Nonnie’s Diner
Travels in our Outdoors RV
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Glacier Hikes and Riding Bikes
From Gail’s house we drove back north into the MatSu valley to take a stroll on a glacier. It seemed like something we should do while we were in Alaska – there aren’t too many places where that’s a thing. One thing we have been missing on this trip is wildlife sightings, and specifically seeing…
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Sightseeing and Moochdocking
The stop at Kennicott Mine was interesting and we were glad we drove the 60 miles of bad road in, but unfortunately that meant we had to drive the 60 miles of bad road back out. After we changed the flat tire on Jon’s truck. But we figured only two flats for 16 tires isn’t…
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Chicken, Fishing and Copper Mines
After the long trip up the AlCan we chose to stay 3 days in Tok and take a breather. I had planned to go down into the northern part of the Wrangell St Elias NP and camp there, but it was a small campground with only 10 sites down a long dirt road. We opted…
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Made It To Alaska
It’s been nine days of hurry up and go moving north through Canada, like delivering the boat versus sailing somewhere. But we know this trip is not one and done, and BC is pretty easy for us to visit another time (or more). So we hustled on up to get into Alaska, and have completed…
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Finally On The Way North
And then suddenly it was June 3rd and we had less than two weeks before Diana arrived and it was time for us to leave. The list (there is always a list) was actually pretty long. We had some major improvements to make to Nonnie’s Diner before we committed to a three month trip. Rob…
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First Family Campout
We love to host a party, and Christmas Eve is the biggest party of the year for us. For our shrinking little family it’s the one time a year we all get together. After the second time that a tent was requested as a holiday gift, I thought we should try another family gathering and…
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Ride To Rendezvous
On their website, the Washington Outfitters & Guides Association (WOGA) says “Our association is dedicated to the protection of the priceless natural assets of the northwest, to the fair, and equal access to our natural resources for everyone. For many people, the outfitted trip is the only practical means of enjoying the rich heritage and…
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Upgrading the Electrical System in Nonnie’s Diner
When we bought our little RV four years ago it had one dead car battery to supply onboard power. We found out that it was dead on our first camping trip to Heart O’ The Hills near Port Angeles in September 2020. Wal Mart was nearby and Rob went to town and bought one battery…
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Do We Need To Go To Chicken?
It started with an ad on Facebook this morning for the Chicken Gold Camp. Oh! Do I need to add that to our 2024 Alaska Road Trip? I’ve been planning this camping trip for about 6 months now and thought I had totally dialed in our trip north. If you know anything about me at…
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Camano Island SP
We took an early winter trip after Christmas to Camano Island State Park and explored a few new to us spots in Western Washington, This is the park at the beach below the campgrounds that we took a walk down to. The park was mostly empty and we found a nice spot on the upper…
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Fort Flagler Fall Camping
On the first full weekend of fall we finally had some time for a quick camping trip. We packed up the kitties and went with our friends that we’ll travel to Alaska with next summer. Not really a shake down for us, since we’ve camped together before (and boated and socialized at home). Just a…
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Lake Coeur d’Alene Circumnavigation
This summer we spent 8 weeks in the boat circumnavigating Vancouver Island. Once we were home we had an invitation from our friends who own a house on Lake Coeur d’Alene to come visit sometime around Labor Day weekend. We decided since we were going to be in the neighborhood, we might as well make…
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Zion & Bryce Canyon
I don’t know what it was that caught my eye, but one dark rainy night last winter I saw something on a website somewhere and decided that a trip to Southwest Utah should be our spring warm up trip this year. So I started researching and settled on Zion and Bryce Canyon. I had no…
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Salt Creek with Jan
My big brudder Dale passed away in December 2020, during the worst of covid. We had been over to the house once since then, and his wife Jan had been over here once after that. But her visit was cut short by a positive covid diagnosis at my house, so she went right back home…
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Oregon Coast Birthday Trip
It took us a while to figure out where to go for this birthday trip. Typically when we’re in the Pacific NW it has been a Whistler ski trip. We were in Whistler for my 60th right before covid started shutting everything down. In 2021 we went nowhere, like everyone else. Then last year we…