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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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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Dad really likes to go mountain biking and when he does he usually manages to convince us to come with him. Occasionally this turns out well and we have fun, but since this trip started the majority of our outings results in disaster. I will tell you about three of those times. The first story
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Complaint:Why do laptops not have emogies on Notes? The world is very rude and mean. This week we’ve been exploring Canada. We’ve been on mosquito infested hikes (more on that later!), attended some fun ranger programs and been to some yummy sweet shops. Lets start with the sweetest option, the candy shop. It was very
If you have read Jacks post: He lies, I crush him at Bad Tommy and when he wins, he barely wins. This week when we were leaving Yellowstone we decided to stop in the national forest 🌳 to see a visitor center because Daddy wanted to know why there were dead trees standing in the
We have been taught a game similar to badminton called badtommy. We named after Mr. Tom, who we met while staying in the Tetons. You use rackets and a shuttle cock to try and get points and the first person to get to eleven points, or two more points than your opponent, whichever is more.
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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