Merge & Al's Excellent Adventures

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Living to 100 in Okinawa

Naha is the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, the tropical island group south of mainland Japan.  I was told by some Okinawans that they consider their…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Out and about in Forks WA

Day 2 – Last Night we arrived at our little loft studio that we rented through Airbnb. What an absolutely delightful little place. It’s a…

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From Victoria to Forks WA (but with a few detours)

Day 1 – Our day began bright and early, because we needed to load up the car and be at the ferry terminal no later…

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Pacific Northwest Olympic Peninsula … here we come!

Tomorrow we start off on our 11-day road trip to Washington starting in Victoria BC and ending in Victoria BC. But along the way, the…

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