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Montana Camping Trip
This past weekend we went camping in northwestern Montana with friends. Mostly we go camping by ourselves, but this is the second time this summer we’ve had the privilege of sharing the fun with another family. Lyle was able to take off at noon on Friday so we got to the campground in the early evening. We got our campsite…
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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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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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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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Last Camping Trip of the Season
We’re die-hard campers. Not extreme campers, mind you, but we usually go later in the season than most people. The campgrounds are quieter this time of year, naturally, but we also enjoy the fall colors, the cool crisp air and the warmth of the campfire. This past weekend we had sunny skies and brisk temperatures. Lyle and I went…
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Camping on the St. Joe
Turns out, as I’ve recently discovered, if you keep a man in town over the weekend, he’s gonna go in to work, at least a little while. So if the weather forecast is promising and the man says, “Wanna go camping?” I say, “Let’s go!” This past weekend we stayed at a Forest Service campground along the beautiful St. Joe…
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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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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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Camping Season Begins
As a kick-off to the camping season we took our trailer out this past weekend. We were visiting friends for the Easter holiday, and we stayed at a beautiful RV park near their home along the Clearwater River on Saturday night. We don’t count RV parks as “real camping” but it was fun to get out for a night, and…
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Fall Beauty
We went camping this past weekend in central Washington, near Grand Coulee Dam. Steamboat Rock campground is open year round and we thought it might be a little warmer over there for perhaps the last camp-out of the season. It was. But it was also gray and drizzly……however, as I’ve mentioned before, we don’t mind the rain. The scenery was…
