Travel Beginning

It is nice to see people are beginning to travel once again. So much getting a new passport is going to take some time.

I am right now in the planning stage to travel myself. I hope to go Canada in the fall. I most likely go to British Columbia. Like most places a lot to see.

Next year I will go to Quebec where my sister lives. Her son Ken lives in Montreal. Has been a lot of things to see.

Stay tuned because I will write about the places I will go before arriving. 

This shot I took in my car going down in Gig Harbor Washington. Looking out toward Vashon Island on the left. Only get to Vashon by boat or ferry. 

hey there

I am sorry I haven't posted much here,
however, I plan to post here most often.
Be sure to check my other two google
sites about lookatlifepurpose and my
sports site as well.

I hope to be able to travel around the

USA at some point this year when the

virus calms down. 

I have been some around my home

state of Washington in the past year.

All in the western half of the state.

Primarily I get to many places within

two hours of driving so I can visit 

the places in a day and go home.

Let you know you can visit me on

both instagram and facebook just

do a search for herb nightingale.

So far I have put pictures on Instagram

however planning to do so on Facebook

as well. I plan to have a group site for

everyone on both sites when I am traveling

on a regular basis. I will give you link 

here and also on my website herbnightingale.com.

You can actually view a blog of mine on 

that site as well.

Another thing I plan on doing here is to

tell a bit of the history of the places I am

visiting. I think it is a good idea people

know a bit of the places I am visiting.

Anyway thanks for visiting here and I

hope someday I will run into in some

town or city. We can sit down for coffee

or team and chat.

Thanks enjoy your travels. 

Travel in 2021

I am looking forward to do some traveling
in 2021. I hoping the vaccine will take place
soon. Until I do I will be looking to do more
traveling around my home state of Washington.

I know there will be some who won't want to

take the vaccine. I know the decision won't be

easy and everyone should have the choice to

or not to take the vaccine.

The problem though there will be those who

will make the decision for us. There is a good

chance if you want to travel especially out of

the USA or your home country. Passports or 

countries likely will require proof of taking

the vaccine.

The trouble I have with that is taking the choice

out of the hands of people. Even the bigger 

problem is some people will have trouble taking

the vaccine. Other words, they may have bad

reaction from the vaccine. Should those people

be banned from traveling.

On Tuesday this week I took a drive south down

toward Mt. Saint Helens I didn't drive all the way

to the mountain. In fact, I wasn't able to see the

mountain. Not sure whether it because it was a

cloudy day.

The visitor center near by the Toutle River was

closed. Even if it had been opened I wasn't really

impressed. I thought they would have a better 

center than that. When opened could have good

information for visitors, however, I didn't think

this would be the case.

I didn't take any pictures  in the area. I hope to

next time I go down to that area. Interstate 5 

doesn't have the exit very clear so you would

want to take exit 49 at Castle Rock then head

east. Information on my phone says it is about

1 hour 40 minute drive to Mt. Saint Helen's.

My next I am going north on highway 16 where

I live in Gig Harbor Washing for Port Angeles

Washington. It is about a 90 minute drive. I am 

planning go to Crescent Bay. I have never been

there though I have been to Port Angeles quite

a few times. 

Crescent Bay is only a few minutes West from

Port Angeles. I am told you can see Victoria 

British Columbia on a nice day. I will let you

know whether that is true. Also, you can visit

Crescent Lake which is a beautiful lake about

20 miles going west. It is near the beginning

of Olympic National Park. Nice drive going

along the lake. 

                                                 Lake Crescent

Tuesday Washington Coast

On Tuesday I took a trip to Ocean Shores well as
Pacific Beach and Moclips. All three spots are
within a few miles of each other.

The weather I have to say wasn't the greatest.

I only saw a few cars at each spot as well.

Other words November isn't the greatest time

to go.

At Ocean Shores there is several hotels and they

looked like they did have some occupancy but

I am sure nothing like in the spring and summer

time. 

This year with Covid-19 they haven't had a lot

of people coming for vacation either. It is a good

spot to see the waves go in the Pacific Ocean.

The weather was alright on the way to the coast

but arriving it was windy at Ocean Shores. So a

bit cold for sure. Heading to Pacific Beach the

rain came down hard along with some hail.

Ocean Shores is about a three hour drive from 

Seattle. You start by heading south on Interstate

5 take the Olympia exit to highway 101. The 

highway turns into 12. At Hoquiam take highway

119.  It takes about a half-hour to Ocean Shores.

You can get on highway 101 as well in Hoquiam. 

You go further north heading to the Hoh River.

It is about an hour drive before Fork, Washington.

There are other beaches you can stop at as well

on the way too. Nice place to visit but I would say

better when the weather warms up. 

Just An Update

I haven't traveled anywhere in the area for the
last three weeks almost. Going to Mt. Rainier
was my last trip.

Right now I plan to take a trip to the Washington

coast either next week or the week after that. It

may depend on the weather too

I don't recall ever going to the coast this time

of the year. Usually went during the summer.

The Olympic National Park and Forest is near

the Washington coast. When I was in high

school every year in boy scouts we took a 

50-mile hike in August in the Olympics.

I remember having sore feet and being very

tired at the end of the trip. The food wasn't

great either but the time with friends was the

best. 

Often it would rain for a day or two. So always

had a couple extra days planned to finish the

hike. 

When it rained we would stay and play cards or

just have fun where we were at.

The Olympics is a really fun place to visit even

if you don't want to hike.

Enjoy your travel wherever you go. Thanks for

stopping by. 

Visit to Mount Rainier

Today I went to Mount Rainier. I believe this is the
first time in October unless I was small and don't
remember.

It looked like it snowed on Monday when we had
rain here in Gig Harbor.

There are some nice places to see on the way to the
mountain The Inn at Paradise was closed well
visitor center. Most of the people I saw were out
hiking. Some may have spent the day skiing or
snow shoeing. I went snow shoeing quite a few
years ago with my brothers and sister-in-law
it was a very good time.

                                                     Creak coming down from Mt. Rainier

                                                       Woods in Mt. Rainier National Park

                                                     Rocky Point Lake near Mt. Rainier

                                                    Trees by Laker Alder near Mt. Rainier

                                                                   Mt. Rainier 

                                                      Myself at Paradise in Mt Rainier

                                                     Mt. Rainier with a little cloud cover

Visiting Memories

 

  

                                        Home baseball field when I played little league baseball.                                

                                       Pt Defiance in the background coming from East Gig Harbor

                                         This is looking toward Vashon from East Gig Harbor Washington. 

                                                    Last week this was all smoke and fog