MAP

This is a rough map from Google Maps for the first half of the trip to the Seattle area along with the forecast for departure date which is going to make it just a little easier to leave....

First half of 2016 trip.

HELLO AGAIN

Hello Friends.

Arlyene and I are "waking up" our blog as we prepare for our annual migration back to the Pacific Northwest.  We will be leaving the Las Vegas Motorcoach Resort on June 5th, traveling with our friends Larry and Linda Bergo who also have a motor home and a "sticks and bricks" home in Idaho.  Our first stop will be in Ely, Nevada which will be our base for a one day visit to Great Basin National Park.  (I bet you didn't even know there was such a place.)  We have driven past it on two other occasions but never had the time to stop.  We will correct that error on this trip.

After that we will be working our way up north where we will split off from Larry and Linda and make a side trip to Glacier National Park.  Our inaugural trip in this coach was to Glacier back in 2011 but it was in mid September and we saw very little due to bad weather.  We hope to correct that error too.  After that we will spend July 4th with the Bergo's in Idaho and then work our way through eastern Washington with stops in Prosser, Leavenworth and Winthrop before crossing on the North Cascades Highway and then north to the Ferndale/Bellingham area for about three weeks for visits with friends and favorite places.  After that we will work our way down to Bothell and a few weeks in the Seattle area before starting back south again in mid September.  Our goal will be to be back in Las Vegas on October 1st making for about a 4 month trip.  May the good health gods and the good mechanical gods bless us......

So you have been forewarned if you are subscribed to this blog.  If you received this posting then in about a week you will start receiving our periodic postings related to this trip.  The blog is basically our way of journaling our trips and making it available to anyone who cares to follow along.  If you don't want to receive e-mails of new postings it is pretty easy to unsubscribe.

Looks like the temps here in Las Vegas will be at or near 100 by our departure date.  As much as we love it here in the resort, those kinds of temperatures will make it a lot easier to leave.  Last year just about everywhere this side of the Mississippi was on fire and hot.  Hoping for cooler temps this year - and no fires other than our campfires - where they are allowed.