We Needed a Solar Solution
“The creamer was warm. I pulled on the jeans and sweatshirt tossed on the dinette from the night before. The creamer was definitely warmer than I was, and that was a problem because it had come out of the refrigerator.
Solar Sizing
Deep cell lead acid batteries don’t need much attention but they do need a little. I ignored their thirst for distilled water; they ignored my request for electricity. The whole incident highlighted the need for a power plan when camping
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes at Grand Teton
Our first National Park was a drive by. Yosemite, 2011, after a three day whitewater rafting trip on the wild and scenic Tuolumne River. We had a steak dinner in The Mountain View Dining Room, snapping photos of Yosemite Falls
Yellowstone on a Whim
Three hundred miles east of Ritzville, WA is Drummond, Montana. Peak outdoor season meant that the Montana State Parks were booked from Butte to Billings. When that happens, it is often the small town parks you can depend on. Drummond
Puttin’ on the Ritz
We left Wednesday morning with the Channeled Scablands in our sights – a 225 mile return to eastern Washington’s Coulee City, maybe play 9 holes at The Vic or take a dip in Baker Lake for old times sake. Ten
Washington Wrap-up, No Lie!
Washington’s Badlands It’s been almost two months exploring the Evergreen State, showing up at the Grand Coulee Dam on June 22nd where we discovered the Badlands of eastern Washington. Sunny, dry and 70 degrees, it was a long sleeved hiking,
Olympic Unplugged
While in Pacific Beach, we discovered that our full-hookup Navy MWR facility had strong, fast WIFI. We made use of Roxie’s built-in high gain router to put all of our devices online. We were so immersed that in no time
We Get Around, Tacoma
Sometimes you gotta get out of the rainforest, off the beach, down from the mountain and get some urban livin’. Nine miles southwest of Joint Base is downtown Tacoma, home of world renown glass artist Dale Chihuly and launching pad
Hi Hoh, Hi Hoh, It’s off to Forks we go
We never read the books and we didn’t see the movies but our daughters were Twilight teens an when we heard the setting of Forks was a dozen miles from the second most visited site in Olympic National Park, we
Olympic Alone
Pacific Beach, Washington is sometimes wistful, sometimes dreamy, always pure peace and solitude. There are no crowds or colorful umbrellas; no spread out towels or portable radios. The smell is salt spray instead of SPF and the view is somewhere