We spend most of the year on the road but return every summer to the Pacific Northwest to visit friends and family. Just because we are retired and have the whole summer free, doesn’t mean that our whole family is free as well. Our sons are busy with jobs, girlfriends, and navigating early adulthood, so…
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Corsica, France – Bastia and Bonifacio
Yep, we are island hopping in Europe. First stop – Corsica. It is technically part of France but it really isn’t that near to France. We took an overnight ferry from Toulon (near Marseilles), from 6:30pm to 7:00am the next morning. We are not “cruisers” so this was kinda new for us. We rented a…
Stretch Island to Seattle
Our family has a beach place on Stretch Island that we typically spend holiday weekends with the extended family. Driving there via Tacoma and the Narrows Bridge takes at least an hour and a half with no traffic. Traffic in Tacoma usually makes the trip much longer. I would prefer to always bike but we…
Bike Touring Intro on Vashon Island?
Cyclists around here all know that all Puget Souund ferry rides end with a hill climb. Almost every ferry dock in the state is next to a big hill and Vashon Island is not an exception. I haven’t rode on Vashon since I was in college but during the 2020 pandemic summer, we decided to…