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July Monday
The weather in my neck of the woods: Just beautiful! We had 3 uncomfortably warm days last week. Otherwise, we’ve had no hot weather to speak of. Things that make me happy: Sunshine with temps in the 70s! Books I’m reading: Don’t laugh. I almost always have this many going at once… Perfectly Invisible by Kristin Billerbeck (by my bed)…
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Holiday Getaway
We enjoyed a camping trip over the long weekend. Our friends, the B family, joined us for part of the time. They had never been camping before… nor had they been geocaching. We were happy to introduce them to the fun! One of the geocaches took us up a very long, bumpy road to the top of a mountain. It…
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North Idaho Backcountry
Sunday was a gorgeous day for a backcountry drive and a little Geocaching. The temp was in the high-60s/low-70s all day and it was sunny with pretty puffy clouds. Lyle planned a route taking us down along the St. Joe River and then up over Moon Pass back to I-90 and then home again. We found 5 Geocaches and were…
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Hiking in the Springtime
I never get tired of the lush greenness of the woods in our area. We spent some time hiking and geocaching while we were camping. The sun finally did come out and it turned out to be a beautiful day. The sunlight filtering through the trees on the new spring growth was just breathtaking. There are quite a few caches…
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Housekeeping in the Woods
When I was growing up, my brothers and sisters and I would play in the woods by the hour. We would set up elaborate “houses” and visit each other. This past weekend I found myself doing the same thing with my own family. We had been planning for awhile to go camping at Priest Lake for Memorial Day weekend. Friday…
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There and Back Again
And so I guess you’re probably waiting to hear how my trip home was, aren’t you? After my oh-so-colorful experience of taking the Greyhound bus to Seattle (and then on to Tacoma) on Thursday, I can’t say I was especially looking forward to repeating the experience on Sunday. I was to catch the bus at 8:00 a.m. in Tacoma and…
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The Wheels on the Bus
Even though I am quite well-traveled, I had never taken a bus trip before. You see, Lyle had traveled across the country to college, from California to Indiana, back in the 1980s and he said it wouldn’t be safe for a woman to travel that way for a long distance. He’s always been willing to drive me anywhere I have…
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Campfire Fuel
We don’t heat with wood at home, but we do love a good fire when we’re camping. So Lyle keeps an eye on Craig’s List for bargains on firewood. Last weekend he found a deal on “mill ends.” We loaded up the back of the pickup with short pieces of 2x4s. Then we packed it into paper boxes. It packed…
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Not Complainin’
It’s a blizzardy morning in my neighborhood today. The view out my kitchen window is rather bleak. It’s cold and blustery. We haven’t really had much snow to speak of since Christmas time, and the ground has been mostly bare for at least a month, so I had hoped perhaps we would get an early spring. I should have known…
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A Man and His Truck
It’s a nice sunny day (for mid-February) and I heard Lyle putzing around out in the garage, so I decided to go out and snap a few pictures of whatever he was doing. He grinned at me. “Are you going to blog about me again?” he said. “Why, I hadn’t thought about it. I guess I could. I haven’t blogged…
