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Grand Coulee Dam
This past weekend we had another informal family field trip to the Grand Coulee Dam in central Washington. We were camping in the area, so took the opportunity to visit the dam while we were over there. It doesn’t tie in with anything we’re learning about currently… but it was built in the 1930s as a Public Works Administration project,…
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Simple Woman’s Daybook
It’s been awhile since I’ve done one of these. I always love the way this particular meme causes me to slow down and reflect on the simple things of life. I see that the “thought prompts” have changed up a bit since the last time I did it. I like that. I’d love to read your “simple” reflections, too! Be…
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Apple Picking Time
It seems like fall arrived in our area right in sync with the calendar this year. The temperatures have been cooler for the past couple of weeks, and fall is in the air! As a fun fall activity we decided to visit the Green Bluff area northeast of Spokane yesterday. It’s only about an hour from where we live. The…
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Last Day of Summer
We have enjoyed a beautiful September. Today was sunny and warm… a perfect day for a bike ride! There is a really nice “rails to trails” bike trail in our area that we like to ride on.The problem we’ve had before is that dogs have to be leashed on the trail, and it’s hard to ride a bike and control…
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Back in the woods…
Exploring the forests around here is so much fun! When we go hiking or Geocaching we never know what we might come across. You’d think it would be mostly trees with the occasional beautiful view or wildlife sighting. Well, yeah, of course there’s that… and that’s why we like to go. But every now and then we find things that…
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It’s Not All Sunshine
It rained on the second day of our Labor Day Weekend camping trip. Not just a quick shower… but off-and-on all day. What do you do when it rains on a camping trip? Lyle enjoyed standing under the awning watching the rain come down.We had planned to go Geocaching that day, but didn’t relish the idea of tramping through dripping…
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Cruising through summer…
Summer is not over in our neck of the woods yet!I noticed on Facebook this morning that it was the first day of school for many of my friends. It’s always exciting to start a new school year, but our summer has gone by so fast that I’m glad we have 2 more weeks of “summer vacation” to enjoy! Even…
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It’s all good!
The other evening as we were driving across Montana (which is a very large state in case you haven’t taken that drive lately) a storm gathered and the rains began to come. We were concerned that we wouldn’t be able to get to our trailer if the back-roads turned to mud. The sun broke through the western sky and a…
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Home Again!
Just stopping by to make sure the grass hasn’t started to grow in the middle of the road here on my blog… from neglect, you know!We did finally make it home with our trailer this past Tuesday evening. We hadn’t planned to be on-the-go quite as much as we have this summer… but that’s just the way it has worked…
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Life is an Adventure
That’s my mantra lately. When so many things go wrong that I have to laugh to keep from crying… I try to remind myself of the quote I shared a few weeks ago. “An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.” ~G.K. Chesterton Life’s adventures are certainly not always what I would choose……
