July 4th US Independence Day is a big deal down here, and we were ready for a big party, we spent the day, just sitting around the KOA and relaxing a bit while the kids played at the pool, we interacted with our neighbours, Dan and Lori from Vegas and got some directions to our next KOA at Circus Circus in Las Vegas. We exchanged phone numbers and personal info because they want to try and connect in Vegas and they also had plans to come to British Columbia so...

Morning came and everyone was ready to go onto the next leg of the journey, after getting directions from the KOA guy we set out with a list of roads and highways that he told us would lead us right to Lake Tahoe in about three hours. That was at 10:30 am, needless to say by early afternoon we were nowhere near our destination and the GPS's were again not coming up with the same routes. Having driven for over 5 hours we grew increasingly frustrated with the...

The morning brought an amazing view of the beach, even though the marine cloud hung low until about 10:30 the weather was amazing. As the morning ended the sun came out and for us British Columbians who haven't seen much of the Sun this year it was a very welcome sight. The day mainly consisted of the kids riding their bikes, even Taylor got into it making a very brave attempt to ride on 2 wheels for the first time while uncle Roland ran behind her attempting ...

After leaving the KOA in Otis Oregon we continued the trip onto U.S. Hwy 101 (Pacific Coast Highway) south towards our next KOA location at Westport Beach in Mendocino County California. The drive was extremely nice the expected sights and scenery were not disappointing to us, even though the weather was terrible and the rain did not seem to let up. The US 101 highway is certainly not the fastest route but it is definitly the most BEAUTIFUL !!! We had promise...