Listen folks, I haven’t posted in a long while. I don’t like to post about disasters like the coronavirus just to get blog hits. It just seems unethical to me. Yet I just previously finished ...
Here we go folks! My shortest post ever! Tracey and I got a free invitation to go zip lining… As I have mentioned before, a lot of the #TourCompanies give us free tickets hoping we will send gu...
https://thetravelingmac.com/2018/06/15/zip-lining-trip-interrupted-by-a-storm-07-13-17/
Well folks, welcome to #TheTravelingMac’s first #FourWheelingAdventure… I have been on a dirt bike before, when I was a kid… But I had never been four wheeling for a whole afternoon… Lets...
https://thetravelingmac.com/2018/06/07/four-wheelen-in-the-alaskan-widerness-07-07-17/
Well folks, I am going to prove to you the healing power of #MotherNature today… Tracey and I were not having a very agreeable day… then we were invited on a #RiverRaftTour with #TalkeetnaRiv...
https://thetravelingmac.com/2018/05/30/floating-down-the-river-thats-the-life-for-me-07-05-17/
So folks, we have already walked up the river, to the bridge that crosses where the #TalkeetnaRiver and #SustinaRiver meet… Thank god for the internet because I wouldn’t remember all of this ...
When it rains, it pours up here folks… Even when it’s #Summer in #Talkeetna, the #borough still has to deal with #ErraticWeather… Especially when it starts #raining for a couple of days… ...
https://thetravelingmac.com/2018/04/09/flood-scare-in-talkeetna-alaska-06-24-17/
Folks, let me warn you… This is going to be a really long post… I have so many amazing pictures, it was so hard to throw any aside… If you look above you will see how popular #TheDenaliBrew...
So folks, after settling into our new home for the #summer, #TheTravelingMac had a few minor fixes he had to perform on #TheMillenniumFalcon… I immediately hit amazon and ordered a new #Compute...
So, we are all set up at our new #CampHost job… We started our jobs at #TheDenaliBrewingCompany which is also known as the #TwisterCreekPub… We only have to walk 5 minutes to work… We have ...
https://thetravelingmac.com/2018/03/28/a-river-runs-through-my-backyard-in-alaska/
So, the sign spelling mix up was addressed right away… And when June came around, Tracey and I were ready to tackle the #CampHostJob… We requested a sign stating the quiet hours just so every...
https://thetravelingmac.com/2018/03/25/how-to-be-a-camp-host-in-talkeetna-alaska-04-15-09-01-17/
Just follow the signs folks and you will be lead to where the Mayor lives! One of the most original mayors in the history of this world! First there was the horse that #Caligula appointed to his ...
Well folks, sorry to do a flash forward on you… I lost some of my #JournalisticIntegrity due to stress and uncertainness… lol.. When we arrived in #Talkeetna,AK we had no where to live… So,...
https://thetravelingmac.com/2018/03/21/our-new-home-as-camp-hosts-in-talkeetna-ak-05-14-05-17/
So #TheTravelingMac, Tracey and #TheMillenniumFalcon woke up in #Alaska for the first time in our lives! And boy did it feel good! We immediately hit the #Tok,Alaska gift shop to check out the Hu...
After a great meal last night… Thanks to #TheTravelingMac’s #campfire cooking skills… lol… and a good nights rest… We were ready to make the leap across the #Alaskan/CanadianBorder…...
Well folks, its going to be hard to match yesterday’s #inspirational #travels… This #RestStop we woke up to was a good start… It was raining out this morning but the sky soon started to cle...
Are you ready for a day full of magic and beauty, folks? After Tracey and I got all of our chores done, we hit the road… We went for a quick grocery shop and filled the tank with gas… The nex...
Folks, are you ready to feel really small? I mean tiny… Well, here ya go… This is what #TheTravelingMac woke up to… Look at #TheMillenniumFalcon sitting humbly before that mighty mountain�...
https://thetravelingmac.com/2018/03/11/alaska-trip-day-22-an-angry-porcupine-in-the-yukon-05-07-17/
Folks, we are definitely in the middle of the #wilderness now… And what a great morning to wake up to… We stayed at a #turn-out by a pond 100 miles before #Iskuit,BC… There was a nip in the...
So, it was a wet one, once again and we were well into the #wilderness by now folks… We woke up in a #turn-off near #Topley,BC in #BritishColumbia,Canada… We planned on driving through BC all...
So, for the first time in The Traveling Mac’s and Tracey’s life, we woke up in Canada… If you look above, you will see the new water heating system mounted to the outside of The Millenni...
We stayed at the #SmokeyPointRestArea,Washington…. It is about a few hours from the #CanadianBorder… So, today was all about getting to that border… #TheTravelingMac was naturally worried a...
So, we woke up in the #SeaTacRestArea on #I-5North with a new water heater and an unclogged drain… We were ready to hit the road once again… We had quite a bit of time to make up but after sp...
Folks, remember when I stated that “when it rains out, it pours?” Well, its pouring! Literally and Figuratively… Tracey and I woke up in the #Walmart parking lot in #Aberdeen,Washington… ...
So last night was an eventful one folks… We found a place to park for the night in #CannonBeach,Oregon at the #WaysideStateParkRestArea… We were completely passed out when I woke up to someon...
Well folks, today started out pretty badly… The water would not drain from the shower, indicating there was a clog somewhere… It took me about 4 hours to figure out the whole problem… Th...
