In June 2023, Merge visited Skagway AK and was able to travel right up to the foot of the Davidson Glacier. But to really understand how amazing a glacier is, a geography reminder is in order. As you may recall from when you were in school, glaciers have a remarkable ability to move, very slowly, […]
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All good things come to an end
Day 11 — Today was the last day of our road trip, and it involved us catching two ferries! We had made a reservation on the ferry that leaves Coupeville (on Whidbey Island) for Port Townsend at 11:45 AM, so we needed to be there latest by 11:15 AM. Since our hotel was only about […]
Deception Pass and Fidalgo Island
Day 10 — As we headed north from Oak Harbor this morning, we made a couple of stops. One, to get a photo of the great “Welcome to Oak Harbor” sign on the north edge of the city. Whidbey island is home to a naval air base for the United States Army, and what you […]
Whidbey Island’s whid-key
Day 9 – Our home on Whidbey Island is at the Auld Holland Inn in Oak Harbor, which is towards the northern end of the island. So today we spent most of our time exploring towards the south, in the towns of Coupeville, Langley, and the surrounding areas. We also managed to fit in a […]
From big city to island life
Day 8 – after our big city excitement yesterday, today was a little bit of a slow start, but we still managed to get some good fun in before we made our way to Whidbey Island. By mid morning, we were packed up and ready to start heading north. Our first stop was the small […]
Seattle — the celebrated and the secret
Day 7 – we have been to Seattle many times before, so for this one full day in Seattle, we wanted to go back to some of our favourite spots, but also explore some of the things we have not done in the past. Everyone talks about the fantastic views from the top of the […]
Port Townsend to Seattle (and stops in between)
Day 6 – we managed to get a lot of exploring done today on our way from Port Townsend to Seattle. But we certainly picked a VERY hot day to spend so much time in the car. It went up to 33°C. For my American friends that is 91°F. Before we began today’s adventure, we […]
Historic Port Townsend
Day 5 – We left our cute little apartment in Sequim this morning and loaded up the car once again, this time heading to Port Townsend. Our first stop was historic Fort Worden State Park. Fort Worden was an active army base from 1902 to 1953. In 1957 it became a juvenile detention facility! In […]
Sunny Sequim (pronounced Sk-wim)
Day 4 – Sequim may be in the Pacific Northwest, but it definitely wasn’t raining. Because it’s in the rainshadow of Olympic Mountain range, it gets very little rain, and that makes it perfect for growing lavender. In the late 20th-century this area was actually known for dairy farms, but slowly they became non-profitable. The […]
Hot springs and cool views: from Forks to Sequim
Day 3 – this morning, we loaded up the car and left our lovely studio apartment in Forks to continue our road trip. Our first stop was the Sol Duc Hot Springs. It took us about an hour to get there, in plenty of time to get entry passes for the 10 AM swimming slot. […]