Author Archives: Serene

We, and my parents (Glenn and Beverly),  had a nice trip on the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad today.  People of all ages and stages stopped and waved at our train all through the little towns of Rockaway Beach and Garibaldi.  Everybody loves … Continue reading →

At last post, we were headed down  I-5  towards Vancouver, Washington.  Driving through Seattle (or in my case riding) pulling our fifth-wheel was quite interesting.  The road is way crowded and very much in need of repair.   On one of … Continue reading →

Today we initiated a crossing over, and completed a crossing over. I actually mailed my application for retirement to PERSI, Public Employees Retirement System of Idaho.  Randy and I had to go sign in front of a notary documenting that the … Continue reading →

What is that smell!?   It was perplexing and it was unpleasant enough that we needed to figure it out! Of course, in an RV you fear “black tank” (bathroom) odors but that wasn’t the problem as the odor was in … Continue reading →

In the past few days we have had expectations dashed and expectations exceeded. We spent the weekend at Priest Lake State Park.  The lake was beautiful and the water clear.  A campground program director reminded us of a cruise director … Continue reading →

My father is an only child yet he had 58 first cousins.   We have spent the week in Newport enjoying the company of three of his/my cousins:  Audrey, Britta and Venita.  Of course, there are third cousins (Vicki, Terri and … Continue reading →

This is our patio at our campsite at Farragut State Park.   It has been a great stay.  We really like this park and have discussed that this might be a good place to park host.   We asked the … Continue reading →

We spent the last four days/nights at Dworshack State Park, somewhere we had never been before. We were again in a cyber hole with only the state park Wi-Fi to keep us semi-connected. We had satellite service by just barely … Continue reading →

I thought I knew how to pronounce this town’s name “Ka-me-I”, but Google didn’t understand. Google Maps had no idea what I was talking about until I purposely mispronounced it, Ku-MY-uh. That wasn’t our only technological challenge… We had quite … Continue reading →

The Good – We are currently at a beautiful site on the lake at Winchester State Park.  After a walk around the lake,  I rode my bike into town for a few groceries.   This is really the first time … Continue reading →