Adventures
Home Again – To Missouri and Back
After six weeks on the road, March 18 – April 27, it felt good to be back in Washington, and back home. We had some amazing adventures, overcame some challenges but overall felt blessed by the opportunity to have those experiences and make some new memories. The big highlights were visiting Melissa and her family,…
Read MoreCamp David, Labor Day Weekend
We spent an extended four day Labor Day weekend at David and Cathy’s near Belfair, WA. We camped alongside their home, so we called it Camp David. They hosted a fun party with family and friends on Sunday, which included some delicious food and interesting conversation. Dick and I reminisced about the old Seattle Times…
Read MoreKOA, Pasco, WA – Again!
We drove to Pasco to have our trailer worked on by Broadmoore RV, the place we purchased our rig from. It was a quick overnight stay so they could handle the three recalls on our unit, the solar panels, the coupler and the spare tire assembly. The solar panels had screws that were backing out…
Read MoreDeception Pass, July 2023
We camped at Deception Pass State Park, from Friday, 7/28 to Monday 7/31. This campsite was strategically close to Anacortes where our nephew Eric and Taylor’s wedding took place on Saturday. When we arrived at the state park, we instantly donned our sweat shirts to handle the 67 degree weather! It was refreshing after the…
Read MoreHome Sweet Home
For the last leg of our Missouri trip, we made the relatively short drive from Pasco, WA to our home in Edmonds. By the Numbers To summarize our trip, we left on June 19th and returned on July 25th, 37 days, a little over five weeks. Eighteen days of that time was spent with Melissa…
Read MoreKOA, Pasco, WA
We drove from West Point, Idaho to Pasco, Washington and stayed at a KOA campground right next-door to Broadmoor RV where we bought Minnie Cooper. We paid them a visit and we were enamored with a 21 foot version of our trailer that they had on sale as a manager’s special. It had a larger…
Read MoreSchneiters Bluff Golf Course, West Point, Utah
We arrived at Schneiters Bluff golf course and were greeted with record breaking heat, 105°, our seventh day in a row of 100° plus. This was our second time staying at this Harvest Host location, and for good reason. This quaint little course has a family, friendly vibe, accentuated by the number of kids learning…
Read MoreMoab, Utah
After two wonderful days in Aspen, we packed up and headed for Moab, Utah. All we can say is, HOT! 102°! This makes three days in a row of 100°+ weather, after several days of highs in the upper 90’s. After getting set up at the KOA, our first stop was the pool. We also…
Read MoreAspen, Colorado
We took a picturesque drive from Canon City to Carbondale, Colorado, mostly through remote mountainous regions altitudes of 6,000 to 10,000 feet. We stayed at the Gateway RV Park in Carbondale and backed into our tight, but adequate, RV spot on a cliff above the Rio Grande river. We immediately noticed the signs that read,…
Read MoreFuller Farms – Severy, Kansas
We left Melissa and Mark’s family with heavy hearts, but knowing we had a wonderful stay. Our first stop on the way home was Fuller Farms near Eureka, Kansas, a Harvest Host location. We felt right at home with their free range chickens, geese, dogs, cats, sheep and a giant thunderstorm that blew in right…
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