My Life and Travels
Did some updates too:
4/1/2016 Add drive maps
4/3/2016 Add drive maps
4/4/2016 Add drive maps
campsite pictures
awning locks
This is our last night of this trip, we’ll make it (Edit home actually we have two homes now, a motorhome which moves and a house that doesn’t move) to the house tomorrow. We must be home for appointments Friday afternoon.
Today’s drive:
We are on the Columbia River
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Campsite 29.
Came through here last September and stayed in site 30.
Campsite pictures:
This is the last of my trout fishing for 2015. I got these at Lake Morton this morning. The large one weighed in at one pound. These are amazing fish when you consider when I was a kid the fish around here were all in 7 to 8 inch range.
This weekend we are going to see Brian in his lead role as Sweeney Todd at the Renton Civic Theatre Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Monday we will leave heading south until Thanksgiving. The first major stop will be Lake Tahoe for a weekend with Richard and Vicki and then we’ll move on toward Roswell and Carlsbad Caverns.
Stay tuned.
Took the day and went for a hike with Dennis and Mike to Kelly Butte Fire Lookout. It is located off FS Road 70 the Greenwater Road.
Beautiful sunny day with just a hint of fall color.
This is the trail, 2 miles 1200 foot altitude gain.
Overhead picture of the lookout, the blue line is from my InReach GPS tracking system.
Kelly Butte from a distance.
Little closer.
Can you see the Lookout?
Beautiful morning for the mountain.
Some of the Fall color.
Dennis and Mike on the way up.
Had to get a picture of Dennis and the mountain.
Just some cool rock.
First view of the Lookout.
Finally some pictures of the mountain from the tower.
Nice hike on a really beautiful day.
Inside morning temp was 55 and batteries died in outside unit
Thank TED Radio Hour on NPR.
One of the dates I have been looking for is when did the government change GPS system so we could actually use it. Before May 2, 2000 GPS’s had random calculation which would only give you a location within 3 football fields of your actual location. This is when turn by turn GPS systems became a reality for all of us.
I listen to TED Radio Hour on NPR where Guy Raz interviews people who have done TED Talks as a follow up to their talk and grouped together under a topic, I.e. “Making Mistakes”. 1984 was when the first TED Talk occurred, I didn’t know they had been around so long.
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Inside morning temp was 58 and outside temp 50.
Rained heavy all night, large puddle under motorhome this morning.
Tanya and Mike stopped by this afternoon. They have been camped on the other side of Mt. Rainier at Cougar Rock, They had significant rain the whole time they were at Cougar Rock, however with tarps and skill they still had a good time. It was amazing to see them today. They are both GREAT people.
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Inside morning temp was 61 and outside temp 53, light rain starting at 2:30 a.m.
High today was 75 outside 86 inside.
Light rain during the late afternoon.
Hank and I got out for several walks during the day.
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Inside morning temp as 60 and outside temp 50.
High 80
Cleaned and put seal conditioner on slide seals. Did the same for all the storage doors, cleaned seal with protect-all cleaner and than put protect-all on all the seals.
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Inside morning temp was 55 and outside temp 46
High for the day 77.
Did some metal detecting around the area today, found a key, nickle, penny and a lot of melted aluminum. Hank and I went for a couple of walks, around the airstrip and in the evening along the river trail.
We are here for another week. This is a really nice home away from home. Only had a few high clouds during the day and cleared off after dark. One other group a quarter mile up the runway. We are camped in our same spot. The high was 78 degrees.
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