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Month: June, 2026

Day 7 – Fortuna to San Francisco

Big day today. I’ve got about 6 hours of driving with stops along the way so I’m up early. This might be a little less verbose today. I needed to do some laundry first so I got that started and the motel provides breakfast. Nothing like motel pancakes! Nothing. Absolutely nothing like them. Especially machine […]

Day 6 – Crescent City to Fortuna

Ahhh back in the redwoods. It’s been too long. Good Morning California! I’m in you! This morning’s Ask ChatGPT, “What’s the best breakfast burrito in Crescent City?” Aztec Grill, eh? That’s across the street inside that Jacksons Market?! Jacksons Market being like a 7-Eleven. Weird, but awesome! No burrito photo but chose your soda size. […]

Day 5 – Tillamook, Oregon to Crescent City, California

Oooo look, one of the survivors from the XPan rolls! I’m glad one of these came out actually. This is a log processing area in Coos Bay, Oregon. More on that later. Today’s drive was not fun. I was tired of not being south of Portland yet so I said I’d try to get across […]

Day 4 – Astoria to Tillamook

Good morning! First things first. Breakfast. “Ask ChatGPT. What’s the best breakfast burrito in Astoria, Oregon that is currently open?” Turns out ChatGPT is a life changer on a road trip. It was at this point I discovered I could be in the absolute middle of nowhere and ask ChatGPT what sights there are to […]

Day 3 – Portland to Astoria

After a wonderful night of sleep in the upstairs Air BNB guest room, Sean and I walked to get some breakfast. Fantastic food and I actually didn’t want to leave Portland today to be honest. Next time will be a few nights to explore more. At least it’s in a days drive. I brought my […]

Day 2 – Portlandia

Current time line interjection… See that? I brought my XPan along on my trip and shot 13 rolls of film! 13! One of the main points of this trip was for it to be a photo adventure to take loads of film pictures. I went out of my way so many times to get panoramic […]

Day 1 – Away We Go…

It’s been about five years since I’ve had time off so it’s my turn to change that. Since I’ve set aside a whole month to do this my thought was if I saw something that piqued my interest, just stop, take a picture, and just enjoy. You have plenty of time. Turn that car around […]

The All-American West Coast Road Trip

3000+ miles later. As The Proclaimers didn’t once say.I would drive five hundred milesAnd then I would drive five hundred moreThen I would even drive five hundred miles againAnd then I would again drive five hundred moreThen again tag on another five hundred milesThen I would have to drive five hundred+ moreJust to be the […]