Week 6: Family, Friends and Little Bighorn Battlefield
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Week 6: Family, Friends and Little Bighorn Battlefield

Slowly making our way to the East Coast… there is TOO much to see and TOO little time! Mileage: 4087 Soul Status: HIGH Cover Photo: A new plant growing just ten days after a major forest fire. My friend, Diana Baxter, mentioned that the new green life appeared to have a deeper and more spiritual significance.  I...

Week 5:  Grand Targhee, Baby!
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Week 5: Grand Targhee, Baby!

It’s finally here!  Our Grand Targhee Tradition!  Music, dancing, laughing, loving, making memories… Mileage: 3031 Soul Status: HIGH (We were at Targhee Fest, need I say more) Cover Photo:  Zoe wins the cover photo slot this week!  If you don’t know her, she is one amazing kid and tough little “cookie.” It’s likely that she...

Week 4: Cousins and the Fourth of July!
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Week 4: Cousins and the Fourth of July!

Holy FIREWORKS!!!  This show is no joke!   Great time with family and definitely experiencing something new… So…we have officially made the turn EAST, from now until the fall everywhere we go will be inching us towards the New England area! Very exciting moment in The Wave!

Week 3: Olympic Peninsula and Fidalgo Bay
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Week 3: Olympic Peninsula and Fidalgo Bay

LOVED this area… Anacortes is absolutely fabulous!  The weather was perfect the whole time and we connected with so many great people!! Mileage to date: 1890 Soul Status:  HIGH. Very high. Week three was AWE-some! A random new experience we had this week was getting all 23,000lbs of the The Wave on a ferry from...

Stop 5: Fort Stevens, OR and Astoria, OR
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Stop 5: Fort Stevens, OR and Astoria, OR

“Goonies never say die”.  I LOVE this area.  I like being so close to both the water and the mountains!  The energy out here is contagious! Campsite: Fort Stevens National Park Website: http://oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_parkPage&parkId=129 Quick review: Fabulous, everything about it! Mosquitos were bad, but if you pull up your big-girl pants and apply mosquito spray, you...

Stop 4: Redwood Forest
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Stop 4: Redwood Forest

First “holiday” on the road.  Happy Father’s Day, Brian!  My actions will set the bar for all holidays to follow… pressure is ON! Campsite/Website: http://redwoodsrv.com/amenities/index.html Quick Review: The campground was nice enough and definitely had the most amount of kids that we have seen yet, so that was really great. Our campground neighbors pulled up...

Stop 3: Bay Area
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Stop 3: Bay Area

We have a HAPPY Hannah on our hands.  She has been looking forward to San Francisco for many months and she was not disappointed! Campsite: Olema Campground Website: http://www.olemacampground.net/ Quick review: Great experience and loved the rural location north of the city. People were fabulous. Trip Mileage: 767.3 Soul Status: HIGH. Seeing the smile on...

Stop 2: Reno/Tahoe
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Stop 2: Reno/Tahoe

I doubt there is a better place on earth to people-watch than the Boomtown KOA in Nevada!  This is only the secong stop, but we are learning a lot about RV life! Campsite: Boomtown KOA Website: http://koa.com/campgrounds/reno/ Quick Review: We definitely had the best two spots in the KOA with large grassy areas and a...

Stop 1: Wendover, NV
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Stop 1: Wendover, NV

Exotic Wendover was not the destination we had in mind to kick off the trip, BUT I have never been so excited to get to Wendover and this time I left with my money still in my pocket! Campsite: Exotic Wendover KOA Website: http://koa.com/campgrounds/wendover/ Quick Review: Pleasantly surprised! Everything was super clean and the staff...

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Our Rookie Run

Pro’s: Mechanically, everything “seemed” to work properly. Electronically, we (being Brian) now understand how the AC/DC (not the band), power distribution, solar panels, etc. work. Socially, new friends are right next door! So happy that we have two toilets on-board, worth the investment! I drove The Wave, pulling a jeep, through a steep canyon. It’s...