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Celebrating Forty-Three

Celebrating Forty-Three

We opted to stay put most of the day. Set up chairs in the woods behind the T@B and just relaxed. Bits of sun filtered in once in a while but mostly the day was gray. We did some walking around the campground but nothing strenuous. Late in the afternoon we climbed...

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Olympic National Park Day One

Olympic National Park Day One

Awakening this morning to gray skies, we figured this must be the first day of winter. So grateful we had the opportunity to visit Rainier in the sunshine! As we were preparing to depart three deer came through a neighboring site on their breakfast circuit. From Alder...

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Hiking Rainier on gloriously beautiful day

Hiking Rainier on gloriously beautiful day

See Mount Rainer Experiences Video See Park Video The day's possibilities was our first thoughts as we awakened today. We explored Alder Lake Park a bit then made arrangements to extend our stay by one day and visit Mount Rainier on this gloriously beautiful day. Back...

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Happy 100th Birthday National Park Service 

Happy 100th Birthday National Park Service 

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...

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Cascades Loop

Cascades Loop

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...

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Whitman Mission

Whitman Mission

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...

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Ninemile Remount Depot

Ninemile Remount Depot

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...

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How We Remember

How We Remember

See Park Video We returned this morning to Little Big Horn for the ranger talk on Last Stand Hill, to remember the soldiers and warriors who fell here in defense of what they believed was right, to visit the Indian Memorial and to ponder the prospect of unity through...

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Little Big Horn

Little Big Horn

In 1868 the US signed the Laramie Treaty with the Lakota and other tribes ceding reservation lands and creating unceded territory for the use of the nomadic tribes for hunting. In 1873 the US experienced a severe recession. In 1874 gold was discovered in the Black...

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The Loop Road

The Loop Road

Park Introductory Video Our goal today has been to savor the south unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. After a bit of excitement with bison cutting through a neighboring campsite we headed out to drive the loop road. Prairie dogs, bison, incredible views of the...

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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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Brugge

Brugge

It was an unexpected but delightful quick visit to the Historic Brugge City Center, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Visiting Cork

Visiting Cork

A tour hour well narrated taxi tour of Cork The Heineken Brewery in Cork A view of Blarney Castle from afar A a turn through the Blarney car park and shopping area A Mother and Baby Home One of the neighborhoods we toured The Poor Clare Monastery in Cork Historic Cork...