by admin_marty | Feb 2, 2023 | Road Notes
Life can be a funny, meaning, mysterious and odd. Our last trip in the Storm Bus was way back in the Fall to Onion Valley. Michelle stayed home and I was able to spend a bit of time with my daughter Mikaela. At that time, Michelle was sleeping pretty well, which she...
by Peter Kjenaas | Aug 6, 2022 | Locations and Destinations, Road Notes
My small toe is a bit sore and the rest of me is generally sore. We head home, not in the Storm Bus, because Kim drove that home with Michelle a week ago. Mika and I share the driving in our pickup. Kim knows we are out of the backcountry and we know that Michelle is...
by Peter Kjenaas | Aug 1, 2022 | Locations and Destinations, Road Notes
It isn’t the distance, it’s the elevation. We gathered at Four Jeffrey Campground—I have no idea where that name came from—just over a week ago Saturday. Kim traveled with her son Griffin in our truck, carrying all the overnight camping stuff they would need as well...
by Peter Kjenaas | Jul 23, 2022 | Locations and Destinations, Road Notes
Leaving Ashland is always strange. We set out pretty early for us, around nine, but drove slowly through town, stopping for coffee and goodies and to let two delightful hikers admire Mo. And Storm, or course. If I were chasing vicarious thrills all I would need to add...
by Peter Kjenaas | Jul 21, 2022 | Locations and Destinations, Road Notes
Sometimes you get the calculation right and sometimes there is the real world. Looking at the map it doesn’t look too terribly long of a drive from the wet lushness of Bainbridge Island to the heart of Oregon and the lush environs of Eugene, but all the beauty comes...
by Peter Kjenaas | Jul 19, 2022 | Locations and Destinations, Road Notes
I find, for the first time writing about these excursions, that I cannot find the words to describe what this place and the people we know who call it home mean to me and, far more so, to Michelle. Many of us have that place, that place during Summer vacations...
