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Great news. My nephew has been upgraded to stage 2. They had found a lump in another location on his knee but it turned out to be from an injury and was not cancer related. He has begun radiation treatment and is getting injections for a year that will have him feeling like he has the flu. I...

Neighbors can be obnoxious even when you are at home. We have a new neighbor across the creek and beyond the woods who paid $550k for their home. They sent us neighbors a letter advising us that their daughter's wedding might be somewhat loud and if we wanted to stop by to visit when we heard...

Thank-you all for your responses. They have helped me to decide where to check out a great place to live. Aren't we lucky that we can pick and choose where to live? My favorite landscape photographer, Galen Rowell, who photographed all over the planet, chose Bishop, CA. He said it has everything...

This will be our first long trip in 2014 (a week to the WA coast in February) probably in late March or early April. Thank-you for some great POIs.

My sister is more of an urban dweller; we are rural and have been at the same home for 32 years on 6 acres. I moved out in the county 40 years ago after college. Even Bellingham was too urban. Bellingham is a great place to live: it is always on the best this or that place to live, for...

There is something so special about puppies (or any newborn). He's a cutie and he will have many happy trails. We always have "Toller", our Chocolate PoodlePointer mix with us. He especially loves looking out the window at free range cattle. We will stop on dirt roads so he can sniff them. They...

My nephew has stage 4 melanoma. He is 36, is married with 3 kids and lives near Sacramento. He is being aggressively treated. My sister lives and works in Honolulu but can't retire for 18 months (Federal pension). She was either going to remain in Hawaii or return to the PNW to be near us. She...

Our poodle mix loves the Oregon coast. Some (all?) state parks require that your dog be leashed. I think part of the Oregon coast is considered a highway except for parks that border the ocean. The beaches are public as opposed to Washingtons which are private except for parks. Oregon had the...

Our dog seems to gravitate to our warm sleeping bags as soon as we are out of the loft. So, we got him his own sleeping bag (our daughter's kid one). Nope, he wants on top of ours 'cause they are warmer. He snuggles up to us at night so he is our bed warmer (better than hot rocks). San Rafael...

Now, I can be more optimistic (besides Christmas is coming) as the days are getting longer and when I wake up the daylight will come sooner and I can fix dinner looking at the lighter skies. We did get about 4" of snow Thursday night but it is melting so no white Christmas.

It looks like you are a perfect match for your camper. I am sure you will enjoy many more journeys in not such tame environs (though the water looks pretty rough to me.)

We were in that general area last October in the Black Rock Desert. We wanted to explore further along the Jungo Road but thought better as this was during the shutdown and we had no BLM folks to ask about the roads as we were by ourselves. Beautiful area, serenely surreal in a stark way. We...

Zion is beautiful in the winter. I like the bare branches against the red rock. I was there in January of 2010 with a fellow photographer. You can view them here: http://www.clikrf8images.com/Scenics/Utah/Zion-National-Park

What an experience you had. Most TRs have photos but your prose was very descriptive and I could feel the cold and the fear of the coyotes (we had a pack run through our acreage when I had the dogs out for their nightly foray). I am glad you solved your heater problem. Most folks travel from May...

Okay, I still haven't finished my trip report on Wordpress. But, I did finish my photos which should be a prerequisite to doing a blog so you have finished images to choose from. And, photos help with visual cues about location and date. Before our trip, SmugMug decided to offer a new improved...

Yours will be a very Merry Christmas/ And, you have great taste in locations for your maiden voyage: Steens area, Alvord and Painted Hills. We will be in that area in march, again in May/June and September/October. The eastern Oregon area is wonderful for getting away from the masses, the...

Very nice images. It is really a beautiful area. We were in the Eastern Sierras in early October (during the shutdown) so may have seen you (many 4WCs there). We were at Lundy Canyon, June Lakes, McGee Canyon, and around Bishop plus checked out a mining site east of Bridgeport.

-2 at 5 am which is very unusual for us. The last time in this location the thermometer dropped below 0 was in early 80s. Still 1" of snow. BRRRRR. Glad we have wood gathered and a wood stove as heat pump is not as efficient in these low temps. Keep warm.

The cold winds out of the Fraser River Valley in BC blew into Whatcom county yesterday. It was 9 degrees at 4 am but was 20 degrees at 10:30 PM last night. My husband is busy filling the bird feeder and our past prime apples are finding eager eaters. We have mallards, doves, black caps, snow...

19 degrees at 4am this AM with an inch of snow in our higher altitude. Downtown Bellingham bare and dry and it's sunny! We are at 800 ' altitude; B'ham is mostly sea level in downtown core.

It was a reply a ways back, but I would have taken the money and put it in an envelope to donate to the NPS (or better, wrote a check for said amount) and kept the cash. Then, gracefully, fond another spot. And, forgot about it. We have many trails behind our property that the mountain biking...

I was lucky to have been born here in the very northwest part of washington; my family arrived here before statehood. But, hubby has arthritis and COPD so we have been discussing possible relocations. I love the desert but would miss the saltwater. It is either wet and cold and dry and colder. I...

I shopped from the comfort of my couch. I have never gone into town for Black Friday and feel Thanksgiving is for being with family and friends. So, me and Amazon got together with my Mac today and ordered us up some goodies for the camper and camping. What should be arriving at our house in the...

I sure hope you can proceed with the loan to get your FWC Hawk. You sound like folks who would really benefit and enjoy the pop up camper lifestyle. You have also done your homework and have found this wonderful community of WtW. Happy trails.

Thanks for the thumbs up to Panamint Springs resort campground. We will check it out when we head there in March. I didn't realize that that pass into DV got that much snow. And, Ely? That is a lot of snow. Cool rock formation you saw. What kind of violent geologic upheaval caused all those...