For this summer in Seattle, we saw and revisited a lot of sites with family and friends. For a few days over the 4th, Nate’s parents, Nancy and John, as well as Nate’s sister Janine and her family gathered together with us at my parent’s place. We visited the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, took…
Newport, Oregon
We love the Oregon coast. We love going out on fishing trips there, sightseeing, eating the food, breathing the cool, crisp air, and walking on the beach. On this trip, we planned another bottom fishing trip with our family and friends. Among the folks we reunited with are a couple who moved to the Oregon…
Chickahominy Reservoir, OR
Done with Yellowstone, it was now time to catch up with the rest of our plans. We stopped in Boise for a couple of days, and then started our trek to Newport, OR, for an upcoming fishing trip and to meet up with Nathan’s Sister and her family, as well as some friends. John and…
Our Visit to Yellowstone
We had given ourselves a few days to see Yellowstone. Since we were spending about a week near there, we could see a different portion of the park each day. On one occasion some of us also visited the Yellowstone Playhouse, which is in Island Park, near Henry’s Lake where we were staying. I love any…
Staying at Henry’s Lake, Idaho, for a visit to Yellowstone
While we were at Hayspur, our new friends Justin and Stacy talked us into following them on their journey to Yellowstone. Having some space in our immediate plans, it didn’t take much convincing. We’d been there before, and they never had, so we offered to show them around. Finding a place to stay around Yellowstone…
Two Weeks at Hayspur Fish Hatchery, ID
After some solar upgrades, we headed off to Hayspur Fish Hatchery to meet up with some friends we met online. We hadn’t ever been there before… we actually never even knew it existed! There’s so many places in our Idaho backyard that we still are learning about! Justin and Stacy Ford – who run their…
Solar – Adding two more panels on the roof.
After having run with our solar for a year, and doing some measuring, we decided to add two more 180 watt panels to our roof. That means we’re now at: 12 x 180 watts = 2160 total watts of sun gathering power Before: After: I’m actually amazed at how much it’s helped increase our…
Solar – A small efficient setup for Nancy and John’s Raptor
We worked together with Nancy and John to come up with a plan for their trailer. They don’t full time in theirs, they mostly go out for a few days in a row. They do stay for a few weeks on occasion. The main goal was just to keep generator time to a minimum for…
Solar – Our Generator Gets Some Love
On our last Solar related post, we mentioned the issue with our Onan generator. I’ll try to explain it better here. So, we have a Cummins Onan QC 5500 Generator. Many RV’s out there are equipped with some version of this generator, so it’s nothing really special, but we wanted to be able to utilize…
A Week at Mountain View Lake, Duck Valley, ID
After our Grand Design Meet Up in Glenn’s Ferry, we had plans to meet up with one of Nathan’s coworkers and his family and do some fishing down at the Duck Valley Indian Reservation. This is the first time we have had our big Momentum down at Mountain View Lake. We used to come here…