Washington

Puttin’ on the Ritz

Sheric August 21, 2020August 27, 2020 Cross Country During COVID 2020, Small Town America, State, Washington

We left Wednesday morning with the Channeled Scablands in our sights – a 225 mile return to eastern Washington’s Coulee City, maybe play 9 holes at The Vic or take a dip in Baker Lake for old times sake. Ten

Washington Wrap-up, No Lie!

Sheric August 18, 2020August 27, 2020 Cities, Cross Country During COVID 2020, Fam Camps, Lewis-McChord, Mount Rainier, National Parks, North Cascades, Olympic, State, Tacoma, Washington

Washington’s Badlands It’s been almost two months exploring the Evergreen State, showing up at the Grand Coulee Dam on June 22nd where we discovered the Badlands of eastern Washington. Sunny, dry and 70 degrees, it was a long sleeved hiking,

Olympic Unplugged

Sheric August 16, 2020August 27, 2020 Cross Country During COVID 2020, National Parks, Olympic, Pacific Beach, State, Washington

While in Pacific Beach, we discovered that our full-hookup Navy MWR facility had strong, fast WIFI. We made use of Roxie’s built-in high gain router to put all of our devices online. We were so immersed that in no time

We Get Around, Tacoma

Sheric August 15, 2020August 27, 2020 Cities, Cross Country During COVID 2020, Fam Camps, Lewis-McChord, State, Tacoma, Washington

Sometimes you gotta get out of the rainforest, off the beach, down from the mountain and get some urban livin’. Nine miles southwest of Joint Base is downtown Tacoma, home of world renown glass artist Dale Chihuly and launching pad

Hi Hoh, Hi Hoh, It’s off to Forks we go

Sheric August 5, 2020August 27, 2020 Cross Country During COVID 2020, Fam Camps, National Parks, Olympic, Pacific Beach, State, Washington

We never read the books and we didn’t see the movies but our daughters were Twilight teens an when we heard the setting of Forks was a dozen miles from the second most visited site in Olympic National Park, we

Olympic Alone

Sheric July 31, 2020August 27, 2020 Cross Country During COVID 2020, National Parks, Olympic, Pacific Beach, State, Washington

Pacific Beach, Washington is sometimes wistful, sometimes dreamy, always pure peace and solitude. There are no crowds or colorful umbrellas; no spread out towels or portable radios. The smell is salt spray instead of SPF and the view is somewhere

All Cheer Mt Rainier

Sheric July 25, 2020August 27, 2020 Cities, Cross Country During COVID 2020, Fam Camps, Lewis-McChord, Mount Rainier, National Parks, State, Tacoma, Washington

Carlsbad has its under-otherworldly caverns, Bryce has its spooky hoodoos, Arches has its, well, arches but Rainier doesn’t Have, Rainier IS. Rainier is omnipresent. Whether its lurking in the clouds, looming behind the fog or lighting up the city, Rainier