Skamokawa means "smoke on the water" and we woke up this morning to just that. Well, okay it was fog, but still….it was gorgeous. The shipping channel is so close to the shore that it gives you a fantastic view of the huge (and surprisingly fast-moving) vessels. The sunsets…
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Okay so here at our campground, there's a sign at the beach access entrance that tells about all the different kinds of shellfish one can collect around here. The largest of them is called the Geoduck. I'm reading the list of oysters and clams outloud, and I say "geoduck". Like…
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Last week, we camped for several days in our backyard (well, 30 miles from our backyard) at Champoeg Park and had some friends and family come by for barbecue and visiting (and to check out the new Airstream). Had a great time and then headed up to do a little kayaking and…
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Second day was a score! Three Coho salmon and a lot of fun. Our captain was Laird Brown (with his dog, Missy)Boat: M/V MaranthaFish: Three Coho Salmon Kevin caught two today, and I caught one…all keepers. We had them fileted at the dock. Will be doing some smoked salmon,…
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We left Devil’s Lake and headed to Florence for a few days to visit my great aunt (Zelma, almost 98 years old) in Florence, OR…stayed a few days there (after a short delay due to the blown tire and locked up brake) and then headed north toward home. We found…
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Lake Almanor, Fourth of July 2010. (Posted by Laura)
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On Tuesday we were just outside of Nevada City and Grass Valley at (Henry) Rollins Lake…a campground called Peninsula Camping & Boating Resort. Pretty campground, no hookups, and a high of about 97 degrees in the afternoon. We stayed two nights, and were thinking of staying a third, when we…
Comments closedWe spent two nights at (Henry) Rollins Lake at the Peninsula Camping & Boating Resort. No hookups, and ten twisty miles out You Bet Rd. It felt like we were far from everything and everyone most of the time (except when that one boat out on the lake was blasting…
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We camped one night at a campground near (but not in) Yosemite and drove into the valley with our bikes, parked, and had the most amazing bike ride around the valley. Sure it was teeming with tourists and cars and aspiring Ansels, but I captured plenty of good scenery without…
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We stayed two nights at Sunset Campground in Kings Canyon National Park. On our one full day in the park we did the following: 1. General Sherman. General Sherman is the world's largest tree by volume. You begin the trail at roughly the top of the tree (about 300 feet) and…
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