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June 2020

Travel

5 TAKEAWAYS FROM WALDO LAKE

Waldo Lake is one of the many lakes in the western slopes of the Oregon Cascades. Unfortunately, a fire devastated the area in 1996 and it is still recovering, but the new growth includes an abundance of wildflowers including…

Travel

LEMOLO FALLS

When you’re adventurous like Doug, you don’t think anything of a hike that starts like this….  Is it just me or does the “Dread and Terror Segment” on this sign jump out at you? Given that we’d already donned…

Travel

PLANKTON, PARENTS AND PLOWS

We’ve known for a long time that our dog, Bailey, loves the beach and people, but during our trip from Trinidad to Crater Lake we found out she also enjoys snow.    PLANKTON: Trinidad Beach  We stayed just one…

Travel

HEIGELS and HUGE TREES

After months of waiting for local and state parks to open due to Covid-19, our adventure began on June 17th.  First stop – celebration in Sonoma, CA with Doug’s Uncle (Roger) and Aunt (Kay).  Later we headed north to…

Lifestyle

MARIE KONDO LIES

Wow!  I felt a collective shudder as I wrote that blog title.  Marie Kondo lies?  Never!  That cute little cardiganed imp?  NEVER! If you don’t already know who Marie Kondo is, she’s an organization expert (some might say wizard)…