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Flathead Valley
Since we had a long weekend last week Lyle planned a 2-day getaway to Flathead Valley, Montana as my birthday gift. We celebrated Thanksgiving Day (my actual birthday) with family and friends, and then left on Friday for our little trip. As is typical for November, the skies were gray as we drove but the northwestern Montana scenery is still spectacular.…
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Vintage Camping in the Fall
We managed to get in one last camping trip in October before it was time to winterize the trailer. It has been such a rainy fall we wondered if we would be able to. And it did rain on us some, but not the whole weekend. But before I get to that, I wanted to show you a few more…
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Craters of the Moon
For our anniversary trip this year we decided to visit Craters of the Moon National Monument in southeast Idaho. We took a 3-day weekend for the trip. We stayed in Idaho Falls. Craters of the Moon actually has nothing to do with the moon, except that somebody in the 1920s thought it looked like the surface of the moon as…
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An Idaho Story
As we wrap up our 31-day virtual road trip today, we travel west from Montana to Idaho. My family first moved to Idaho in 1998. We live up in the panhandle in the Coeur d’Alene area, near Spokane, Washington. If you haven’t been here before you may not realize how very scenic most of Idaho is. We were surprised to…
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A Montana Story
Day 30 of our virtual road trip takes us southeast from Alaska to Montana. (Again, not exactly in one day. But whatever.) Living in the panhandle of Idaho, we are just a couple hours away from the Montana state line to the east, so we’ve been over there on the weekend many times. We’ve also traveled across Montana on pretty much…
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An Alaska Story
Day 29 of our virtual road trip takes us northwest from Washington to Alaska. (Good thing we’re not on an actual road trip, because it would definitely take us more than one day to get there.) I’ve been to Alaska twice for work. I would love to go back sometime for vacation, and it would be even more fun if…
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A Washington Story
Day 28 of our virtual road trip takes us north from Oregon to Washington. We currently live about 5 miles from the Washington state line. Spokane is our nearest “city” (about 20 miles away), and we go over there 2 or 3 times a month probably. I’ve never actually lived in Washington but it’s almost as if I have. Funny story:…
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An Oregon Story
Day 27 of our virtual road trip takes us north from California to Oregon. Four years ago we went on vacation to the Oregon coast. For today’s post I thought I’d share some of the highlights of that vacation. On our way to the coast we stopped at Multnomah Falls. Multnomah Falls We took our trailer and stayed at a nice…
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A California Story
Day 26 of our virtual road trip takes us west from Nevada to California. Lyle and I lived in California for about 15 months in 1988 and 1989, but rather than tell about that, I decided to interview the California boy I married. Lyle grew up in Vallejo which is in the San Francisco Bay area. “Would now be a good time…
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A Nevada Story
Day 25 of our virtual road trip takes us northwest from Arizona to Nevada. About 2 years ago Lyle told me that his boss was going to send him to Las Vegas for a trade show. Neither of us had been to Vegas, and really had no desire to go, but if Lyle was going I wanted to go. I had…
