Category Archives: Roadtrip summer of 2012

We’re home

We took the fast track and got home in 6 days. Much to our relief the house is still standing and hasn’t been broken into to. We have lots of catching up to do. Probably won’t write again until our … Continue reading

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Coming home

I’ve been bad. No posts for quite a while. It’s much easier to find the time to get out my computer and write on the boat than the Roadtrek. We had a nice/interesting time at the Mensa AG (annual gathering). … Continue reading

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Lassen Volcanic National Park- Hikers we’re not!

We only spent one day at Lassen. The scenery was beautiful and I took lots of photos that I might upload to my Picasa album. Despite it being the end of June with daytime temperatures in the 60’s-70’s there was … Continue reading

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Goodbye Portland!

We’ve spent about 10 days in Portland. For the most part we lived in the furnished basement of our friend Beverly. Janice spent most days visiting her mother in an assisted living facility in Vancouver Wash., about an hour away … Continue reading

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Portland

All work and no fun. We’re staying at a friends house (in the house) for about 10 days. Janice is spending most of the time doing errands for her mother who is in an assisted living facility and I’m trying … Continue reading

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Boise Idaho

After spending two nights at Grand Teton National Park (which was breathtaking) we’re in Boise Idaho at a Walmart parking lot (which is less than breathtaking, but you can’t beat the price). I have to confess that the video I … Continue reading

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Rocky Mountain National Park

Janice freezing her buns off in June. Schooner doesn’t seem to mind. We left Vail with our leaky holding tank and had an appointment with a mobile RV mechanic to meet us at a Staples parking lot in Golden, CO. … Continue reading

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I knew things were going too well!

We just arrived in Vail, CO at our friends beautiful condo. Just after we unpacked and were looking forward to a few restful nights of luxury I noticed a wet spot under our RV. Getting my head underneath I quickly … Continue reading

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Royal Gorge

Dodge City, KS was a disappointment. I won’t get into it. We’re now at the Royal Gorge in Colorado. We’re staying at a campground populated by vintage trailers pulled by vintage cars. Some of them are from the early 50’s. … Continue reading

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Oklahoma City

On the way to Wichita today we stopped at the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial. It was very well done. Janice cried through most of the tour and even I had a tear in my eye. We were both on a … Continue reading

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