https://calderescapes.com The Calder's Global Travels Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:08:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://calderescapes.com/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-ce-site-icon-32x32.png https://calderescapes.com 32 32 https://calderescapes.com/posts/family-visits-reno-bc/ Sat, 30 May 2026 23:06:53 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=83696 May 30th, 2026 After a pleasant nearly 8 hour drive, we made it the 730 km / 454 mi to Reno today. Doug had booked us a week in a suite at the Plaza Resort with a king bed, some kitchen facilities, a couch, dining table and huge bathroom. It’s an older, dated building with […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/we-return-to-the-us/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:33:19 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=79555 August 25th, 2025 GAS: $3.27 a gallon in WA; $3.54; in OR $3.32 9 (cheapest); in NV $3.23 (cheapest) After crossing the border where we only got asked ONE question, we drove on to Bellingham and filled up the gas tank at the Bellingham Costco before heading into Seattle on the I-5 shortly after 9AM. […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/onward-to-the-canadian-border/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:54:22 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=79101 June 30th, 2025 Enjoy a short read for a change! 😉 We have done the drive from Las Vegas, Nevada to Salt Lake City, Utah many times in our lives since we lived in Salt Lake City for four years before retiring and would go to “Vegas” a couple of times a year. The drive […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/washington-state-visit-2024/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 19:36:14 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=68761 July 9th, 2024 GAS:  In WA we paid $3.66 average After a quick border crossing into Washington State using our NEXUS cards, we made our way to the city of Bellingham to get cheap gas and do a bit of shopping for new glasses for Doug at Costco.  As they have a 7-10 day wait […]]]>