A sampling of interesting restaurants.
After Disneyland, we crossed over to Disney California Adventure with Halloween decorations.
We hadn’t done the Bakery Tour before, so did it this time:
We also noticed a NPS-style Ornament Valley sign we hadn’t seen before:
Grizzly Peak:
Waterfall:
Watching people on the Grizzy Peak ride:
Halloween decorations:
We went to Magic Key Terrace for dinner:
Cars Land neon:
We visited Disneyland with Halloween and 70th anniversary celebration decorations.
Train station:
Marching band:
Daisy Duck:
Trolly:
Goofy:
A selfie in front of the castle:
We did the Pirates ride:
Lunch:
Jungle Cruise ride:
Falcon:
Chewy:
Castle:
Jenn’s teacup giggles:
Fire engine:
Disneyland had an “interactive park experience” called “Key to Disneyland”, where you buy a big plastic key, go around several locations in the park, and stick the key into keyholes, to unlock lights on the key, and ultimately unlock a secret compartment on the key, with a special collectable pin inside. Jenn loves collecting things, so was keen to do it:
The unlocked special pin:
Disneyland 70th anniversary:
Back to our regular posts….
We drove our coach 225 miles, about five hours of driving, from Paicines to Bakersfield, California.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading southeast:
An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
Didn’t see any of the wild pigs:
Narrow bridge in the campground:
Tres Pinos:
San Luis Reservoir:
Petro lunch stop:
BK for lunch:
Joining I-5 South:
Closed rest area:
Next one was open, though:
Classic BMWs:
Exit to Bakersfield:
Bakersfield Auto Mall:
Arriving at the KOA:
KOA check in:
Guided to our site:
A summary of food- and restaurant-related posts in 2025.
Again, you can also see the attractions from 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021. And you can see all of the attraction-related blog posts via the exploring category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top, or more specifically the food category (with earliest or latest posts at the top)
Suomi Home Bakery & Restaurant:
Tasty stuff.
The second of the two games we attended of the Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Dodgers at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.
Mister Softee:
Ice cream nachos:
View from our seats:
Play ball:
Sushi and pizza:
Clayton Kershaw retiring:
Removing the rubber for Kershaw:
We stayed a night in a Seattle hotel and attended two games of the Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Dodgers at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.
Edgar’s Cantina:
Nachos:
Grasshoppers:
Jenn with a grasshopper (yes, we ate several; tastes kinda nutty):
Selfie from our seats (mustaches were a meme with the team, with most players growing them; Jenn got some, but forgot them at home, and a nice lady at the entrance gate gave her one):
View from our seats:
Jenn with her shiny jacket:
The Mariner Moose:
Seize the Moment:
Play ball:
The ballpark captures photos and GIFs of everyone’s seats:
We drove our coach 186 miles, about three hours of driving, from Custer, South Dakota to Buffalo, Wyoming.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:
An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
Custer:
Bighorn Sheep Crossing:
6% grade:
Welcome to Wyoming:
Fun with zoom:
Ordering sandwiches for lunch at Heidi’s deli inside Coffee Cup Fuel Stop in Moorcroft:
Back to our coach:
Our step wasn’t working (an ongoing issue):
Lunch:
A Starlink dish on the roof of a trailer… hopefully well-secured, but not very aerodynamic:
Narrow roadworks:
Buffalo:
Fuel stop:
Filling DEF:
Arriving at Buffalo KOA:
Our site:
We stayed at Mitchell KOA Journey in Mitchell, South Dakota. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A convenient stop on our journey west. Our second stay here (see that post for more pictures). It was for sale last time, now under new management, with some welcome improvements.
Dates:
Weather:
Noise:
Site:
Utilities:
Internet (in usage priority order):
Amenities:
See our previous review on Campground Reviews.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site; very narrow, but fine for one night:
Some frozen pizza options mentioned on the check-in counter; we love not having to cook on a travel day, so picked up a “Mac n’ Cheese Louise” pizza:
Pre-cooking:
It was interesting and tasty, and most welcome on a long travel day.
Our second stay here, and we’d be happy to stay again.
We stayed at Hancock City Park in Hancock, Michigan. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A nice waterfront(ish) site in a city park in the UP.
Dates:
Weather:
Noise:
Site:
Utilities:
Internet (in usage priority order):
Amenities:
Our review on Campground Reviews:
Great basecamp for UP adventures
We stayed here for a week to explore Isle Royale NP and the UP and would happily stay here again; there’s just so much to do in the area. Our site was a back-in with a view over Portage Lake, and it was nice to watch the boats going out. This site had 50A electric, but no other utilities. Potable water and a dump station were conveniently near the exit. The site was spacious, which was nice, even if it did invite people to take a shortcut through it from the walking path. We camped at Hancock City Park in a Motorhome.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site:
Been a while since we used the griddle… and haven’t used it since:
No water or sewer at our site, so I filled the water bladder at the dump station:
Pumping water from the bladder into the coach:
And pumping the black and gray tanks into the tote in the truck:
Dumping from the tote:
There was a path to the beach next to our site:
The beach:
We dipped our toes in Lake Superior:
Ranger III going by; the boat to Isle Royale (but we took a float plane instead, much faster):
A sailboat:
We tried Culver’s for the first time; perhaps overly friendly staff, but tasty food:
We would have preferred site 48; nicely tucked away, with no neighbors, and water view on the passenger side:
Site 53 would also be good; obviously set up as a front-in site (despite being mostly occupied by trailers awkwardly fronting in most of the time):
Other sites:
Tent site:
Check in office:
Playground:
Boat parking area:
Boat launch:
We’d be happy to stay here again (preferably in site 48 or 53, but site 55 was next best).
