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Monthly Archives: May 2010
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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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
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
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
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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Our New Truck
With all the travelling in front of us we opted for a serious towing vehicle – ¾ ton to handle rough roads safely and a diesel to tow 7500 pounds up the big passes. We opted for the Chevrolet because they are quieter, have a more reliable engine in the model year’s we were looking […]
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Failure to Launch
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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May 21, 2010