Oregon, Washington State & Vancouver Island

Saturday 14th July. The breakfast room is narrow, dirty, and noisy, so I grab a dry slice of toast and two cups of tea and retreat to my room to escape this environment. At...

Friday, 13th July Since I wake up shortly after 6 o'clock, I get up before the alarm goes off and leave this strange accommodation at half past seven. At Tim Horton’s I get some...

Thursday 12.7. Before 9 o'clock I am already in the car and drive to the MacMillan State Park, where huge old trees stand. The oldest ones are around 800 years old, the tallest...

Wednesday 11.7. Port Alberni - boat tour to Ucluelet and back Unfortunately, I wake up at 5:00 am, but only get up at 6:30 am. The hairdryer is broken and I report it to the...

Tuesday, 10 July I wake up at half past six and get up leisurely just before 8. Breakfast is of course served today and it's really good with oatmeal, scrambled eggs, pancakes,...

Monday 7/9/2018 Shortly after 6, I sit in the car. Today we are driving with 9 people on the boat. The skipper is Marc, our guide from yesterday, Lindsay is not here, instead...

Sunday, 8.7. At 5.15h an already restless night comes to an end. You can't really sleep relaxed when you're not allowed to oversleep. I take a shower, despite all the warnings...

Saturday 7th July At 8:30 am I start my journey, G. can sleep a little longer as her flight back home is later. However, I have to leave because I have to catch a ferry to...

Friday July 6th. Sun and wonderful forest air around our nice motel! Really good breakfast and a little chat with the Vietnamese owner about his homeland, and already at 8:40am...

Thursday, 5.7. Sun! We have breakfast and already need a baggage cart for the "little" luggage! My big bag now weighs 25 kilos, the small one 15... We head north, passing a...

Wednesday July 4th The alarm clock goes off at 7:30 a.m. and after a quick breakfast, we get in the car at 9 a.m. to go to St. Paul. It's already buzzing there, lots of people,...

Tuesday, 3.7. We sleep peacefully until shortly before nine and continue into the surrounding forest with a coffee from the village shop in hand. We now follow the Forest Road...

Monday 2.7. I wake up at 5 am because the people above us are already getting up. I don't dare to fall asleep again and keep an eye on the beginning daylight. We are already...

Sunday, 1.7. At 8:45 am we are on the road again, this time heading south to the Cascade Lakes Byway on Highway 46 . The route takes us through forests with views of...

Saturday, 30.06. Today we have been on the road for 2 weeks. We start at 8.45am, the farewell is not very difficult here... We drive along Diamond Lake to the south towards...

Friday 29.06. Already at a quarter to nine we leave the Lakeside Lodge in Lakeside/OR and the Tenmile Lake South and initially drive to the John Dellenback Dunes Trail. ...

Thursday, June 28 At half past nine we leave the Coho Oceanfront Resort. The sky is slightly overcast, but the temperature is okay and we have breakfast somewhere outside. We...

Wednesday 27.06. Two miles from our hotel is a small outlet that I visit this morning and do a little shopping there, but I'm already sitting on the beach at 12:30pm. Today the...

Tuesday 26.6. Lincoln Beach/Oregon - Driving distance: 0 The Pacific roars as I open the balcony door and the clouds are not so gloomy today. We grab breakfast at the resort,...

Monday 25.06. We leave a little after 10 and first head southwest of Portland to the wine region. We buy lots of raspberries, cherries, etc. at the fruit stand at „Schlichting“...

Sunday, June 24th We wake up at 8:30 am and - miracle of miracles! - there's no rain. We even see blue sky behind the clouds! So we grab breakfast and head out. We first go to...

Saturday, 23.06. Portland (0 miles) It's raining! No, it's pouring when we get up just before half past eight. Unbelievable: it has been raining all night! We have breakfast...

Thursday, 22.06. Woodland - Troutdale - Columbia River Gorge - Portland (203 miles) There is no breakfast in our hostel, but there is nothing really keeping us here and so at...

Thursday 21.06. Kelso (WAS) – Yale Lake – Woodland The breakfast at the Best Western Hotel in Kelso (WAS) is fantastic. We eat English muffins with egg and yogurt. Well...

Wednesday 20.06. Lake Quinault - Mount St. Helens - Kelso (332 miles) The sun is shining! Unbelievable! At 8:30 a.m., we get in the car and drive from Amanda Park towards the...

Beach 2", and so on, are behind us, and the road disappears into a not very exciting landscape. There are no towns here, hardly any cars, and occasionally a view of a wooded hill....

Monday, 18.06. Seattle - Whidbey Island - Port Angeles (175 miles) Shortly after 5 we are both awake and leave the hotel in the north at 8.00am. First stop is in Tulalip, about...

Sunday, 17.06. / Seattle (total driving distance 37 miles) I wake up at 3:15 am, G. is already awake! We both fall back asleep and are already at breakfast by 7:30 am. Good...

Saturday 16.06. Flight Stuttgart-Seattle The night ends at 4am. The taxi arrives at 5.20am and surprisingly the train from the main station is on time, so I relax a bit......