Traveling hard work for an old Dane.
Brinnon, WA my own private camprground.
Hannah came down the to beach one time to help me with oysters after that she watched from above.
Oysters everywhere!
This was the ferry dock between Brinnon and town across the bay back in the 40's now my friends property.
Sissy's house. My big dog, sissy little dog and ofcourse precious child.
My best girls; nieces Shanda 22 & Teagan 6. My heart knows no greater love.
Me & Teagan
Rex; just being sexy. He can't help it.
Washington State Park, amazing. Camp host was a dick tho :(
Zion National ParkJuly 7th was the beginning of a summer adventure back to the Pacific Northwest. The valley of the sun was heating up, time to make my escape. First stop, Flagstaff for a week. Even though I have lived here in Arizona for 2 + years I had only driven threw Flag and not taken the time to stop and get to the know the town. I am glad I did this trip! The weather was perfection, mid 80's at the highest, I stayed at Woody Mountain Rv Park which is rustic and as the name suggests Woody. It was the best place to be during the summer heat and for some time before making my journey north to the place I lived most of my life Seattle. A few of my favorite things about Flagstaff is you get get anything you need there and not have to drive all over from the campground...huge plus for me. Food...great food there. Shopping...huller....the boutiques there had some items I sweat were made just for me! I so enjoyed my week in Flagstaff wonder when I can go back?
From Flagstaff it was days on end of driving but I played it safe and smart this trip only driving 4-6 hours a day, getting into some pre reaseached rv park well in time to clean up, take care of the pups and myself, enuring a good nights sleep, ready to continue on the next day.
1st stop: Zion National Park...can I just say words can not descrobe the beauty! You want to drive slow, taking it all in. The camgrund I stayed at there was right in the river, huge back in spot, I was lucky to arrive at noon to take full advantage! Met a wonderful family from the UK who parked next to me. The wife/mother is also Scottish, we exhanged travel tips for our countries...only camping does this happen!
Next stop: Provo, Utah. Just a few miles of the highway was a lovely little campround called Lakeside, although I saw no lake, hum. It was a slice of heaven, not fancy but just what this girl needed, laundry, cable and a hot shower!
From there Caldwell, Idado...what can you say about Caldwell other than it was nice to have an rv park close to the highway that was like camping in someone's yard...set up, ate, slept.
Then in Kennewick, WA was a Army Corp of Eng. campgorund on the river that was amazing at just $12 a night, with electric! The pics will tell the story since I pretty much parked and slept.
What I had been so looking forward to was my Uncle Larry's "Summer Bash" he throws this party every year, I have never attended. No need to go into why. This year I was so looking forward to it and glad I went! I saw family and friends I hadn't seen in years. Of course it was in record heat even for Eastern Washington, Ephrata to be exact. Uncle Larry is my pops brother, since my dad passed in 1997 from an accident and my mom in 2001 from breast cancer, I haven't done many family gatherings, I've been missing out! Larry has this wonderful home there in Ephrata, enough room for 3 large rv's and my little one, plus tent camping for other family members. It was the best time I have had in a long time and that is all I can say now without getting just a little choked up.
Woodinville, WA: This is the town, the house, the place my parents moved me to in 1976. I never did like it there and if it weren't for the fact that my sister lives in the house we grew up in and she happens to have one my favorite girls on earth as her daughter I wouldn't have done back, not to mention it has become "wine country" and I got to visit some of my wine making pals! Girl has to have grape on the road...two cases enough? HUM. I stayed in sissy's yard for a week, played with kid and didn't get nearly enough rest before heading up to the Olympic Peninsula. I always love the ferry ride across, about a half hour of heaven floating across to the other side. By now I am getting jazzed, family done, its Girlfriend time! Two nights in Port Angeles before going to the Lake for a long weekend to launch my floaty, cocktail in holder, tied up to some pf the best friends a girl could ever have.
Now I am getting a wee bit road weary, so much moving around from place to place time to relax, kick back, stay someplace a while right? Yeah, right. The Sunday night after the Lake party I parked the traila at a friends place...I can not go into details but lets just say, it was like Kauai and I needed to sleep ALL the next day getting up only to walk, feed the pooches and myself. Those in the know...you know.
