Author Archives: Courtney

May 27, 2010

Travels: Port Angeles, WA to Ellensburg, WA – 206 miles (1919 total miles) Accommodations: Youngquist Family home Hung out all morning at the Thompson Family Farm. Reluctant to leave after such an enjoyable trip we pulled out around 12:30pm after prying Mackenzie and Mason from the tree house where they had been playing with Jake […]
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May 26, 2010

Travels: 0 miles (1713 total miles) Accommodations: Continued at the Thompson Family home We woke up this morning and scurried out of bed to make it to breakfast by 7:30. It was raining and gray. We all sat down with the Thompson family for a hymn (which precede every breakfast and dinner) a big plate […]
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May 25, 2010

Travels: Hoh Oxbow Campground, WA to Port Angeles, WA – 80 miles (1713 total miles) Accommodations: Thompson Family home; full hookups + home privileges Recall the drippy campground in the Hoh… in the morning, things looked surprisingly less suspicious and much more  gorgeous. We went on a little nature hike and checked out the Hoh […]
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May 24, 2010

Travels: Seaside, WA to Hoh Oxbow Campground, WA – 207 miles (1633 total miles) Accommodations: Hoh Oxbow Campground, no hookups, very free & empty We had a leisurely morning of breakfast, good-byes, and packing up to go. We were bummed to leave the Wallaces; we had such a great time! Finally loaded up around 12:30pm […]
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May 23, 2010

Travels: 63 miles driving around (1426 total miles) Accommodations: Continued at the Wallace Family home After granola, showers, and playtime, we headed up to Astoria to church at Coastline Christian Fellowship. Missionaries shared their stories and the pastor, Jason Biel, shared a short but convicting message on living for God. There were lots of young […]
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May 22, 2010

Travels: 45 miles driving around (1363 total miles) Accommodations: Continued at the Wallace Family home We woke up to rain pitter pattering on the roof of the trailer, a noise we have become accustomed to in Oregon. Dave woke up and in true Oregonian style went for a run where he saw another bald eagle […]
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May 21, 2010

Travels: 0 miles (1318 total miles) Accommodations: Continued at the Wallace Family home We had a mellow day. The Wallaces were all gone today, so we just had some down time. We went on a walk in the morning around their housing development. The kids road scooters which was a good use of their bottled […]
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May 20, 2010

Travels: Tualatin, OR to Gearhardt, OR – 127 miles (1318 total miles) Accommodations: Wallace Family home; electric and water + home privileges We took a short jaunt to downtown Portland’s Pearl District  in the morning where we ate breakfast at Sip & Kranz and checked out the Portland scene, which you could tell had a […]
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May 19, 2010

Travels: Eugene, OR to Tualatin, OR – 111 miles (1191 total miles) Accommodations: RV Park of Portland; full hookups We left our beautiful campsite on the McKenzie River and fun times with old friends and headed towards Portland. We finally settled on an RV park 15 minutes from Portland with some difficulty – it was […]
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May 18, 2010

Travels: 0 (praise the Lord!), but 85 miles of driving around (1080 total miles) Accommodations: Armitage County Park; full hookups We had such a great time in Eugene with friends and our rad campsite; we decided to stay another day. We had a yummy breakfast; I went on a jog/walk; the kids played between rain […]
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