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Teresa's Daily diary of Teresa and Andrew's travels. This blog is targeted at a general audience who is interested in our day-to-day happenings. As the traveling slowed down, so did the blog entries.
July 2006 - Posts
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Mount Olympus , the highest peak in the park at 7,980 feet is covered in clouds. Andrew said he didn't see Mt Olympus on his last trip and isn't sure it really exists. We headed out to the coast for today's hike starting at Rialto Beach. The coastline Read More...
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It's a rainy and overcast morning. We are definitely in the rain forest, lots of mosses and ferns. This area gets over 145 inches of rain per year. In comparison, Seattle only gets 34 inches of rain per year! We first entered Olympic National Park and Read More...
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We got an earlier start and drove up to Paradise Visitor Center while parking was still available. Paradise is in the clouds this morning. We had breakfast on the tailgate and then went into the Visitor's Center. The Henry Jackson Memorial Visitor Center Read More...
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We broke camp and stopped briefly at a grocery store for a couple of things before heading into Mount Rainier National Park . We started at the Longmire Visitor Center, had lunch and caught the free shuttle bus to Paradise Visitor Center at the base of Read More...
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Our gracious hosts have to head to work and we have more traveling to do. After a welcomed shower, we're all out the door. We are off heading towards Mount St Helen's National Monument . The day is quite overcast. As we head up in elevation to Mount St Read More...
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A Good Morning with seagulls and salt air! We uploaded photos and made a relaxing breakfast in the kitchen. We checked out of our room and walked down Bay Street to check out all the little shops and restaurants. We walked into a couple of glass shops Read More...
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We woke to roosters crowing this morning. We visited for a while with everybody and had to continue our journey. We went off to the Oregon coast to Newport and the Rogue Brewery . This is one of our favorite brewers of beers. We arrived in Newport just Read More...
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We got up early, but stayed in the hotel room (and the air conditioning) as long as we could. At the continental breakfast at the hotel, they said it was 110 yesterday, but it was only supposed to get up to 102 today. By the end of the week, it'll only Read More...
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Horrible night! In the middle of the night, we woke up with mosquitoes in the truck. LOTS of mosquitoes! We thought about what we could do, including finding a hotel (at 2am, outside the park, not a good option). We decided to turn out fan around and Read More...
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We took a scenic drive along the Umpqua River . It is a really beautiful river in a deep canyon. This area is very lush and rainforest-like, similar to North Carolina. Steep hillsides covered in thick forests and ferns. This is a big fishing area, we Read More...
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We started off with a breakfast of fresh chicken eggs and bacon Martha provided. Chris had to leave early this morning. He's on a schedule and meeting others down the road. Andrew and I stayed around to help Martha with the chickens and rabbits. We are Read More...
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We're on the road again, heading north into Oregon. We made it to Lebanon, OR and met Chris on his friend Martha's 50 acre ranch. She has several rhea (a small ostrich), sheep, rabbits and chickens. And two kids. She has her hands full. She purchased Read More...
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We did a little grocery shopping in Mt Shasta, CA and then found a library for some air conditioned computer work. We stayed there for much of the day. The library had a huge book sale going on and although our space is limited, we picked up a few books Read More...
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We started off the day with another wine tasting at 10am. Please note: TASTING wine, not DRINKING wine. (Our Napa experience has shown us we're clearly not alcoholics.) We started off with a free tasting at the Frank Family Vineyard, another suggestion Read More...
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We've got a lot to do today. We have to find a place to mail our property papers, among other things. Our first stop was laundry and then shipping. We found a place to print out some things and got all our errands done by lunchtime. We found a brewery Read More...
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The flies are back this morning, so we decided to head up to a picnic area for breakfast. We went into Sequoia National Park and hiked out to see the General Sherman Tree, the largest tree in the world. It's not the tallest (Coastal Redwoods), it's not Read More...
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Our papers came in yesterday, but we realized sending them now they will not be processed until Monday anyway. So we went into King's Canyon /Sequoia National Park and we'll deal with the papers Monday, when we are back in civilization. We began in King's Read More...
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This hotel has an outdoor kitchen/common area. An outdoor kitchen is pretty cool and we may have to have one at our place. At least, an outdoor bar! We're expecting papers to be delivered on our property, but they won't be here until later, so we'll enjoy Read More...
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We got out of our hotel early and headed back into Fresno, CA for a trip to our favorite store, Trader Joe's! We loaded up on a case of Charles Shaw wine selling for $1.99 per bottle, fondly known as Two-Buck Chuck . It's not bad and it really fits our Read More...
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We left our campsite and headed to the south end of Yosemite to the Mariposa Grove of Giant Trees. We got there with a few hundred others and took a short walk thru the big trees. There are crowds on all of the major areas of the park, but when we took Read More...
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We had no bear problems last night, so we may use this site again tonight. We won't cook here, to keep it free from the smell of food. Instead, we'll go into the park and find a day use area for breakfast. I feel we were kept safe last night because of Read More...
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We have a dilemma this morning... we didn't go to the ATM before entering the park and now we have very little cash. These campgrounds have a self-registration, you chose a site, put money in an envelope and put the receipt stub on a post at your site. Read More...
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We went back into Mammoth Mountain for the rest of the Energy Fair. We got a lot of information on solar power, solar hot water, straw bale construction and lots more. The fair was supposed to last until 2 pm, but around noon it started to rain. And then Read More...
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We got an early start this morning, we have a lot to do. We did a 4 1/2 mile hike in the Methuselah Grove of Bristlecone Pines, the grove containing a three named "Methuselah" that has been tree ring dated to 4,730+ years old and still living!! The exact Read More...
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We left our beautiful campsite in the trees with a creek and headed into the desert again. We stopped briefly in Tonopah, NV for groceries. We spent two unexpected days in Tonopah after we broke our rear shocks on the road to the Racetrack Playa in Death Read More...
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We watched the wildlife at our camp this morning... a hummingbird is sitting on a nest in a tree. It's nest is only slightly larger than a quarter! So tiny! A dark cloud on the horizon had us worried about the weather for our hike today. On our way out, Read More...
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We found a nice BLM campsite by a stream... and it's free! Our favorite kind! We did a cave tour of Lehman's Cave this morning. I was impressed that they had an airlock in place around 1940, shortly after the cave was commercialized. This is a living Read More...
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It rained a little last night and again this morning. We're concerned about the roads only if we get a a heavy rain. The roads we came in on thru national forest had plenty of gravel and rock, so we had a way out, but the roads down in the valley were Read More...
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We did the scenic drive thru the southern end of the park. We did a 4 1/2 mile hike up the Grand Wash. One point in the canyon, the walls were very close, but not quite a slot canyon. The steeper canyon walls gave us some welcomed shade. It was hot, but Read More...
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We slept in, despite the light rain shower early this morning that forced us to close up some windows. I talked to a lady from Lakeland, FL this morning from a nearby camp and she mentioned that she and her husband have made 2 trips up into Alaska. George Read More...
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Andrew and I went across the street to have breakfast with Jay, Kim and Kim's husband, Will. Claudia was already at work. Jay's a great cook, making us his special breakfast burritos. Andrew and I finished washing the sheets and the last of our laundry Read More...
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