The November Road Trip
I had to travel to Calgary last week to participate in my mothers move into her new nursing home/care facility. Luckily I had changed over to winter tires about a week before I got the call that a room had been found for her. I have driven the route from Calgary to Vancouver and back and forth and forth and back more times than I can count. The 11 hour straight drive through is beginning to be a bit too much for me these days, but I still enjoy the scenery. I left Vancouver about 6:30 in the...
Read MoreThe La Conner Channel
There is a little town called La Conner which is about halfway between Burlington and Anacortes. It is about a 15 minutes drive from the Pioneer Trails RV Park where we stayed. La Conner is well known for a couple of things, the first being the big Tulip Festival in the spring, which attracts a lot of tourists to the area. The second is the sort of ”artsy” atmosphere of the place. The main street is basically shops and restaurants geared towards tourists visiting the area. This...
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