enough, we’re told the lot was full over an hour before we got there. Oh well, there’s…

We headed out early this morning from Coeur d’Alene on a long (for us) four and a half hour drive, and we’re finally parked outside the west gate of Glacier National Park. So much smoke in the air from fires in Washington we can hardly even see the mountains. 😖 Coeur d’Alene is a beautiful…

She didn’t even flinch this time when I said it. 😞 We’ve spent the last several days at Pearrygin Lake State Park outside of Winthrop, Washington. Really nice park on the shore of a small lake and just covered in the greenest lawn grass I think I’ve ever seen. They spend hours each day watering…

They say you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, but sometimes you don’t even notice it’s gone till it’s back. We moved yesterday, finally leaving the Pacific Ocean behind and heading east. Passing through North Cascades National Park, we were lucky enough to find a place to park the rig, so we stopped…

We spent some time today doing something that I detest… shopping for clothes. Actual shopping. In a store. Picking out clothes and trying them on. Different styles. WTF. For years, my usual method has been to go online, usually Amazon or Kohls or maybe BassPro or JCPenney. Look for the most similar items to what…

We’re taking advantage of being so close to Canada, and went up again today. Their license plates all say “Beautiful British Columbia” and that’s absolutely true. BC is a beautiful place. Mountains, valleys filled with farms and crops, Vancouver and her suburbs are all so clean. A very diverse population here, I’ve heard different languages…

Sunday we headed out from Gig Harbor for our new spot in Birch Bay Washington. We have now officially reached the furthest-from-home location of our entire journey… 2,205 miles, as the crow flies. If a crow could fly that far in a straight line, that is. We are about 10 minutes from the Canadian border,…

Let’s try this again. Taking the truck into the city was such a bad idea, let’s not do that again. I found a place to park at a bus Park and Ride lot in Bremerton, a short distance to the ferry terminal, and best of all, free parking. 😁 Small snag, it’s intended for commuters…

Today we went to Seattle. I had a plan. I researched transportation options. Parking. Where to go, what to see. Until it all came apart. Easy drive from Gig Harbor up to Bremerton where we caught the car ferry for a beautiful ride to the city. Drove off the ferry into a nightmare. 😱 Seattle…