The Great River Road, AKA Plantation Alley, in Louisiana lies between New Orleans and Baton Rouge and is known for all the grand plantations which sit along the Mississippi River. Plantation Alley is about 70 miles long and consists of large land tracts with mansions which had slave quarters and
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Beatty, Nevada – Goldwell and Rhyolite
We departed Goldfield and drove south to Beatty, Nevada which is the gateway to Death Valley (but yet 20 degrees cooler). Beatty is located just 7 miles east of the border of Death Valley National Park and about 100 miles north of Las Vegas. It is advertised to have 108
Continue readingCoos Bay, Oregon – Out and About
Coos Bay (previously known as Marshfield) has a history with lumber and shipbuilding and is the largest city on the Oregon coast with a population of over 16,000. There are a variety of activities and state parks in the area that kept us busy for days and days! Coos City
Continue readingNewport, Oregon – Out and About
The Newport area has so much to see and do that you can keep busy for literally weeks. Newport has a population of over 10,000 people and sits on the central coast of Oregon. It is located at the western terminus of US Route 20 which is the longest road
Continue readingPolson, Montana – Out and About
It is about a 5 minute drive from the Polson KOA to downtown Polson which is a small town (about 5,000 people) on the southern end of Flathead Lake. It has a nice downtown area with a weekly farmer’s market (in the summer), some breweries, restaurants, stores, golf courses, boat
Continue readingKalispell, Montana – Out and About
Lake Mary Ronan Lodge is about a 10 minute drive from Dayton, Montana which sits on the west side of Flathead Lake. It is an easy drive on to Kalispell for some touring. Along the way we had terrific views of Flathead Lake. Our first stop was Foys Lake which
Continue readingWye, Montana – Wheat and Buddhas
As we were heading towards Flathead Lake in Montana, we exited off I-90 at Wye to fuel up AND to stop at Wheat Montana. No problem getting in, no line, and excellent service. We bought some bread, some pastries, and some sandwiches. Absolutely delicious. We love Wheat Montana. Next stop
Continue readingWe Bought E-bikes!!
Yep, we really did it. We finally bought a few electric bikes (E-bikes) to tour around with. Not only did we buy E-Bikes but they are fat tire E-Bikes, better yet!! We had been seeing both fat tire bikes and E-Bikes for a number of years when we were out
Continue readingA Year in Review 2020
HAPPY NEW YEAR to ALL!
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