This picture is from my 2008 Kids & Coast trip. I believe this is the only time that a rare fly-and-drive trip included visits with both sons which is at least equally rare. Leg one was a flight to Seattle, WA, where I rented a car then drove to visit my youngest son in nearby Bremerton. That was followed by a drive down the Pacific Coast to San Francisco and a visit with the other son. It all ended with a flight out of SFO. The photo at right is of me, the rental car, and the Chandelier Drive-Thru Tree in Leggett, CA. I selected that as the highlight photo for the journal at trip’s end but found myself questioning that pick as I skimmed the journal in prepping this Peek. There is certainly no shortage of other candidates but picking just one seemed just as daunting today as it must have been sixteen years ago. Driving the Pacific Coast Highway and Columbia River Highway between offspring guided tours of Seattle and San Francisco make this one of the most highlight-packed outings I’ve even experienced.

Trip Peeks are short articles published when my world is too busy or too boring for a current events piece to be completed in time for the Sunday posting. In addition to a photo thumbnail from a completed road trip, each Peek includes a brief description of that photo plus links to the full-sized photo and the associated trip journal.