Travelogues Washington

18.4. Montesano - Bruceport From now on, we are traveling south on the famous Highway 101! Amazing, we can't believe it. And, what makes it even better: The sun is back! A...

17th April. Continuing despite the still bad weather! Now we not only have heavy rain but also hail!!! And headwind!! That was definitely one of the most challenging and...

Across the USA The USA received us with great caution, as has been customary here for fifteen years. But we made it through immigration and arrived tired and happy in New York...

The day for Heike started like the last days with ear drops. She was pretty sure that her ear pain was caused by a large plug in her ear. Therefore, Christian administered drops...

The following days on the island went similarly to the previous day, with the exception of Wednesdays through Fridays. On these days, the second-hand store on Vashon was open....

Olympic National Park Finally, a national park! The purpose and goal of this trip is to explore one national park after another in North America. We were greeted by a...

Seattle is a lively city in the northwest of the USA and offers many sights and activities. Our road trip with the camper starts from here. But before we start, we took another...

15.9. Actually, we wanted to visit the State Fair, but I'm not really in the mood for it and the weather isn't great either. Our destination is Mt. Rainier Natl. Park where we...

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...

Seattle may be a cool city, but for us it remains associated with a lot of tears, crises, emotions, and exhaustion. A change in course is needed... We will skip the coastal...

Seattle

Mattis woke up and was already feeling much better. So we all went for a walk with Jeani's dog, Stevie. It may not sound exciting, but it was for us. Because the dog is a husky....

We visit the zoo in Tacoma. The city is designed for cars, we struggle with public transportation and arrive there after 1 hour. The signage for pedestrians is missing and we...

Today is the day: we are going to fulfill my big dream of seeing Orcas. We first see seals and a lot of smoke. Shortly before the Canadian coast, we spot a whole family of...

Seattle is still covered in dense smoke, so we are searching for the colorful places to add some color to the grayness. After picking up our rental car, we pay a visit to Jimi...

The Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum, Gas Works Park, the Great Wheel by night.

On Easter Sunday, we flew last minute with United (an airline that has recently been in the news for negative reasons) from Chicago to Seattle. After about 4 hours of flying,...

As we leave the campsite, we drive through the snowfall to Seattle. Here we explore the city a bit and warm up with a coffee at the Starbucks headquarters where various roasts...

Sorry for the sarcasm in the subject. Today I've got a message that the US Nazis having a rally. So had the other side a Anti Fascism rally. I saw them passing the restaurant I...

As we approach the Canadian border, it gets colder and colder. We add blankets and a heater to our equipment and enjoy a few days at a campsite where we relax and plan the...

We continued to Tacoma by Amtrak train, a little adventure in itself. It took us 6 hours to travel 300 km and we had to check in at the station 1 hour before departure (5.30...

Finally, it's raining! After weeks of wildfires, the rain is cleansing the air and we see blue skies again. A very pleasant day for our further journey through Olympic National...

After a quickie at the market on Granville Island and a succulent seafood lunch at Rodney's Oyster House, we take the Amtrak Cascades 519 to Seattle. There was a moment of...

Welches Durcheinander am JFK und ich hasse Jetlag...

We start the day very early with the first ferry from Nanaimo, taking us to Vancouver. Here we say goodbye to our rental car. It has accompanied us for almost 3,000km. We also...