On the road for a few days We left Gig Harbor on Wednesday, today being Friday we are in Bozeman, Montana, positioned to visit Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park tomorrow. Wednesday (Gig Harbor to Spokane both in Washington State) and Thursday (Spokane, WA to Butte, Montana) were long driving days. We did have the […]
Being on the road After leaving Park City, Utah we had a couple of driving days of four hours or so. We have been in four states (Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) in four days. It’s amazing how the landscape changes and you can see this in our photographs. Considering the amount of snow these
Sunrise Lodge As we mentioned in the previous post, we are using our points of various types. This is an HGV property and has an elevation of 6900 feet. Karen, thankfully, is not suffering from altitude sickness here. This slide show has photographs from around the Ski Resort. Even though the place is closed for
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A Ski Resort (Out of Season) You may think that Brian Head in Utah, a ski resort and lodges, is a strange choice of location, especially for those of you that know Karen, who hates the cold and loves the sun! On this road trip, we are trying to be frugal and not spend $’s
Catchup As we mentioned in the last blog, family (Sister-in-law and brother-in-law) joined us this week so it was a busy time since they had not been to Las Vegas or the Grand Canyon. So, what did we do? Capo’s This was a really cool restaurant and speakeasy. The building itself on the outside had
Car Troubles All was going very well until…… We left Catalina on the 7:50 am ferry Friday. We met an interesting couple from Australia while waiting to board. They have done many trips to the USA before. They were great company to chat with and enjoy a breakfast Bloody Mary on the ferry. When we
Behind the Scenes Casino tour. We were scheduled for a behind the scenes casino tour today but unfortunately, Karen received a phone call this morning and it was canceled. This weekend is the 27th Annual Catalina Island Conservancy Ball. Since we have changed our address I expect that our invite missed us. 🤣 We had
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Golf Cart rental We were at the Catalina Golf Cart Rentals at 9 am for the early bird special, where you buy two hours, get the third free. We were out for about 2.5 hours. Alex (We think that was his name, an island character) was very helpful the day before explaining the route to
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Woke up late and missed breakfast. Updated 4/19/23 As you can see on the heading we caught up on some ZZZZZzzz’s. We have arranged an excursion or two (Bison Expedition & Casino Behind the Scenes tour) through the front desk and then found a small local coffee shop for a late breakfast. We also walked
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We made it to Avalon We disembarked from Brilliance this morning. Getting of the ship was not a problem, we took our time as we were not in a rush. It’s a good job we were not in a rush. Getting through customs and immigration took some time after picking up our bags. We used
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