Today we completed the final stretch of our planned retirement trip. This doesn’t mean that we are done traveling, just that we are slowing down and won’t be moving through places as fast. We left the cute little town of Cle Elum, Washington (burial place of Douglas Monroe for you Coastie trivia/history fans) and headed […]
Visiting the Pacific Northwest has been like coming home for us in many ways. It was the first place we lived as adults out on our own, and the first place we put down some roots and made adult lasting memories. While here I made my first civilian AND military spouse friend, Shon. I didn’t
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It is September, so that means that kids are back in school all over. This is the time homeschoolers enjoy field trips! We headed to the WA side of the Bonneville Lock & Dam to learn how the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) is using the Columbia River to generate power for the area. The
We had a one night stop on our way to White Salmon, WA and found Anelare Winery as a free place to stay with our Harvest Host membership. The winery was lots of fun and we all LOVED the pizza they offered as a pairing. Our membership suggests that you spend $20 at the businesses
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Our 12 year old awning has decided that it is done with life and started pulling apart this week. We began debating on the next step forward – order a new awning or just tape this one together. We had awning repair tape handy, so decided to repair while continuing to debate the pros/cons and
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From the get-go we have had tire problems. Luckily we were prepared for those with two spares and a great air compressor. However, the day finally arrived where we needed to do more. While pulling in to our current campground in Idaho, I noticed a bald patch on one of our trailer tires. We had
We are in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada for the next few days and the top item on our activity list was to hike to at least one of the local tea houses. We chose to head to the Plain of Six Glaciers tea house today. It is the less visited one because it is 7.3km
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For our first full day in Glacier National Park I signed us up for a guided tour in one of the historic 1937 red busses. We met our guide at 8:30 (too early in the minds of the kids) and even though it was 47 degrees outside, he immediately asked for help converting our bus
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In June, Yellowstone experienced unexpected water levels that caused immense damage to the northern end of the park. This resulted in the two northern entrances to the park being closed and many of the parts and roads in the north being closed to visitors. Initially the entire park was closed to all people, though this
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Those who know us well, know we enjoy coffee. Now, we don’t enjoy coffee the way normal people enjoy it. We need it to have been roasted within the past week, be a light to medium roast, and single origin beans. Then it has to be made in a pour over method with a paper
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