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The Redwoods

Posted on June 25, 2018 by admin

This is how you spend the day when walking through Redwood forests:           I think I said ‘WOW’ more times in the days we spent looking at Redwoods then I have in the past year.   … Continue reading →

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Death Valley

Posted on May 5, 2018 by admin

Death Valley , the name sounds so foreboding, and we have all heard the horror stories about it having the hottest temperature ever recorded (134.1 degrees),  so we were completely unprepared for the reality of Death Valley.  The surrounding hills … Continue reading →

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Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada

Posted on May 5, 2018 by admin

Valley of Fire State Park is a short distance  above Lake Mead and it is such a beautiful small park.  We spent a day there and thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it.  We found a great piece of BLM land … Continue reading →

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Some of our favorite hikes

Posted on January 29, 2018 by admin

  Lake Whatcom County Park near Bellingham, WA has a nice wide trail around part of the lake.       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- We survived an 11 mile round-trip hike to New Dungeness Lighthouse on the Dungeness spit on the northern … Continue reading →

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Gardens

Posted on September 13, 2017 by admin

Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island were beautiful. We traveled to the gardens via a nice ferry ride from Anacortes, WA.      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace Arch Park on the U.S. and Canadian Border had wonderful gardens spread over quite a bit … Continue reading →

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Campsites we have enjoyed

Posted on September 13, 2017 by admin

Our first campground was Rocky Gorge, on Lake Koocanusa, where we enjoyed the shade and the water.     Our second night out was spent in a WalMart parking lot in Colville, WA where it was about 150 degrees (or … Continue reading →

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