Category: 2026 Travels
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Eagle Creek Campground, Cascade Locks, OR
This campground, a few miles west of Cascade Locks and run by the US Forest Service, opened in 1916. It was originally intended for car camping so the sites are small and there are no services except for water, trash dumpster and a vault toilet. (Warning: Never take anything into a vault toilet that can…
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Mount St. Helens Visitor Center in Castle Rock, WA
Lawetlat’la, also known as Mount St. Helens, erupted on May 18, 1980 at 8:32 AM local time. It had been 123 years since its last eruption and the scale of the event was immense. The blast flattened or scorched 230 sq. miles of forest, altered 27 lakes and displaced 3.4 billion yards of the mountaintop.…
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Toutle River RV Resort in Castle Rock, WA
After spending the previous three nights at the Holiday Inn in Tukwila waiting for our RV to be serviced at Mercedes Benz of Seattle, we were looking forward to getting back on the road. We booked one night at the Toutle River RV Resort so we could visit the nearby Mount Saint Helens Visitor Center.…
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A “wearing” experience.
Mechanical problems while traveling are never fun, but with a Mercedes Sprinter chassis it can be a challenge to schedule service. Not all Mercedes dealers are set up to service Sprinters, which are much heavier and taller than passenger cars. Service appointments may not be readily available so determining where and when we will be…
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Worlds Largest Egg in Winlock, WA
Winlock is a large egg-producing town and was the second largest egg-producing town in the United States until the 1950s. To celebrate their egg producing status, the town has displayed an egg sculpture since 1923. The current egg is Version 4 and was funded by Vern Zander, chicken hatchery-man in 1993. It’s been repainted several…
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Wolf Haven International in Tenino, WA
This was our second visit to Wolf Haven. The first time was in 2022 during one of our early trips West. We encourage you to read our original post as we don’t have much to add. As a reminder, Wolf Haven has served as a sanctuary for captive-born wolves, wolfdogs, and coyotes since 1982 under…
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Saint Peters Mission Church in Tenino, Washington
We were fortunate that there was a Catholic Church in Tenino that had an 8:00 AM Sunday Mass, early enough to allow us to attend our 11:30 Wolf Haven tour. The alter is behind the partition on the right side. We worshipped with about 40 others. We are looking forward to the Wolf Haven tour…
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American Heritage Campground in Olympia, WA
This was one of our favorite campgrounds on this trip. Sites provide an abundance of privacy and most are nestled between mature trees. American Heritage is a private campground located at 9610 Kimmie St SW in Olympia, Washington. The campground provides full hookup, water and electric RV sites, cabins and tent camping. It has a…
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Wild Horses Monument near Vantage, Washington
This was our second time visiting this sculpture. This time, as before, we were heading toward Wolf Haven in Tenino. The sculpture is the work of Chewelah sculptor David Govedare (1950-2021). He had imagined a 36-foot-tall woven steel basket tipped over by the Great Spirit (AKA Grandfather), to allow the 18 Ponies to run out…
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Pier 4 RV Resort in Moses Lake, WA
We only stayed one night at this campground which is located along Moses Lake, a shallow, natural lake, that was dammed and made deeper in the early 20th century. As you can see from the feature image above the title, the campsite is immediately adjacent to Interstate 90. Road noise from the highway is noticeable.…