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    Small Town Trunk-or-Treat

    One of my responsibilities as office manager of the Rathdrum branch of Progressive Printing is to be involved in community events. When the Parks and Rec department announced that they were planning a family-friendly trunk-or-treat on Main Street, I decided that we could print up some coloring books to give out along with candy to advertise the print shop. We came…

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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…

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    An Arizona Story

    Day 24 of our virtual road trip takes us south from Utah to Arizona… and of course I have to share about the Grand Canyon. I’ve been there twice (in 2006 and 2015), both times for short visits. Our 2006 visit to the Grand Canyon: Grand Canyon Our 2015 visit to the Grand Canyon: Our Visit to the Grand Canyon…

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    A Utah Story

    Day 23 of our virtual road trip takes us southwest from Wyoming to Utah. Here’s the account of one of my favorite days we have spent in Utah: Bryce Canyon National Park Have you been to Utah? If so, please share a memory in the comments! That will make this series even more fun!