Travels With Spike Blog Posts* August 29, 2015 D-DAY LANDING BEACHES – NORMANDY, FRANCEThere are few greater historical moments that fill August 26, 2015 LUXEMBOURG’S CASTLE RUINSLuxembourg is a pretty little country lodged between August 24, 2015 MOUNT ST HELENS, WASHINGTONThe eruption of Mount St Helens is the August 24, 2015 DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARKDeath Valley National Park is different, probably unlike August 16, 2015 AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDSThe Netherlands is a great country steeped in August 11, 2015 THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DIEPPEPopular with the “beautiful and rich” Parisians of August 11, 2015 RHINE RIVER VALLEY, GERMANYThe Rhine River is one of Europe’s most July 23, 2015 ZION AND BRYCE NATIONAL PARKS, UTAHZion National Park, in southern Utah, is probably July 11, 2015 C0STA BRAVA – NOTHING BETTER THAN SUMMER IN SPAINWe went to Spain for a month every June 2, 2015 OJAI, CALIFORNIAOjai, California is a wild and organic place June 1, 2015 SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, LOS ANGELESThe San Gabriel mountains north of Los Angeles, June 1, 2015 PLETTENBERG BAY AND KNYSNA, SOUTH AFRICAPlettenberg Bay and Knysna are towns on South June 1, 2015 PORT ALFRED, SOUTH AFRICAPort Alfred, on the Eastern Cape Coast of June 1, 2015 EAST LONDON, SOUTH AFRICAEast London on the Sunshine Coast. A look June 1, 2015 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICAJohannesburg is South Africa’s business capital. It is May 30, 2015 ROAD TRIP ACROSS THE USATraveling across the USA from Oregon to New May 25, 2015 OREGON COAST DOWN TO SAN FRANCISCOWe road-tripped the Oregon/California coast a few times. May 23, 2015 MOUNT SHASTA, LAVA BEDS AND MEDICINE LAKE, CALIFORNIANative American tribes from this region of the May 23, 2015 JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIAThe most interesting thing for us here was May 23, 2015 TEMECULA, CALIFORNIATemecula is Southern California’s premier wine region given May 20, 2015 IDYLLWILD, CALIFORNIAIdyllwild is a peaceful, very dog-friendly little town May 19, 2015 PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIAWe have always enjoyed trips to Palm Springs, May 17, 2015 MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIAMammoth Mountain in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains May 17, 2015 BIG BEAR LAKE AND LAKE ARROWHEAD, CALIFORNIABig Bear Lake and Lake Arrowhead and popular May 11, 2015 CRATER LAKE, OREGONIf you can detour anywhere near the center May 11, 2015 GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONAThe Grand Canyon is a place of Spiritual May 11, 2015 YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIAYosemite National Park, in the Californian Sierra Nevada May 11, 2015 NAPA VALLEY, CALIFORNIANapa Valley, located north of San Francisco, is May 10, 2015 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIASan Francisco, California is a vibrant, bustling city May 10, 2015 LAKE ISABELLA, CALIFORNIABetween the Californian Central Valley and the Southern May 10, 2015 MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIFORNIAManhattan Beach, little bubble of opulence that it May 3, 2015 HOOD RIVER AND THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, OREGONHood River is a vibey place, more bo-ho May 3, 2015 SAN SIMEON, CALIFORNIAHearst’s Castle, about 3 hours north of Los April 26, 2015 OOSTENDE, BELGIUM COASTOostende (the Flemish spelling) is a resort and April 26, 2015 NENDAZ, SWISS ALPSDogs don’t usually go to ski resorts because April 26, 2015 AFSLUITDIJKThe Afsluitdijk is a marvel of Dutch engineering April 17, 2015 WADDEN ISLANDSThe Wadden Islands (or Frisian Islands) are a April 15, 2015 DUTCH BEACHESDutch beaches are fun for people and dogs. April 12, 2015 FRIESLANDThe Province of Friesland (now referred to as April 11, 2015 LIVING IN LEIDERDORP, THE NETHERLANDSOur next home in the Netherlands, after Hillegom April 11, 2015 DURBUY – WORLD’S SMALLEST TOWNThis little gem of a Belgium town on April 2, 2015 A LITTLE NEW JERSEYWe lived in Millburn, NJ for 3 years March 30, 2015 LIBLARER SEE, GERMANYIn the region of Germany called North Rhine-Westphalia March 9, 2015 TODTMOOS, BLACK FOREST GERMANYThe Black Forest (Schwarzwald) lies in a sparsely March 8, 2015 THE BELGIAN ARDENNESThe cheerful town of La Roche is found March 8, 2015 BRUGGE IS MEDIEVAL BELGIUM AT ITS BESTIt was so hot when we visited Brugge, March 1, 2015 DRIELANDENPUNTDrielandenpunt is the point where the Netherlands, Belgium, March 1, 2015 THE DUTCH SEA LAND (ZEELAND)Since time immemorial the Dutch have battled the February 26, 2015 MEDIEVAL, WORN TORN NORTH-WEST FRANCEWe spent a few days exploring this vastly February 16, 2015 WINTER BEACHESWe had never experienced a place that got Share this:FacebookX
August 29, 2015 D-DAY LANDING BEACHES – NORMANDY, FRANCEThere are few greater historical moments that fill
May 25, 2015 OREGON COAST DOWN TO SAN FRANCISCOWe road-tripped the Oregon/California coast a few times.
May 23, 2015 MOUNT SHASTA, LAVA BEDS AND MEDICINE LAKE, CALIFORNIANative American tribes from this region of the
May 17, 2015 BIG BEAR LAKE AND LAKE ARROWHEAD, CALIFORNIABig Bear Lake and Lake Arrowhead and popular
May 11, 2015 YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIAYosemite National Park, in the Californian Sierra Nevada