So we woke up for the first time in #Oregon… I have always wanted to live in Oregon… It just seems like the type of state I would like to reside in… We stayed at #RockyPointCountyPark in #B...
Wow! What a storm last night! We were rocking and swaying… And it was because of the wind folks… lol… That’s the great thing about #TheMillenniumFalcon… When it’s windy out, you don�...
We woke up at the #FrancisBMathewsRestArea… Say that three times fast… We dumped and then refilled the 40 gallon water tank… Tracey had to hold the water button down… What a great #RestAr...
So we stayed at the #SacrementoRiverRVResort… It took me a while to get to working on #TheMillenniumFalcon… I was just so exhausted and confused by our new predicament… The reason we stayed...
Another gorgeous morning as #TheTravelingMac woke up in the pretty #MossCoveRestArea to the sound of a mighty #creek… I sleep so amazingly when I park next to a river or creek… And after a lo...
How can you not be happy waking up to this above? I mean really… It was a gorgeous morning… A nice breeze blowing, sun shining… We did expect rain today, so we were happy to wake up to this...
We woke up in #Hollister,CA to a gloomy yet gorgeous morning… At least it wasn’t raining out… We could have stayed at the #RVResort a few yards down the road but on a trip where any number ...
So we woke up to see this pretty impressive rest stop… It was a gloomy day… Tracey checked the weather report and it looked like we were going to see rain for the next week of #travels… Tha...
https://thetravelingmac.com/2018/01/29/alaska-trip-day-3-a-rainy-day-passing-thru-monterey-04-17-17/
Well folks, #DeathValley is a great place to go for the winter if you like warm dry weather… But every paradise has its set backs… The #Desert’s set back is definitely #SandStorms…. Trace...
Well, here we are folks!! At #DisneyLand,California… And these ducks were one of the first things you see when you enter the park… So cute… After 2 years on the road, #TheTravelingMac was f...
Well folks, I tried to get a good picture of this little fellow who was one of #TheTravelingMac’s best friends at #StovepipeWellsVillage…. I had never heard of a #ChickenHawk before… And fo...
There was this little rain drop named ‘loofy’ who lived up in the clouds, with no worry in mind… He was content and he had many friends… For there was no fighting or conflicts allowed up ...
It was one of those days folks… It didn’t’ start out good when I woke up late and was supposed to go on a hike with Trey… Also, I wasn’t feeling too great… I almost canceled all toget...
https://thetravelingmac.com/2018/01/18/the-path-of-the-ravens-spirit-at-sidewinders-canyon-01-16-17/
Folks, what’s more exciting to see in #DeathValley than a #GhostTown? These little towns popped up where gold or precious ores were found… Enough #miners would show up in one area for the #Go...
https://thetravelingmac.com/2018/01/14/a-desert-storm-in-a-ghost-town-called-ballart-01-10-17/
A pretty damn festive picture for the desert, don’t you think? I can’t believe I am in 60 degree weather, in #TheMillenniumFalcon and looking at snow on Christmas morning… I would have neve...
https://thetravelingmac.com/2018/01/12/merry-christmas-from-the-desert-12-25-16/
Folks, there is nothing that can catapult #TheTravelingMac into the #HolidaySpirit more than a #ChristmasLightingCompetition! It’s the perfect scenario! If we win, we have all of our #decoratio...
Well folks, being a huge fan of the #ChristmasHolidays, I can’t resist showing you a few houses in #Parhump,Nevada that were extra special… I of course was also driving around doing a little ...
https://thetravelingmac.com/2018/01/10/christmas-lights-in-the-desert-12-09-16/
Well folks, we settled into our new/old job pretty quickly… And Halloween was right around the corner… #TheTravelingMac and Tracey have already been to a horror double feature at the Drive-in...
Well, it wasn’t a good end to the trip… We parked at the last location, behind the gas station where #ClarkGriswold rips his own license plate off… We arrived late at night, so I figured we...
https://thetravelingmac.com/2018/01/07/heading-back-to-death-valley-reality-10-07-10-17-16/
National Lampoons Vacation Tour Day 5… And the final day of the tour folks! We woke up in a beautiful rest area… With the #NavajoIndians selling their trinkets and just yards away from some h...
National Lampoons Vacation Tour Day Four folks… We woke up to a beautiful site this morning… It was an impressive #RestArea which honored #TheSleepingUteMountain… Now I thought this was the...
National Lampoon’s Vacation Tour Day 3 folks… We stayed at a truck stop which was behind a #Love’sGasStation… Nothing special… Very noisy with all kinds of trucks pulling in and out… ...
National Lampoon’s Vacation Tour Day 2, folks! We parked #TheMillenniumFalcon on a county road in #RockyFord,CO for the night… It was quite the rough ride to get out here… We were supposed ...
Oh yeah folks!!! It’s #NationalLampoonsVacationTour Day!!! We camped in a really nice, very large #FortZarahRestStop in #GreatBend,KS… It was more like a park where you could stay overnight�...
https://thetravelingmac.com/2017/12/23/day-1-national-lampoons-vacation-tour-dodge-city-10-02-16/
Folks, I make a good, sturdy TinMan, don’t I? My big head fits the role so well… And here’s my Dorothy… I wish we had a toto for this picture… Oh there he is and he seems to love Mexica...