Video: Loop of British Columbia, Part 3: Telegraph Creek and the End of the Cassiar Highway

Here's the next installment of our video series detailing our loop road trip of British Columbia. We continue to enjoy BC Recreation Sites and more time on the lakes, take a side trip out to Telegraph Creek and finish up our drive on the Cassiar Highway. https://youtu.be/n9oX8GTUjS8

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Video: Loop of British Columbia Part 2: Cassiar Highway, Salmon Glacier and Bears

Here's the second video installment of our Grand Loop of British Columbia, featuring the start of the Cassiar Highway, views of the majestic Salmon Glacier and a visit to Fish Creek Wildlife Observation Site to see bears: https://youtu.be/A7eo89ZAIWc

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Wandering the Southern Oregon Coast, 2021

With Veterans Day falling on a Thursday we decided to make a long weekend of it and escape to a location that was too far for a regular weekend. With cold weather and some snow on the east side of the Cascades we narrowed down our choices and headed to the South Coast. The quickest way to get to the Brookings vicinity is actually through California, down Hwy 199, the Redwood Highway, so we took off and headed there for an overnight along the Smith River. Things have been brown and dry in Central Oregon for a while so it was nice to wake up to blooming shrubs and lots of green the morning of Veterans Day.

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