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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……
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Sight-Seeing in South Dakota
Today we hit several of the main “tourist attractions” along I-90 in South Dakota. We have traveled this route many times, but we usually don’t take time to stop for sight-seeing. We did this time just to help break the trip up a little. First up was the Corn Palace in Mitchell. We were interested to learn that the exterior…
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Relaxing in South Dakota
The past week has been a whirlwind of fun family activities. Not only that, we haven’t had good internet access most of the time, so I am a few days behind in keeping you updated on our road trip. We got to our RV park this evening in time to relax a bit before bed time, and we have a…
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Family Camp
For part of our vacation we wanted to attend an old-fashioned campmeeting like Lyle and I remember going to when we were kids. There aren’t many around any more, but we had heard about Mode Camp in Illinois where some of our college friends attend, so we had made arrangements to spend a few days there.The campground is somewhat primitive…
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Missouri
Another on-the-road day. We traveled from Kansas to Illinois, so spent most of the day in Missouri. It was familiar territory to Lyle and me, but the girls were impressed with the “big” rivers. They’ve seen the Missouri River in Montana, but it’s not this wide up there.Remember how much fun it is to spell “M-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-humpback-humpback-I”?I…
