Follow the adventures of Andrea and Randy Goodell as they retire, leave the Rat Race, move to Tomar, Portugal, and continue to explore the world.
August 7 – 9, 2020 After our time in Seattle we continued heading south a bit to Kent, WA. We wanted to get south of Seattle to better explore Mt. Ranier National Park and the surrounding area. It was only about a 1 1/2 hour drive from the Lynnwood suburb of Seattle to Kent, so …
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August 5 – 7,2020 Today we headed just a bit south to get to Lynwood, WA, a suburb of Seattle. We actually stayed in a hotel for a couple of nights as Tin Tin (our RV) is due for some scheduled maintenance work. We had made an appointment with a local Mercedes Benz dealer to …
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August 2 – 5, 2020 We continue heading west to the Seattle, WA area. We have found a space in the Burlington KOA, about 60 miles north of Seattle. We want to see the North Cascades National Park and the surrounding area. As we head Tin Tin (our RV) west along I-90 from Spokane, we …
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July 31 – Aug. 2, 2020 After our interesting tour of the silver mine in Wallace, ID, it was time to keep heading west a bit into the State of Washington. We wanted to visit several places in this beautiful state. We started out with Spokane and added another state to Tin Tin’s (our RV) …
July 29 – 30, 2020 After our great time in Glacier National Park, it was off to pick up another state on Tin Tin’s (our RV) map. We headed to the great state of Idaho and stayed in the town of Osburn. We specifically went to this little town to explore the Sierra Silver Mine, …
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July 25 – 29, 2020 It is our last full day at Glacier National Park. However, we have only seen one glacier (that we know of) so far. We saw Jackson Glacier yesterday. It was clearly marked on a map and was an over look site on Going to the Sun Road. Now, silly me. …
July 25 – 29, 2020 Today we picked up our rental car from Enterprise Rent a Car. As Tin Tin (our RV) is too big (over 21 feet long) to drive the entire Going to the Sun Road, we needed a smaller vehicle in order to drive this incredibly scenic road. It truly is the …
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July 25 – 29, 2020 Columbia Falls and Glacier National Park are only about 60 miles south of the Canadian border. As Andrea has never seen Canada; we thought it would be a nice drive to head north a bit and at least see Canada even though they won’t allow us to enter. Some silly …
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July 25 – 29,2020 We arrived in Columbia Falls, MT after a spectacular drive through the Swan Mountain Range on Highway 2 from Missoula, MT. We are in the big time mountains now with elevations reaching 9,000 feet then descending down to 3,000 feet to get into Columbia Falls. Quite a spectacular drive. We made …
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July 23 – 24,2020 We left Medora, ND heading west again to get to Glacier National Park. This will take a couple of legs, as it is quite a distance. First step is to cross the border from North Dakota into Montana. Yippee! This is the first time either of us have been in Montana. …
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Andrea and Randy Goodell explore Europe, Asia, United States, the Caribbean, and then move to Portugal!