by Dana | Jan 18, 2022 | PNW hiking, recipes, road trip
One-minute road-trip video, a bit grainy from my phone cam.We’re still limbo-ing along in transitionville. Despite spending summer in Florida at a time when most sane folks flee and arriving back in the Pacific Northwest in the wintertime when we last fled... by Dana | Mar 13, 2020 | California Redwood National and Sate Parks, California redwoods in February, road trip
Timeline on an almost 2,000-year-old redwood tree stump outside the Humbolt State Park visitor centeron California’s Avenue of the Giants.No one knows exactly how old the biggest coast redwoods are, because nobody has ever drilled into one of them to count its... by Dana | Oct 25, 2016 | Farino Refuge camping New Caledonia, Fougeres New Caledonia, New Caledonia road trip, Parc Des Grandes, road trip, Sarramea Trou Feuillet Falls New Caledonia
Territorial view from public observation deck of Farino’s town hall. New Caledonia.Road Trip Day 2(+): Farino, La Foa, Sarramea, West Coast, just North of NoumeaNew Caledonia’s primary island, Grand Terre, is the second biggest island in the... by Dana | Oct 24, 2016 | New Caledonia Grand Sud, New Caledonia Parc Provincial de la Rivere Bleue, Prony Baie, road trip
Our peppy Dancia rental car, parked at an overlook to the town of Yate, New Caledonia, in the Grand Sud.Theoretically, our day trip to New Caledonia’s Great South (Grand Sud) was a complete failure. Fortunately, we found it to be a delightfully, fabulously... by GWTAdmin | May 17, 2016 | bayslys beach new zealand, dargaville new zealand, New Zealand Ninety Mile Beach, new zealand north island highlights, new zealand's kauri trees, road trip
Colorful, sandstone unes seen driving on Baylys Beach,near Dargaville, West Coast, North Island, New Zealand.While tour busses collect passengers for $50/pop from Kaitaia for the “Ninety Mile Beach” (really, 55 mile) drive from Waipapakauri to Te Paki (or... by GWTAdmin | May 6, 2016 | adventures ashore, best New Zealand attraction, Cathedral Cove Coromandel New Zealand, hiking swimming, road trip
Cathedral Cove trailhead as seen from the parkinglot overlook. Coromandel, New Zealand.When I asked locals and past New Zealand visitors what topped their “Don’t miss!” list, in no particular order, these were most mentionedVisiting a glow worm...