Washington
David & Cathy’s
David and Cathy graciously invited us to visit their home on Bear Lake near Belfair. We enjoyed a weekend of fun conversation while exploring the Olympic Peninsula. We saw so many beautiful new places. Some of our favorites were: Seabeck Lake Cushman Hama Hama Twanoh Tahuya Big Creek Scenic Beach Got some great ideas of…
Read MoreKite Festival, Long Beach, WA, 2022
Ed and Betty invited us to join them at Long Beach for the 2022 International Kite Festival. We stayed at Marv and Terri’s place, on a little inlet, about 20 – 25 minutes from where the festival is held. For Karen and I, it was the first time we experienced the Kite Festival, so many…
Read MoreT-Fest, 2022
Don and Ann invited us to join them once again at their annual T-Fest (Tequila Fest) event at Nine Mile, WA. It’s a family reunion of sorts. Karen dropped me off at Moses Lake, where I joined Don and Jim to play golf at Moses Pointe. Always a fun course to play. And it happened…
Read MoreHome Again!
After nearly 7 weeks on the road, we arrived back home on the 4th of July. What a trip! We saw so many new places and made so many new memories. We traveled 8,218 miles, spent $3,588 in gas and crossed 22 states: Washington Idaho Montana Utah Arizona New Mexico Texas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia…
Read MoreNine Mile Falls, WA
Our last stop on our 2022 cross country trip was where we began on May 20th, at Nine Mile Falls, WA with Don and Ann. Again, we arrived during a thunderstorm, and got set up. We parked in the same spot as last time and got level quickly. Ann was there to greet us and…
Read MoreCooper’s Maiden Voyage
In out first outing with Cooper we traveled to 9 Mile, just north of Spokane, WA. Don and Ann hosted us on their family property. Cooper kept us warm during this unseasonably cool spring. We woke up to 38 degrees on Saturday and I don’t think it ever got above 55 degrees. Don and I…
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…
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