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August 15, 2020

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Welcome to the new folks who started following our travels. When we started this blog back in 2017 we wanted our friends and family to know what we were doing and where we were. The other reason was we wanted a journal of our travels to live forever online so our kids, grand-kids, and great grand-kids can read about our travels and see the places we’ve been. We hope that the writing and images will inspire you to go see places for yourself.

August 15, 2020 is the 5th anniversary of being on the road full-time. When we started this journey neither Darla or I had any measurable experience in RVing and we didn’t own an RV. When Darla found our rig on craigslist in AZ we didn’t even have a truck but we ‘re looking at 5th wheels go figure. Darla found this 2005 Keystone Cougar on craigslist, it turned out that we liked the trailer and the seller was also selling a 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 diesel so we bought the package.

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She’s been a good rig we’ve gone coast to coast with her and she’s never let us down. Now it’s time for an upgrade we need more storage in the bedroom and we want a true four seasons so we’ve been looking at 2016 Cougars we also like the 2016 Grand Design Reflection 337 rls.

Full-time RVers VS Nomads.

I think now we see ourselves more as nomads instead of full-time RVer. We move around the country looking for opportunity. Sometimes the opportunity is to spend time with friends and family. Sometimes it’s for workamping opportunities. We’ve found in our new lifestyle that sitting around to much makes the body hurt and we can trade labor for money to support our travels and even to upgrade the 5’er.

A couple of years ago we started our own online business IdealPhotoArt.com where we can post our travel photo and you can put them on coffee cups, framed art, tote bags just about anything you want to put an image. This year we switched platforms and now we’re so excited to be with Fine Arts America. I’m in the process of uploading 10k travel images. If you have a special place you wish you had on a t-shirt or coffee mug and you never captured an image of it, Than email us at idealphotoart.com@gmail.com give us the info to search our catalog for it or if we’re close we’ll go capture it for you.

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Walk down memory lane.

Thank you for stopping bye.

Image captured an hour before Sunset in Duck Creek Utah.
Butch Cassidy lived in this home from age 14 to age 18 in Southern Utah.
After a three mile hike this was the reward.
Bryce Canyon N.P.
Tennessee
West Virgina
Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine
Niagara Falls NY
Glacier N.P. MT
Glacier N.P. MT
Glacier N.P. MT

 

 

 

Welcome to Williams AZ.

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Well our luck ran out in Oregon. We couldn’t s fine anywhere to park so we had to go. We decided to go to Williams AZ to get our kicks on route 66 for a couple of months until it cools down enough for us to go to our winter park. Our first outing was trying to find a place to walk Chill’n that has water and a place we can let him off the leash. We went to a place called Buckskinner Park it had water but no place for Chill’n to get off leash.

Image captured at Buckskinner Park, Williams, AZ
Image captured at Buckskinner Park, Williams, AZ
Image captured at Buckskinner Park, Williams, AZ
Image captured at Buckskinner Park, Williams, AZ
Image captured at Buckskinner Park, Williams, AZ
Image captured at Buckskinner Park, Williams, AZ
Image captured at Buckskinner Park, Williams, AZ
Image captured at Buckskinner Park, Williams, AZ
Image captured at Buckskinner Park, Williams, AZ

 

The next place was Cataract Lake Park. Again, nice but not right.

 

Image captured at Cataract Lake Park, Williams, AZ
Image captured at Cataract Lake Park, Williams, AZ
Image captured at Cataract Lake Park, Williams, AZ
Image captured at Cataract Lake Park, Williams, AZ
Image captured at Cataract Lake Park, Williams, AZ

 

The quest continues. Thanks for stopping bye.

The Oregon Coast.

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We took a drive over to Lincoln City and as far south as Newport to beat the heat.

Image captured on the Oregon Coast.
Image captured on the Oregon Coast.
Image captured on the Oregon Coast.

We were doing a scenic drive and we stopped at a view point and down below was what seemed to be a baby whale. It never fully surfaced so I took some shots you be the judge.

 

Image captured on the Oregon Coast.
Image captured on the Oregon Coast.
Image captured on the Oregon Coast.

We stopped at a beach down around Newport so Chill’n could get his paws in the water and a little walk in.

Image captured on the Oregon Coast.
Image captured on the Oregon Coast.
Image captured on the Oregon Coast.

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Battery 245 at Fort Stevens State Park.

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This was an active military installation from the civil war days until the end of WWII. Chill’n enjoyed the soft grass.

Image captured at Fort Stevens State Park in Hammond, Oregon
Image captured at Fort Stevens State Park in Hammond, Oregon
Image captured at Fort Stevens State Park in Hammond, Oregon
Image captured at Fort Stevens State Park in Hammond, Oregon
Image captured at Fort Stevens State Park in Hammond, Oregon
Image captured at Fort Stevens State Park in Hammond, Oregon
Image captured at Fort Stevens State Park in Hammond, Oregon
Image captured at Fort Stevens State Park in Hammond, Oregon
Image captured at Fort Stevens State Park in Hammond, Oregon
Image captured at Fort Stevens State Park in Hammond, Oregon

 

Shipwreck at Fort Stevens State Park.

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We wanted to check out the Northern Oregon Coast so we headed out to Astoria, Oregon. On the way back we stopped at Fort Stevens State Park and met up with one of our neighbors from Arizona and they showed us around.

Image captured hiking in Northern Oregon.
Image captured hiking in Northern Oregon.
Image captured hiking in Northern Oregon.
Image captured hiking in Northern Oregon.
Image captured hiking in Northern Oregon.
Image captured hiking in Northern Oregon.
Image captured hiking in Northern Oregon.

 

 

Molalla River State Park, Canby, OR

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Since we got Chill’n the full time RVing dog a few months ago we spend some time looking for local dog parks where ever our travels take us. Molalla River State Park has a couple of different dog areas but neither are fenced in. There are several hiking trails and some go down to the river. Beautiful easy hiking.

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Silver Falls, State Park, Silverton, OR

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This is a huge state park the kind you want to pack a lunch and stay all day. The images below are of North Falls Trail. It was not dog friendly on the trail so we headed down to the South Falls Trail which is dog friendly on some trails.

 

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South Falls Trail.

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We have plans to return and hike to North Falls to shoot that.  Thanks for visiting our blog.

 

Canby, OR and Willamette Falls.

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We got a couple of nice days of weather so we tried to make the most of them. We went looking for a state park in the city of Canby and we found a ferry.

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From here we headed to Willamette Falls in Oregon City. It was a bit of a surprise to see such an industrial setting for waterfalls.

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