Welcome to my travel blog.  I’m just reorganizing things so you may find a different look from time to time.  On the top of this page you can access my publishing company Ranger Doug’s Enterprises or jump directly on board my 1899 tugboat, Katahdin.   Directly to the right is an archive beginning in Antarctica in 2004 so scroll away and enjoy!

 

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Abercrombies Camp and the Mother of all Roadtrips

Abercrombies Camp and the Mother of all Roadtrips

These roadtrips are getting onerous but I'm traveling with  Abercrombies Camp..... (explanations to follow).   This one is a three week odyssey of 6000 miles from Tucson to Washington DC, New England and back--and all points in between.   And I've already put in four...

Hood River Tractors &  Historic Hotels (More Roadtrips)

Hood River Tractors & Historic Hotels (More Roadtrips)

Very conveniently located on my new back-roads route from the Ranger Doug Intergalactic Headquarters in Seattle (my warehouse) to Tucson is Hood River, Oregon.  And conveniently located in that town are two good friends whom I've known most of my adult life--John and...

Held Hostage at Pac Fish or How Labor Unions Torpedoed Katahdin

Held Hostage at Pac Fish or How Labor Unions Torpedoed Katahdin

It's been three years since I've hauled the Katahdin so it's time again.  I preferred to haul in Victoria where it's $0.70 on the dollar and lumber is available.  Problem was that the rudder got shoved over hard and locked after a move in the repair yard under the...

Concours d’Elegance and George Whittell Jr.

Concours d’Elegance and George Whittell Jr.

"Competition for Elegance" in loose translation--this time in boats.  After my arrival in Seattle from Alaska, I have several orders of business in California, chiefly observing the Yosemite maps--now laid out on an airport hangar floor. (previous blog)   The timing...