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Making Tracks to Fort Collins
With daytime temperatures reaching 100+ degrees through theses parts, and Thursday’s appointment for the van, we put in some longer days of travel. No real fun stops or hikes, but plenty of scenery in this part of the country and a good audio book to listen to, which help the miles go by quicker. We…
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A Blockbuster of a Day
Crater Lake National Park was the final pre-planned destination of our 2026 Oregon adventure. It’s now time to make our way back east to Fort Collins, Colorado to visit Lisa’s dad and get some upgrades made to the van at a place north of Denver before heading home. Farewell, Crater Lake We left Crater Lake…
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Crater Lake National Park — Day 2
It was a day of scenic drives, fantastic views, and amazing hikes for our second day at Crater Lake. East Rim Drive Normally, one can drive the entire rim around Crater Lake, but part of the East Rim Drive around the southern part of the lake is currently closed due to construction. We really wanted…
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Additional Galley Lighting Mod
Back in 2023, I replaced several of Usain’s puck lights with dimmable ones because often they are too bright, especially over the beds at night (see Puck Light Replacement Mod). One area where the lights in Usain aren’t too bright is in the galley/kitchen over the stovetop. Since I had the spare puck lights that…
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Mounted Boot Brush Mod
Not sure if I saw this mod in the Winnebago Boldt or Travato Facebook group, but it’s one that I can highly recommend. We do a lot of hiking in all kinds of dirt and sand, so we’ve always kept a small brush inside the door for brushing our shoes and boots off before climbing…
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The Cove Palisades
Farewell, Trillium Lake Trillium Lake is so beautiful reflecting Mount Hood that we just had to take one more hike around it this morning. We were hoping an early view would provide stunning pictures if the surface was smooth before the wind kicks up and before any people get out on the water. We were…
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The Dalles and Hood River
Lisa originally had planned for us to return to the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic area today to see some of the waterfalls again and hike some unhiked trails. After seeing how busy it was on Friday, and not wanting to take the trolley again, we had a change of plans. Having seen most of…
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Shortcut(?) through Washington
It was a long travel day today that took us from Fort Stevens State Park to Ainsworth State Park. Well, 2 1/2 hours of driving in one day is long for us since we reached the west coast a few weeks ago. We took an alternate route east than what is shown in the Google…
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Cannon Beach to Fort Stevens State Park
We have reached the northern end of our Oregon coastal travels. From here we will head east and travel the Washington coastline on a future adventure. Cannon Beach & Haystack Rock Our first stop on the way to Fort Stevens State park was Cannon Beach, home of the world famous sea stack called Haystack Rock.…
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Nehalem Bay
Today was our longest travel days up the 101 coming in at a whopping 90 miles. The scenic drive with hills and lots of curves provided views of the coast, forests, and small towns along the way. We stopped at a farmers’ market that we saw advertised a local newspaper back at the Devil’s Punchbowl.…