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Labor Day Camping Trip
We enjoyed spending the holiday weekend as a family at one of our favorite Forest Service campgrounds “up the river.” It was relaxing to get away for a few days and just sit and watch the squirrels and chipmunks who put on quite a show for us! We also had fun hiking, biking, reading, talking, driving the back roads, and…
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Geocaching Adventure
Our family adventure this past weekend was a geocaching day trip to northeastern Washington. We logged two microcaches, two regular caches, and one did-not-find. The microcaches were pretty much of the cache-and-dash variety along the side of the road. We don’t usually bother with those, as our objective in going geocaching is to find fun out-of-the-way places and spend time…
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Lolo Motorway
This past weekend we took “a step back in time” and traveled the Lolo Motorway which follows one of the most difficult parts of the Lewis and Clark trail. “Motorway” makes it sound like a super highway or something, doesn’t it? Um. It’s not. It’s a very rough 75-mile long dirt road. I guess back in the ’30s when the…
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Holiday Excursion
My family celebrated the Fourth of July with a scenic day trip up in the very tip-top of the Idaho panhandle. At one point, we were so close to the Canadian border that the girls worried that we might “get in trouble” for not having passports! For Father’s Day we had given Lyle a copy of Backcountry Roads Idaho which…
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Burdens
Last weekend on our hike I took along a tote bag with “necessities” in it, such as snacks, water bottles, and the camera. Lyle offered to carry it for me, but he teased me about having to carry a “purse.” I tried to argue that it was a tote bag, not a purse, and that there is a difference– but…
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Books Read in June
Continuing with the 2010 100+ Reading Challenge, here are the books I read in June: 54. So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones 55. The Art and Craft of Writing Christian Fiction by Jeff Gerke 56. Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson 55. Katy’s New World by Kim Vogel Sawyer 56. Missing Max by Karen Young 57. Healer by Linda…
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Fern and Shadow Falls
Seasons around here seem to follow the calendar pretty closely. Except for winter, that is. Winter comes early and stays late. But summer is usually right on time. This past weekend we had the first “real” summer weather of the season and we took advantage of it by going camping and hiking. One of our favorite hiking trails is “up…
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Truck Repairs
This is the story of the job that consumed our entire holiday weekend. One day last week Lyle noticed something wonky going on with the steering of his truck. After further research he determined that it was time to do some front-end work before we set off on our trips in June. Memorial Day weekend was supposed to be cool…
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Books Read in May
Continuing with the 2010 100+ Reading Challenge, here are the books I read in May: 45. Andrea Carter and the Trouble with Treasure by Susan Marlow 46. This Fine Life by Eva Marie Everson 47. Never Let You Go by Erin Healy 48. I Am Hutterite by Mary-Ann Kirkby 49. Rooms by James Rubart 50. Sheet Music by Kevin Leman…
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The Last Christian – review
The Last Christian by David Gregory is one of the most powerful fiction books I’ve read in awhile. The story is set in 2088, and the premise is that there are no Christians left in America. We’ve become a completely secular nation. (Doesn’t sound all that unlikely, does it?) The main character is the 34-year-old daughter of missionaries who has…
