Today we had a beach day on the sands of Useless Bay. Useless bay is called Useless bay because when it was discovered it was found that it was too shallow for big ships to anchor. We found several sand dollars while there and learned they are rather common, especially at low tide. Sand dollars […]
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Twenty years ago, Chris and I fell in love with the Pacific Northwest. It is especially easy to love it when the sun is shining and the weather is warm! We are trying our hand at “mooch docking” at our friend’s house. We first met Ariel and Kristen in Hawaii and as luck would have
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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Lampreys are one of the first kinds of fish to evolve, first being found around 450 million years ago, and they have barely changed since then. There are a few different kinds of lamprey, but today I will tell you about pacific lampreys. Pacific lampreys are found around the Pacific Rim, as far south as
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This week we went to an astronomy program at an observatory, it was based on the sun. The telescope there was big, but we were told that it was only a twenty four inch mirror versus the European Extremely Large telescope that has a thirty METERS long mirror. The two types of telescopes that we
For the most part the national and state parks, monuments, and historic sights we’ve been to have junior ranger programs or at least something similar. Here are some things about the junior ranger programs: One of the more recent badges I earned was from Farragut State Park in Idaho. Farragut’s Junior Ranger program was quite
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Mosquitoes are a member of the fly family. They can complete the cycle from egg to adult in as little as four days. After around two days as an adult female mosquitoes are ready to bite their first victim. However, neither males nor females consume blood. Instead they drink fruit juices and nectar. Everyone knows
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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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