Washington, Oregon, Idaho Aug 2024 !!

September 27, 2024

Another great camping adventure with the family. This time we planned to head down to Seattle, Oregon Coast, and Idaho for the win !!

We left Calgary on a Tuesday afternoon and drove down to Sand Point in Idaho, where we spent the night in our usual Walmart parking lot. After a quick grocery shopping next day we headed to our first destination Seattle !!! We arrived late and it was already starting to get dark, tried driving around the city with the trailer, but couldn’t find a place to park.. We found a campground near Belleview (just 10 min outside the city) and decided to stay 2 nights so that we could unhook the trailer and go for the day to the city.

After a morning run in Belleview, we left to downtown Seattle. The city is beautiful and has a lot to see, the Fish Market, the first Starbucks, the Amazon Biosphere, the Public Library, etc.. We had a great time walking around all day ! We left to the campground and in the morning after a wet and rainy run we left to Olympia (the capital of WA where we wanted to visit the Legislature Building). The traffic was chaotic leaving Seattle and a regular 1 hour drive turned into 3 1/2 ! It was raining and an ok day to be in the car. After a quick visit to the Legislature Building and a quick tour inside we continued to Oregon (Manzanita, Nehalem State Park). We arrived there after 9pm, Beny and I went to see (or feel) the Pacific Ocean, ummm what a great feeling, the waves, the air, the smell... Next 4 days were pretty much beach time, relaxing and contemplating the ocean view. We did a few day trips to a Light House as well as to visit Astoria (first city in Oregon that looks a lot like San Francisco). The days were hot and sunny, beautiful days on the beach, we even went on the water (temperature of the water was around 9c brrr....) The kids didn't get tired of playing in the sand day and night.

I went out MTB in the mornings to a mountain called Nehalem across the HWY101, great elevation and nice views from the top/

After 4 days in the Nehalem Campground we left to Kennewick in WA. Maria wanted to go to a concert to see Chayanne and guess what he was doing the American Tour and one of the cities was Kennewick, so after a beautiful drive through the Columbia Gorge we arrived to Three Cities and have an overnight by one of the Columbia River Dams. Quite night and uneventful.

Next day we drove by the Toyota Centre Concert Hall, and spotted an overflow parking where we decided to park with the trailer and while Maria was at the concert the kids and I watched a movie in the trailer. Concert needed at around 11pm and we decided to spend the night in the parking lot as it was empty already and no one asked us to leave.

The next few days we were planning to spend with friends in Idaho and go to the Silverwood Theme Park !! what a blast this year, all the kids were tall enough to go in all rides, even the After Shock !! We stayed in Farragut State Park until Monday and headed home after that.. 14 days and 3,600kms in 3 States, lots of memories and lots of fun.