Author Archives: Courtney

May 17, 2010

By Courtney | Published: May 17, 2010
Travels: Rogue River, OR to Eugene, OR – 160 miles (995 total miles) Accommodations: Armitage County Park; full hookups Mason woke up with no fever, which was welcome.  We had a leisurely morning eating breakfast, scootering, Dave did some work, etc. Then, we loaded up and headed out to Eugene – an easy three hour […]
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May 16, 2010

By Courtney | Published: May 16, 2010
Travels: Red Bluff, CA to Rogue River, OR – 213 miles (835 total miles) Accommodations: Bridge View RV Park; full hookups We left our beautiful Walmart site at 8:30am, full of granola, canteloupe, and milk, beds made, trailer clean, a Walmart trip completed, Starbucks in hand, and tank full… on the way to Redding. Mason […]
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May 15, 2010

By Courtney | Published: May 15, 2010
Travels: Santa Cruz, CA to Red Bluff, CA – 317 miles (622 total miles) Accommodations: Wal-Mart We had a nice breakfast, took a walk down the boardwalk and pier with Kenz on scooter, sick Mason in the stroller (he woke up with a 102 degree fever) and Marin running and being carried.  We saw fish […]
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May 14, 2010

By Courtney | Published: May 14, 2010
Travels: Ventura, CA to Santa Cruz, CA – 305 miles Accommodations: Seacliff State Beach; overflow; no hookups Today was a fairly long travel day, but the kids did great. We stopped at a sweet little park in Templeton and let the kids run around and play at the playground. We arrived in Santa Cruz around […]
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Failure to Launch

By Courtney | Published: May 10, 2010
Refugio turned from a launch into a test drive. We did not expect our Suburban to perform incredibly well, but we didn’t expect it to suck, either. This is not a typical camping trip for us. We’re hauling a good part of our lives along with us (e.g. the 24” iMac I’m currently typing on). […]
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Refugio – the Journey “Begins”

By Courtney | Published: May 9, 2010
We are lucky to go on a fun camping trip with some great friends and our ever-growing large bunch of kiddos- usually 14 adults and 14 kids (and counting).  This was a particularly gorgeous weekend at Refugio – highs in the 80s, clear water, beautiful beach.  The kids played in the water and sand, kayaking, […]
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On the Road

By Courtney | Published: April 29, 2010
I recently heard a storyteller explain the difference between a {road trip} and being {on the road}. A {road trip} has a destination and timebound. {On the road} is purposeful, yet it ebbs and flows at your will – destinations are planned along the way as are the time spent at the destinations. Life is […]
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