Category: Exploring
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The One Where We Visited Silverwood Theme Park
The family visited Silverwood Theme Park in Idaho, spreading their adventure over two days. They enjoyed various amusements, including waterslides and roller coasters. Amid fun and mishaps, they reflected on life priorities, emphasizing experiences over material wealth. Next, they prepared for boon docking near Thompson Falls, Montana. Read more
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The One Where We Visited a Reindeer Farm
July 22, 2024, Day 15 of trip. After we escaped the forest fire, we headed to Leavenworth, Washington, which is an amazing Bavarian town. We traveled about 170 miles which took us just over 3 hours of driving. Dexter and I listened to the audiobook of Hatchet, by Gary Paulson during our drive. When we… Read more
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The One Where We Narrowly Escaped Great Peril
July 20, 2024. Day 13 of trip. Today’s suffering was different than anticipated. Unanticipated suffering has far greater character-building potential than anticipated suffering, so I suppose that makes today a “great day” in the character-building-department. We are currently staying in Concrete, Washington at a really neat location called the Bakerview Getaway HipCamp. A HipCamp is… Read more
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The One Where We Crossed the Border
July 17, 2024. Day 10 of trip. We woke up at 700 this morning planning on a big travel day: we got to drive across the border from Canada back into the USA. The stated goal of this trip is to visit all 48 continental states in the USA, but we’ve spent more time in… Read more
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The One Where Everything Went Wrong
July 15, 2024. Day 8 of trip. Tim and Heidi’s 23rd wedding anniversary. For anyone who ever watched the TV Series “Lost” you know that there is a series of numbers in the show that occurs repeatedly: 4-8-15-16-23-42. In the show, the numbers are “cursed” and all sorts of bad things happen related to those… Read more
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The One Where We Visit Butchart Gardens and Go Whale Watching
July 13, 2024. Day 6 of trip. (Tim): I woke up too early this morning. We are trying to figure out optimal sleeping arrangements and Annalise wants Ranger to sleep at the foot of her bed. Ranger has always slept in his crate at night and is not accustomed to sleeping next to a human.… Read more
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The One Where We Have High Tea at the Empress Hotel
July 12, 2024. Day 5 of trip. Heidi: Today started earlier than we wanted it to since Dexter had his first online piano of lesson of the trip at 8 a.m. At about 7 a.m. Tim and I walked to the laundry facility at our RV park lugging several large bags stuffed with our dirty… Read more
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The One Where We Visit Olympic National Park
July 10, 2024. Day 3 of trip. Today was our first day dedicated to exploration and we made the most of it. I started the morning by making French Toast on my Blackstone griddle and it turned out really well. I’m getting the hang of heat management on this griddle. When I make French toast,… Read more
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The One Where We Depart on our Journey and Visit Ape Cave
July 8, 2024. Day 1 of trip Tim: Today I woke up at 430 AM, with a sense of excitement and a sense of anxiety. Mainly I was eager to get started on our grand adventure. The feeling was similar to the one you get when you are about to make the first big drop… Read more