Category: USA 2023
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Amtrak – 30th July
Sunday 30th July Breakfast would be best described as a chaos party. The floor nearly the bagels was covered in golden syrup in what turned out to be an interesting spectacle. Who was going to walk through it or slip on it. The lady talking to her friend or the man with the Sweden top…
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Chicago – 28th July
Friday 28th July Todays blog is a short one. Mainly because we spent the day travelling and primarily because we spent the day travelling! We woke up at 06:00, packed and dropped the car off at Alamo. No more rental cars for the rest of the journey. Headed into SEA-TAC and saw our flight was…
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Seattle – 27th July
Thursday 27th July We left our cherished San Juan Island and headed for the mainland. Seattle is our destination and there is loads to see. 06:00 alarm clock again! Lovely early morning ferry ride over to Anacortes. We stopped at Coastal Farm a sort of Homebase meets farm shop meets gun range. We saw some…
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San Juan Island – 24th July
Monday 24th July 10 years ago Daddy proposed to Mummy on San Juan Island, today with two small children we returned to the island. We left the Airbnb after a few games of pool and darts, Mummy was slightly upset that the Airbnb hosts didn’t come over and say Hello. It didn’t stop the boys…
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North Cascades NP – 23rd July
Sunday 23rd July Time to leave the glorious Twisp River Suites. We grabbed another healthy breakfast and saw our friend owner Joe. Joe strolled the aisles at breakfast and took interest in anything and everything. Elliotts interest in s’mores, another couples plans for the day, the phone, the lack of spray cream and the structural…
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Twisp – 21st July
Friday 21st July We pulled into Twisp, Washington. We spot the sign that reads Twisp River Suites. We head inside. Mummy is asked, if she is here for the Rhythm & Blues festival. Little do we know, this would turn out to be the most spectacular hotel suite of the trip! We woke up without…
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Hiawatha Bike Trail – 20th July
Thursday 20th July We had a fun night in the cabins. Around midnight, Daddy thought he heard voices outside so he jumped out of bed and went to the front door. Nothing but trees. Daddy headed to the toilet, switched on the light and standing in front of the toilet was none other than a…
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Glacier NP – 16th July
Sunday 16th July Sunday and the weather finally catches up with us. We have been dodging this heatwave that is traversing the western part of the USA for a few days now. Today we ran into it with full force 36 degrees. First we needed to crack out a 3hr drive. Few things to note,…
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Beaverhead Deerlodge NF – 14th July
Friday 14th July We left Whitehall, Montana after some DIY with the curtains to ensure the boys actually went to sleep. We grabbed breakfast and learnt that one man at had 19 grandchildren and Nate was called “the light of the world” I think the man meant all children, not just Nato Potato. We hit…
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Gardiner & Bozeman – 12th July
Wednesday 12th July Today was an amazing day. We did things that happened organically and we changed our plans based on ideas and suggestions from people we spoke to. First, we had breakfast with friends. Then we stopped at the postal office to send the postcards. Seems pretty straight forward right? Well, Elliott runs out…