Category: Oregon

We left Ainsworth State Park and headed to our favorite Elks Lodge in Sherwood. It is located close to our friends and is easily accessed off highway 99. On a clear day, there is a beautiful view of Mt. Baker. …

While we were at Craters of the Moon, we took the opportunity to take a quick trip to Sun Valley. Cindy and I had also visited here on our epic trip from Alaska to Texas in 1981. The night before, …

You know that sleepy split second when you first wake up in the morning, before reality kicks in? The first thing that enters my mind is “where am I?”.  In the past few weeks we’ve camped in the desert, by …

Every time I say that my next post will be about solar, I set myself up for another four-month hiatus from blogging. My eyes glaze over just thinking about trying to write that kind of post because to get it …

It never dawned on me before we started our fulltiming life that I would actually enjoy camping anywhere other than a manicured, 50 amp, full hook-up site. I mean, even when we camped in Alfred Hitchpop, if it was available, …

After three days in Armitage County Park, with Scoopy’s annual service complete and our groceries replenished at the nearby Trader Joe’s, we were ready to head back to the coast. We had two days in Florence, which unfortunately turned out …

Considering we didn’t start traveling until August 1st, we sure have packed in a lot of activities during our first month of fulltiming. That’s due in part to the gorgeous weather, amazing locations to visit and having wonderful friends to …

Glenn arrived at 6:00 a.m. to get Steven and he came bearing coffee from Starbucks. Even though it was probably the worst Americano I have ever had, in many ways it was also the best. I mean, who can complain …

Once again we rolled out of our campsite at 7:49 a.m.  Maybe someday we’ll learn to sleep in, but that hasn’t happened yet. We had a long day ahead of us and we were eager to get on the road. …

When we planned our maiden voyage to bring Scoopy home to Washington, we thought 180-225 mile travel days would be too short. We are not used to stopping so early in the day. Still, we wanted to make sure we …