My lifestyle, travel and motorcycling blog, focused on places to go and rides to try, with Michigan as a starting point.
Melbourne as seen from St. Kilda.
Supporting my favorite gun Chief
The Marine Corps 3/14 Papa Battery showing off the guns. No shots were fired, as we were in a Spokane park. Cool nonetheless. And a chance to be a proud Marine Dad.
We’re on a boat!
When you live in a town of around 30,000 people, spending a weekend in Seattle is a big change. With the right attitude, a welcome change.
The opportunity to watch Premier League in an English pub, ride the State Ferry over to Bremerton for lunch, and visit with my oldest son, made this a very full weekend.
Yep, I did that.
Catching a Sounders away game from a U-District hangout. Cool cool.
Drive-by shooting, NP style
I’m making this my rule - go to Rainier NP every year. It never disappoints.
Up the trail from Sunrise. OK Mr. Cloud, I will wait for you to pass.
View from the top, with Idaho in the distance
Although it is easy to drive past, it is almost always worth a trip up the narrow road that winds around Steptoe Butte to the top. It is a Washington State Park, so I usually make this my excuse for buying my annual park pass from the vending machine at the top.
The scenery is always worth the short drive from Pullman.
#1 son relents…allows Dad a selfie
Diablo Lake. I believe I am the first to ever capture this on film.
If there is one trip I could repeat on an annual basis, it would be a road trip across Washington, using a Northerly route above I-90, through the small farming towns of Central Washington and then across the Cascades via Highway 20.
For this trip, my destination for lodging is Winthrop. There is plenty of lodging if you plan well ahead with a reservation, and from most of the hotels and motels you can walk to the restaurants or microbrew locales.
As always, the drive up into the Cascades is amazing, with several side trips to several off the beaten track locations off of the main highway.
Up in the Blue Mountains
One of the little towns in SE Washington I usually just roll through is Dayton. I had heard that the Weinhard’s Hotel was a neat little spot. I used this location as my stopping point, and took advantage of the location to also ride up into the Blue Mountains.
Dayton is a sleepy little town, but that is OK by me. I nice a nice stay, and nice weather for a weekend full of riding around this scenic corner of the state.
Sunset from the hotel roof deck in Dayton
