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MONTANA AT ITS BEST

Since our stay at Hungry Horse Reservoir didn’t go quite as expected, water therapy seemed like the cure. Is it the sound of water, the reflection within or its dance with the sky that so readily puts a smile…

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THE HOLY GRAIL

Like kids the night before Christmas, we had trouble sleeping in anticipation of our trip to Glacier National Park – the Holy Grail of US National Parks and a supposed hiker’s paradise!  Glacier was established in 1910 and contains…

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WILD AND SCENIC MONTANA

Over the next few days we took a more relaxed approach and more conventional roads as we made our way towards Glacier National Park in northern Montana.  We stopped often to photograph picturesque mountain scenes in the Lolo National…

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Yodeling in Eastern Washington

I don’t do drugs, but I do have a vicious soft peanut brittle (or bruttle, to be precise) habit.  Don’t misunderstand me, I’ve never turned down carrot cake, chocolate or coffee either but with soft peanut brittle so much…

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OLYMPIC PENINSULA – PART 2

For the second half of the trip, we wanted to camp on the western side of the Olympic Peninsula so we drove towards Rialto Beach.  There was a sign at the start of the road to Rialto Beach that…

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OLYMPIC PENINSULA – PART 1

I love those holiday gift sites that try to point you to the perfect gift by personality type. The Olympic Peninsula and Olympic National Park could create a website like that as they seem to have a little something…

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NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER

If you’re around my age, you watched Mr. Rogers…A LOT…but I must say that Mr. Rogers did not adequately prepare me for the people in my neighborhood and by that, I mean, extended family.  Just kidding.  To keep pace…

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STEILACOOM AND PUGET SOUND

For the best sunsets on the west coast, consider a trip to Puget Sound in mid-July. It’s rare to have a gorgeous Bay Area sunset and I find sunsets in So Cal are beautiful because it’s warm enough to…

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GETTING TO PARADISE IS EASY

Or is it? Today was a roller coaster. Even if you’ve never spent any time in an RV you probably know that there are 3 tanks – one with fresh water, one with grey water (think dish washing and…

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MOUNT SAINT HELENS

In the summer of 1980, my Aunt Sherry brought me a vial of ash that I had zero appreciation for.  At the time, I could think of no reason that I’d need light colored dirt.  For Doug, this was…