Moving to Hawaii • Cape Disappointment • Astoria, OR • September 15, 2017 Jess: On our last day in Washington, we left our campsite in Olympic National Forest and continued to follow US-101 South towards the Columbia River. We drove down to Cape Disappointment State Park for the morning. I’m sorry to say, but it really didn’t live…
Moving to Hawaii • Olympic National Park & Forest • September 13 & 14, 2017 Once we arrived in Seattle, it was time to get down to business and take care of one of the big moving items: shipping our car. The military will ship one car for free, and we had been advised to take advantage…
Moving to Hawaii • Driving through Eastern Washington and the Cascades • Hiking Mount Pilchuck • September 11 & 12, 2017 After leaving our campsite in Colville National Forest, we began to notice the haziness was back in the air. We had considered hiking to a nearby peak and got as far as the trailhead, but decided we…
Moving to Hawaii • Driving through Smoky Montana • Exploring Idaho’s Panhandle • September 9 & 10, 2017 Once our tire was patched, we packed up the Jeep and took off heading West. The only agenda for our Saturday was to push through the worst of the fires across the Rockies in Montana, then camp in Idaho’s panhandle. We were still a…
Moving to Hawaii • Hiking White Butte, North Dakota’s High Point • September 8, 2017 Jess: We were up before the sun this morning, and we packed up camp and got on the road quickly. Our goal for the day was to hike White Butte, the highest point in North Dakota, which was about 3 hours away…
Moving to Hawaii • Hiking Black Elk Peak, South Dakota’s High Point • September 7, 2017 We woke up just before dawn on Thursday morning, the day we had planned to do our first peak hike of our vacation. It was a brisk morning, but we didn’t have any trouble getting out of our tent after sleeping…