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As we walked into the North Cascade National Park Newhalem Visitors Center we were greeted with "Happy Birthday!" from the ranger at the information counter. Yes! One hundred years ago today Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act establishing the National...
It was a glorious drive along Washington State Highway 20, the North Cascades Scenic Highway. We left our campsite at Orondo to head north on US-97 then at Paternos we caught WA-153. It was at Twisp that we began traveling on WA-20. We fueled up and gave a T@B tour in...
We started in Ellensburg after a cuppa, a bit of fruit, and a little cheese. And headed north on US-97 past some glorious scenery. And signs of the local fruit industry. Into the Bavarian themed community of Leavenworth and sampled the fare at Home Fires Bakery inside...
From Burbank we headed northwest on I-82 through the Yakima Valley. Looking through the windshield at amazing landscapes and snow capped mountains in the distance. We detoured off the highway to see the 1922 gas station built to draw attention to the Teapot Dome...
Park History Video It's a tragic tale of a cultural misunderstandings. Today we visited The Whitman Mission National Historic Park in the fertile Walla Walla Valley of southern Washington State, the site of the 1847 Whitman massacre. As newlyweds Narcissa...
From Coeur d'Alene we pushed our way across southeastern Washington today. We expected to have an opportunity to stop at a visitors center as we crossed into the state but saw no such possibility. We did stop in Sprague for fuel and a geocaching break. That search...
This national forest campground in a valley in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest is a peaceful place. The slopes on either side are so sleep that they are near vertical. Only nineteen campsites and most of them occupied by tent campers. While we've had our solar...
This natural Lake Couer d'Alene in northern Idaho is absolutely gorgeous. We camped south of here last night and came into town this morning to explore and to run a few errands. Didn't know we had picked one of the busiest weekends of the summer. Iron Man Coeur...
See Depot Video Between Missoula and the Idaho border we were barreling along I-90 when we saw a sign that caused us to brake, exit, and follow signs to a Historic Ranger Station Visitors Center. So glad we made the stop. Ninemile Remount Depot is still an...
Our tentative destination for today was Missoula. Not for any particular reason but just because it seemed like a reasonable distance but before we got there we got tired of travel. We stopped at Bearmouth RV Park in Drummond on a whim. It's a family owned place with...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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Yes, we're back at our mountain house having returned in late September. Yes, we are way way behind on our blog posts. Yes, we promise to get caught up on posting all of the great experiences we have had these last several months but we didn't want to miss out on the...
3D Museum Tour When the hugely popular cowboy philosopher Will Rogers died in a plane crash in the Arctic in 1935, America mourned and his widow donated twenty acres to the state of Oklahoma as a permanent memorial to an incredibly talented Wild West roper,...
Traveling south on US 81, we made our way into Kansas and shortly thereafter noticed signs for the Orphan Train Depot and Museum in Concordia, Kansas. Unfortunately for us the museum buildings were closed but the signs and exhibits on the outside gave us some insight...