By this time I have been on the road 4 weeks, a record here for time spent in Airstream. Hood Canal on the Peninsula sounds like a place I can spend some time and boy do I. A view to die for, oysters literally at my feet, total privacy on friends property, can be beat. Some sun, some drizzle, a whole lotta laying around, reading and watch tv in the traila. Peace and quiet. No town to visit close by except for the essential needs. Brinnon has a restaurant, a little grocery if you can call it that and a place to buy seafood in case you are not able to catch your own. Not a mecca by any means but a good place to chill out. That I did for a solid week or more then it it hit me...Go home!
I was meant to travel a few more weeks, those reservations were canceled and I beat feet for home...sweet desert heat...big bed, big tv, big sofa and big shower. No place like home!
From Flagstaff it was days on end of driving but I played it safe and smart this trip only driving 4-6 hours a day, getting into some pre reaseached rv park well in time to clean up, take care of the pups and myself, enuring a good nights sleep, ready to continue on the next day.
1st stop: Zion National Park...can I just say words can not descrobe the beauty! You want to drive slow, taking it all in. The camgrund I stayed at there was right in the river, huge back in spot, I was lucky to arrive at noon to take full advantage! Met a wonderful family from the UK who parked next to me. The wife/mother is also Scottish, we exhanged travel tips for our countries...only camping does this happen!
Next stop: Provo, Utah. Just a few miles of the highway was a lovely little campround called Lakeside, although I saw no lake, hum. It was a slice of heaven, not fancy but just what this girl needed, laundry, cable and a hot shower!
From there Caldwell, Idado...what can you say about Caldwell other than it was nice to have an rv park close to the highway that was like camping in someone's yard...set up, ate, slept.
Then in Kennewick, WA was a Army Corp of Eng. campgorund on the river that was amazing at just $12 a night, with electric! The pics will tell the story since I pretty much parked and slept.
What I had been so looking forward to was my Uncle Larry's "Summer Bash" he throws this party every year, I have never attended. No need to go into why. This year I was so looking forward to it and glad I went! I saw family and friends I hadn't seen in years. Of course it was in record heat even for Eastern Washington, Ephrata to be exact. Uncle Larry is my pops brother, since my dad passed in 1997 from an accident and my mom in 2001 from breast cancer, I haven't done many family gatherings, I've been missing out! Larry has this wonderful home there in Ephrata, enough room for 3 large rv's and my little one, plus tent camping for other family members. It was the best time I have had in a long time and that is all I can say now without getting just a little choked up.
Woodinville, WA: This is the town, the house, the place my parents moved me to in 1976. I never did like it there and if it weren't for the fact that my sister lives in the house we grew up in and she happens to have one my favorite girls on earth as her daughter I wouldn't have done back, not to mention it has become "wine country" and I got to visit some of my wine making pals! Girl has to have grape on the road...two cases enough? HUM. I stayed in sissy's yard for a week, played with kid and didn't get nearly enough rest before heading up to the Olympic Peninsula. I always love the ferry ride across, about a half hour of heaven floating across to the other side. By now I am getting jazzed, family done, its Girlfriend time! Two nights in Port Angeles before going to the Lake for a long weekend to launch my floaty, cocktail in holder, tied up to some pf the best friends a girl could ever have.
Now I am getting a wee bit road weary, so much moving around from place to place time to relax, kick back, stay someplace a while right? Yeah, right. The Sunday night after the Lake party I parked the traila at a friends place...I can not go into details but lets just say, it was like Kauai and I needed to sleep ALL the next day getting up only to walk, feed the pooches and myself. Those in the know...you know.
By this time I have been on the road 4 weeks, a record here for time spent in Airstream. Hood Canal on the Peninsula sounds like a place I can spend some time and boy do I. A view to die for, oysters literally at my feet, total privacy on friends property, can be beat. Some sun, some drizzle, a whole lotta laying around, reading and watch tv in the traila. Peace and quiet. No town to visit close by except for the essential needs. Brinnon has a restaurant, a little grocery if you can call it that and a place to buy seafood in case you are not able to catch your own. Not a mecca by any means but a good place to chill out. That I did for a solid week or more then it it hit me...Go home!
I was meant to travel a few more weeks, those reservations were canceled and I beat feet for home...sweet desert heat...big bed, big tv, big sofa and big shower. No place like home!
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