Tag: national parks

• Travels 27.1: Captains Log

  There will be a posting after this one goes out.  When? I can’t say.  But, the next blog Travels 27.2 will be a concise explanation for why 27.1 is necessary.  It will reveal in bone-chilling, spine-tingling and shocking details, the series of wrong moves made by me, the so-called Captain, as we arrived at our…

  patrickjegan

  November 10, 2013

  The RV Life, Travels

  campsites, Grand Canyon, internet, mpg, national parks, travels

• Travels 12: A Rest Farewell

  And though the line is cut, It ain’t quite the end, I’ll just bid farewell till we meet again. —Bob Dylan “A Restless Farewell” I’m sitting at Erin’s breakfast table composing the final post of our visit to Orting.  In an hour or so we will be on our way homeward.  The route back is…

  patrickjegan

  October 17, 2013

  The RV Life, Travels

  Daughter, Death Valley, Grandson, homeward., national parks, Oregon coast, Orting, Route 66, RV, Sierra Nevada Mountains

• Travels 11: Is This Our Land?

  I’m ensconced in Orting, WA. with my daughter, Erin, her husband, Bob, grandson Elias and my wife Mariam.  It’s one big happy family.  We’ve spent only one full day here and already I’ve managed to get caught in a hailstorm while walking across a Safeway parking lot.  We weren’t out in the Plains, facing the…

  patrickjegan

  October 8, 2013

  The RV Life, Travels, Writing About Rails

  chai latte, Coal, hail storm, idaho, leased national lands, Montana, mt. rainier, national parks, orating, political cartoon about coal, railroads, WA, washington