Singin' One's Journeys
Travels of soprano, author, music lecturer and road explorer Randye Jones
Singin' One's Journeys

Day: June 3, 2014

Day 10: Talk about Big Trees!

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Got RB all squared away, then we completed the trip towards Redwood National Park.  The sign leaving Oregon looked more welcoming than the one we passed on arrival.  I actually stopped to get pictures of the California welcome sign.  This is far from my first visit to the state, but I’d always flown in before,…

Day 9: Heading South(west)

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Sunday morning. Before leaving the Portland area, I went to a Missouri Synod Lutheran church to worship. On one hand, it was wonderful to be able to sing very familiar hymns and to be able to sing as I have been unable to do in a while. On the other, it was a curious thing…

Day 8: When It Rainier(s), It Pours

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Saturday morning, but I got off to an early start in the hope of beating the crowd into Mt. Rainier National Park.  First things, first, though.  I discovered you don’t enter one of these parks low on gas.  There’s usually no gas station inside, and you can potentially be miles away from one.  So, I…

Day 7: From Olympia towards Rainier

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Got off to a later-than-usual start.  What the heck, I’m on vacation, aren’t I?! Any way, I decided to try to get in two national parks that day since both were near the Seattle area (greedy state–four national parks?!?).  Really, the plan was to see one and complete the drive to the other so I…