Washington
Camp 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 MoreSteamboat Rock
We left for Steamboat Rock State Park on a Friday and rain was in the forecast for the next few days. It was raining hard when we left, but as soon as we crossed over the cascades into Eastern Washington it was dry and it stayed that way for the rest of the trip. Steamboat…
Read MoreHome Again, Again.
In Roseburg, at the Freed Winery, we woke up to very heavy fog that had iced over everything. So we carefully made our way to I-5 and were in and out of fog for the next hour or so, knowing that if things went as planned we would be home today, on St. Patrick’s day!…
Read MoreHoneyman State Park, Oregon
Forty-five years ago, Karen and I tent camped at Honeyman State Park near Florence, OR before we were married. It was the first stop on our way to Disneyland and San Diego in my 1977 Toyota Celica. And, we hadn’t been back since, until now! Our drive down was cold with heavy rain until we…
Read MoreFort Casey, January 2023
Fort Casey again? Yes, two months in a row! With our Senior Winter Pass, it’s only $10/day for a site with electrical through April 30, so we’re taking advantage. We stayed three nights, Sunday – Wednesday. This time we went with Ed & Betty, and two of their long-time friends, Jim and Deb. We were…
Read MoreFort Casey, December 2022
There was still 4 or 5 inches of snow on the ground when we left our home on December 5th, headed to Fort Casey for the third time. We had 7 inches on Tuesday, November 29th, then 3 more inches on Friday, December 2nd. Not much had melted since we had sub-freezing temperatures most of…
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