Adventures
Driving Down the Oregon & California Coast
We left Mapleton, OR around 8am, shrouded in fog. Driving along the Oregon coast, we were in and out of a dense foggy forest for a couple of hours before breaking free to glorious blue skies, sunshine and ocean views. Along the road was Honeyman State Park, one of the first places we ever camped…
Read MoreOld World Gingerbread Village, Mapleton, OR
We departed from Copalis and the incessant cold rain in search of sunshine. And, we found it! Driving down I-5 in Central Oregon the clouds parted and the skies turned blue. It warmed up to 54 degrees, but it seemed alot warmer after four days at the ocean. We spent the night in a Harvest…
Read MoreClam Digging in Copalis, WA
With Karen being newly retired, we had the luxury of leaving on a Sunday morning, very light traffic. We followed Ed & Betty who were traveling in their Winnebago, pulling their truck. The trip to Copalis went smoothly and we arrived at our destination around noon. Upon arrival, we met Ed and Betty’s good friends,…
Read MoreDeception Pass – September 2021
We stayed at Deception Pass from Friday, September 10th to Sunday September 12th. It was an hour and 1/2 drive. We arrived Friday afternoon about 2pm and it took about an hour to set up. On Saturday morning we tested out our Coleman stove for the first time. It worked great, cooked fast and hot,…
Read MoreFarmJam Festival 2021
On September 3, 2021, Labor Day Weekend, we traveled to Colville, WA for the FarmJam Festival. Total travel time was 7 hours, and it was well worth it! Colville is such a beautiful part of the state. FarmJam was very well organized and the music was exceptional! It featured mostly rising stars in the country…
Read MoreOcean Shores, WA
May 14 – 16, 2021, we spent three days at Ocean Shores with Ed & Betty. We followed each other down in sunshine, but as we approached the coast, we could see a blanket of clouds waiting for us. Typical WA coast weather! So even though it was going to be sunny and mid-70s back…
Read MoreFort Casey Again!
For Karen’s birthday weekend, we went back to Fort Casey again, this time with our good friends Ed and Betty. We had site 9 and they had site 10. Both of them were dry sites, no water or shore power, but we had our Jackery! This time it only took 30 minutes to set up…
Read MoreFort Casey – 2nd Outing
Our 2nd outing was spent at beautiful Fort Casey, WA, January 22nd – 24th. The setting was remarkable, right on the water, close to the ferry terminal, with an expansive view of Puget Sound and the Olympic mountains. The weather was a carbon copy of our first outing, clear and cold, never getting above 40…
Read MoreBaby Ruth’s First Outing
We stayed at the Quarry Pond Campground, Deception Pass, WA for our first outing. It was cold, never got above 38 degrees, but it was beautiful. Saturday we went for a long bike ride through the main Deception Pass Campground which was closed for the winter. There were a fair number of people on the…
Read MoreFirst Night in the Trailer
We spent our first night in the trailer on December 4th. We’re still adjusting to the smaller space, and the heater woke us up off and on, but it was a fun first experience.
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