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Mono Lake MonoMyth, Episode 1
Departure After a couple of hours at my former in-laws – visiting, packing up things the kids had forgotten, and repairing the small dent we put in the front bumper of the rental SUV, we were ready to leave for our next adventure. The Call to Adventure This one had us traveling south on US-395,…
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Hurricane Ridge
Hurricane Ridge might have been one of my most favorite places I have ever been – if we had been able to see it. Darn clouds! The drive up to Hurricane Ridge, a viewpoint in Olympic National Park, is not one for the weak of heart, or those with heart conditions, or with a fear…
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Sol Duc Salmon Cascades
I’ve been meaning to get in here and finish the stories about our vacation, but it is just not happening very fast. Football, baseball, cub scouts, and bible study seasons have all started in this house, and our spare time is filled with sitting in bleachers cheering on various boyfolk or rushing from place to…
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Olympic National Park: Hoh Rainforest
The upper Oregon coast was stunning, and we would have liked to spend a little more time exloring Seaside and Astoria, but that day, we were on a mission. I thought it might take us a half day to drive from Nehalem to Forks, Washington, but like every other day on this journey, it took…