(Photos added, so there was a second posting) As we departed Glacier N.P., MT, Rt 2 continued to be our route of choice all the way to Superior, WI. The first day, we happened to stop for the night near Theodore Roosevelt N.P. North Unit in North Dakota. There was enough daylight left to drive…
Once again, it is best if you view this on a computer and not a phone. Leaving the PNW on April 29th, I missed a turn somewhere and we ended up taking a ferry to Everett, WA, which only cost a few senior-rate dollars and saved us an hour-and-a-half. I love those kinds of mistakes!…
It was going to take something to beat the beauty of Oregon, and Washington’s Pacific Northwest (PNW) did not disappoint. We took Hwy 101N for one last drive along the dramatic Oregon coast, crossing the Columbia River at Astoria and up to Hoquiam for one night. In the morning, Grays Harbor, literally in town, was…
It was March 31st when we arrived at the house sit just ten minutes outside the small town of Redmond, OR. Our hosts Jennifer and John have a lovely home in a rural area dotted with small horse farms. They were packed and ready to give us the tour before driving to Portland where they’d…
We are currently one week in to a 6-week house/cat sit in Warren, MI. In our last update, we neglected to say a lot, which points to how tired we were once we arrived in OR. So, to backtrack a bit: We had a great visit with Tuula and Mickey in Grand Junction. Their home…
Knowing the weather could turn nasty along the obvious route of going north from Ocala, FL then taking Hwy 70 through Kansas (we even had sleeping bags in the car just in case), and because we didn’t want to take Hwy 10 for the umpteenth time, we compromised on Hwy 20. Then we decided to…
We last left you about a month before we packed the car in CT for an almost year-long trip of house sitting and visiting with friends along the way. We were already committed to Jan/Feb in CO, three weeks of April in OR, and the summer in MI. In August, Steve was evaluated for eye-lift…
Mid-May found us at Miller’s Ferry Campground near Camden, AL, a Corps of Engineers campground on the Alabama River. We were too early to check-in for our six night reservation, so while side-tripping through tiny “historic” Thompson an hour away, I spied Wanda’s Salon. Wanda gave me a very good and long-overdue haircut and she…
Wed 9/8/2021 5:09 PM Being back in the U.S. has been both fun and stressful; however, the adjustment has been more difficult for me. As I mentioned in the previous post, I miss so much about Ecuador in general and Cuenca especially and, atypically, though it had been both our ideas from the get go…
blog update: Jane Miner Sun 4/4/2021 3:43 PM February 7th, 2021/12:45 a.m.: Just two days shy of five years since we arrived in Ecuador, we departed that beautiful and welcoming country, leaving behind yet another group of friends. On the morning of the 6th, and after a comfy night in an Airbnb in the Puente…
Before Steve enthralls you with his recent 4-day solo camping adventure here in Ecuador, I’ll fill you in on our 2020 to date. Steve and I both tested positive for Covid-19 on May 11th. We got tested because, the week prior, Steve had slept A LOT and lost his senses of taste and smell. I…
Jane Miner 5/24/2020 Late September found us in FL visiting my brother’s families and our dear friends Wanda and Royal. We were able to spend one gorgeous day kayaking on the Silver River with Jeff. One highlight, as always, was visiting my oldest and dearest friend in the world, Audrey, in St. Pete. How is…
Mon 5/18/2020 This was the year that both of us experienced more illness than ever before in our collective lives (discounting orthopedic repairs). Called the “Cuenca cough” here by many, and Cuencanos are equally affected, in 2019 I ended up needing asthma, allergy, and esophageal infection meds about every two months, none of which I…
Sat 5/16/2020 The world is in the midst of the first ever Covid-19 virus pandemic lockdown period. We began self-isolating on March 14,th 2020 and I started writing this on April 20th. As we contemplate what life will be like a few months from now, or even next year, what better time, with all this…
From the incredible beauty and vastness of Iguazu Falls, we flew to our last stop, Salta — another excellent recommendation by our friend Cristian, or was that you, Margie? Salta is located in northwestern Argentina in the Lerma valley. The “Hill of Seven Colors” is one of the primary attractions, as are the wineries in…
Travel Vicariously with Jane & Steve 