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A Stopover in Vancouver
Jeanne had found out about a lot of stuff to do in and around Vancouver/WA & Portland/OR (both pretty much the same city, just divided by the Columbia River), so we set our sights on the Vancouver Elks Lodge for … Continue reading
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Time Well Spent at Olympic National Park
Forks, WA was our chosen base camp for the west side of the Olympic Peninsula. We found space at the Forks 101 RV Park, right in the middle of town along Hwy. 101. The RV park was a grass field … Continue reading
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Tagged Bunch Falls, Cape Flattery, Forks 101 RV Park, Full time RV, Get Outside, Hall of Mosses Trail, Hoh Rainforest, Hoh River Trail, Hole in the Wall Rialto Beach, La Push, Lake Quinault Loop, Life on the Road, Livingthedream, Merryman Falls, Motorhome Life, Olympic National Park, outdoors, Rialto Beach, Roadtriplife, Ruby Beach, RV Living, rvnomads, Salmon Cascade, Sol Duc Falls, Spruce Trail, Tatoosh Island, Tiffin Motorhomes
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Our Time in Port Townsend, WA
We caught the ferry from Coupeville (Ft. Casey) to Port Townsend. It was our first experience loading our 16 ton bus towing the Jeep onto a ferry boat which I was a little apprehensive about. But all was well, after … Continue reading
Our Time in Anacortes
Pioneer Trails RV Park was our chosen home for about a week in beautiful downtown Anacortes. The park was nice and spread out in the hills and trees and a good base to work out of. Our site was level … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State
Tagged Anacortes, Bellingham Beer Garden, Cap Sante Park, Coupeville WA, Deception Pass, Fidalgo Bay RV Resort, Friday Harbor, fulltimeRV, La Conner, Livingthedream, Motorhome Life, Mt. Erie, Nasty Jacks, Oak Harbor, Pioneer Trails RV Park, Rosario Beach, RV Living, rvnomads, San Juan Island Brewery, Tiffin Motorhomes, Twin Sisters Brewing, Whidbey Island
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Hiking & Biking Our Way Through the Northwest
We’ve not been real big on reservations thus far in our near 7 years on the road. But Florida, the northeast, and now the northwest are demonstrating that we may need to start relying more on reservations. The northeast and … Continue reading
Posted in Montana, Washington State
Tagged Apple Capital Trail, Butte KOA, Cashmere WA, Chelan County Expo, CoeurdAleneElksLodge, Dark Persuasion, Elks Lodge, fulltimeRV, Gray Wolf Peak Casino, Icicle Gorge Trail, Iron Goat Trail, KootenaiCountyFarmersMarket, Leavenworth Riverfront Trail, Lincoln50000Silver$, Livingthedream, Mad Bomber Brewing, Montana, Motorhome Life, Munchen Haus, Rails To Trails, RV Living, The Hiawatha, Tiffin Motorhomes, Wenatchee River County Park, Wenatchee Valley Brewing, Wenatchee WA
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Great Falls, MT
One of the recurring issues we have is with how NOT well locals tend to have accurate knowledge of their towns and surroundings. We got ready to hit the road out of Glacier N.P. headed for Great Falls. We planned … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Eagle Dam MT, Black Eagle Falls, Full time RV, Get Outside, Giant Springs MT, Great Falls MT, Great Falls of the Missouri River, Livingthedream, Montana, Motorhome Life, Rainbow Dam MT, Rainbow Falls MT, Roe River MT, RV Living, Ryan Dam MT, Tiffin Motorhomes
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Glacier National Park 2019
Boy, howdy, this will be a very short narrative. Pictures do little justice and words do no justice to the spectacular scenery found at Glacier National Park. I’m just gonna post pictures, some with captions and some without, and let … Continue reading
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Tagged Full time RV, GlacierNP, Life on the Road, Livingthedream, National Parks, Polebridge, RV Living, W. Glacier KOA
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Kalispell 2019
Our stay in Kalispell took us to the Kalispell Elks Lodge. They have several W/E gravel sites (30A) and the lodge has a gym like I have never seen at any Elks Lodge so far. There are 3, count ‘em, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bias Brewing Co., Bonsai Brewing Project, Columbia Mountain Trail MT, Conrad Mansion, Flathead River, Foys Overlook, Full time RV, Herron Park MT, Hungry Horse Dam, Hungry Horse Reservoir, Kalispell Brewing Co., Kalispell Elks Lodge, Kalispell Farmers Market, Kalispell MT, Kootenai Falls, Kootenay River, Lake Koocanusa, Libby Dam, Livingthedream, Tiffin Motorhomes, Wheat Montana Bakery, Whitefish MT
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Lolo Hot Springs and Rollins, MT
Lolo Hot Springs is a tiny little nowhere about 20 minutes outside of Lolo, MT. They have created a small resort area along the Lolo Creek with a restaurant/bar, the hot springs and pool area, a lodge for those allergic … Continue reading