Mill Creek
Travel Blogs from Mill Creek, United States
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Lassen Peak
Lassen Volcanic National Park is dominated by Mt. Lassen, a volcano which last erupted in 1917. A popular trail leads up 2.3 miles to Lassen Peak where hikers can walk inside the caldera. the trail begins at 8450 ft. elevation and climbs to the ...
East Prospect Peak
Our 2.8 mile hike to the top of East Prospect Peak takes us through a pine and fir forest. At the top we have views of nearby Cinder Cone and Butte and Snag Lakes. Further away is a view of Mt. Lassen, and further still to the north is snow-covered Mt. ...
Let the Fun Begin!!!
The time has arrived ... I'm heading off tomorrow morning! Everything is packed, utilities are switched over, no turning back now. I've taken a picture of what I'm bringing with me. The big container has all the camping gear, the medium one is food ...
Almost There
Saturday I'm off on my adventure. I am going to spend the weekend in NE Oklahoma doing a canoe trip and some hiking with Michelle before heading to Chicago for a wedding. The canoe trip will be good practice for the boundary waters, as long as there is ...
First tickets are Purchased!
I'm getting really excited about my trip, 6 weeks from tomorrow is my last day at work! Woohoo!!! So far I still feel like I have time to get everything done, but I keep thinking of more stuff to do. Since my last update I went to a travel doctor to ...
Bumpass Hell
Bumpass Hell is a unique hydro-thermal area in the park. Back about a mile and a half from the road, the trail leads to a view of the colorful hot springs area below. Molten volcanic rock beneath the surface caused the development here of boiling ...
Things are in motion
Hello all! As the headlines say I'm taking a year off of work to travel and see what is happening elsewhere. Travel along with me at this website and let me know how you're doing too. The plan right now is June-Sept in the US. October-November in New ...
Practicing Croc Hunter
Four more weeks! The trip is becoming more real every day. I've been thinking/planning it for so long, now when I think a month in the future I will be somewhere else. I've been reading a few books on the places I'm going and other travel type books. ...
La Californie du Nord
Le 7 septembre. Nord de la Californie, encore des montagnes bien sauvages, des villages du bout du monde, une popiulation tres dispersee, c'est une Amerique tres rurale. On est tres loin de l'image mediatique de la Californie, et pourtant cette ...
Sail to (another) Mill Creek in Yeocomico River
... and cool with winds NE 5-15. We had a nice sail across the Potomac to the Virginia side where our destination would be Mill Creek on the Yeocomico River. We nabbed several fish (small blues) which we threw back. We also picked up a ...
Sailing to (another) Mill Creek near Solomons MD
We departed Mill Creek off the Great Wicomico River in Virginia and headed north for anchorage at another Mill Creek (popular name!) near Solomons, MD. Winds were SW to WSW 15-20 kt, shifting to the NE. This afforded a very fast crossing of ...
Sail from Onancock to Mill Creek, VA
We departed our Onancock anchorage at 0701 hours and enjoyed a lovely sail across the Bay on NE winds 10-15 kt heading for Mill Creek at the entrance to the Great Wicomico River. We had to be cautious to avoid a large amount of fish stakes near ...
Home Sweet Home
We're back home! We arrived safe and sound about 5:15pm, after taking a nice break in Ellensburg, WA, about 2:30 and having a meal with our granddaughter, Eponine, at Perkins. The leg of the trip from Ellensburg to home is usually the most ...
Last Leg in the RV
Got up this AM and completed the cleanout of the RV, including the lengthy process of removing the double stick tape from all the sponsor magnets (thanks again to InfusionSoft, EquityNet, HubSpot, and The Local SEO expert for both sponsoring my trip and ...
Sail to Mill Creek off the Great Wicomico
We departed Cockrell's at 1143 today and meandered "the long way" on main and jib to nearby Mill Creek in order to troll. No luck. It was a pleasant day with South winds 5-10. We arrived at 1530 hours. ...
Homestead
Mill Creek, WA Tuesday August 31, 2010 Today is rainy and more typically northwest. We have blackberry ...
Getting Ready
The preparations are in full swing and the count down is on. Four days until we leave on vacation. We are so ready. Well… mentally anyway. The list of "to do's" are getting done - but it seems as items get checked off the list, other things get ...
It's long overdue!
Well, we're a little over week away from kicking off our trip down Hwy 101 to San Francisco for the week. It's going to be an exciting time and hopefully the sun and clear skies will be in our favor. Fingers are crossed and the camera is ...
Tomorrow's the day...
It amazes me that some people can pack a backpack and be ready for an extended trip to Europe! I can't even imagine packing so light! We are only going to be gone a couple of weeks and it will take more than even a couple ...
Sail to Mill Creek off the Great Wicomico River VA
At 0630 hours we departed the East River to exit Mobjack Bay and headed north to one of our favorite anchorages at Mill Creek off the Great Wicomico River in Virginia. We sailed on SW 10 kt winds arriving comfortably at 1530 ...
Gearing up
After selling our previous camper a few years ago, we realized we missed it - and we'd been talking about getting another one... a smaller one, which would be faster and easier to set up and travel with for longer distances, and yet one that would fit in ...
Full Circle
We're home. We left Deschutes River about 9:30 this morning, drove north on 97 through Yakima, WA., and on to Ellensburg, where we met granddaughter, Eponine, for lunch at Perkins. We had a nice visit with her and then made the last leg of ...
Sail to Mill Creek off the Great Wicomico River
... 10-15 E. With a late start, we are able to make it to one of our favorite close-by anchorages at Mill Creek off the Great Wicomico River from our marina in the Little Wicomico. We sailed on main and jib, leaving at 1410 ...
New Camera
Hello, I took Chewy on a walk today to try out my new Canon Powershot Sd780. Enjoy the photos. -Devon & I fly to Zuerich in 4 days. ...
Mill Creek
Mill Creek is a suburb of Seattle. I spent a week here while on a work trip. It essentially looks and feels like any other suburb in North America. I ate at a couple of chain restaurants, drove around a bit, that's basically ...
Shades Of Grey
... training ship Eagle, the cat bathe and some lighthouses! After 11 hours and approximately 89.7 miles we dropped anchor in Mill Creek just south of the Potomac River at 1828 hours. Speaking of which - how did George get that dollar ...
Cruising Again With Family
... the Bahamas?!! We were prepared to leave as soon as they were aboard for one of our favorite nearby anchorages at Mill Creek off the Great Wicomico River VA. We were finally ready to leave around 1355 hours in light winds NNE ...
Hoh Rain forest and return to Mill Creek
September 3, 2010 Breakfast at the lodgings then drive to Hoh Rain Forest, where it is a sunshine day. We hike and enjoy the rich forest flora. We make a quick stop at Sol duc Hot Springs, but do not linger as we have a time line to catch the ...
Sail from Fishing Bay to Mill Creek Great Wicomico
... to troll across the Bay, but we ended up motoring. It was sunny, dry, pleasant, but very little wind until late in the day, some 10 kts from the NE. We spent a very nice evening in Mill Creek, one of our favorite anchorages. ...
Raring to go...
We're all packed again and ready for another vacation. This time, we're driving to Minnesota to visit family. We loaded the motorcycle and bicycles late this afternoon... and we've got our bags packed, sitting by the door and ready for an ...
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