Lake Coeur d’Alene – 2025

We traveled from Edmonds, WA to Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on a perfect sunny, 75 degree day with no wind to speak of. Our F350 tows our travel trailer so well! The power going up mountain passes and the exhaust brakes going downhill make it a pleasure to drive. And when the big trucks pass…

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Sun Lakes, WA – 2025

After the FarmJam concert, we drove from Colville to Sun Lakes where we stayed from Monday, September 1st through Thursday September 4th. It was super hot, over 100º every day, but we pretty much had the place to ourselves now that the kids had gone back to school. The lady at the office said one…

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FarmJam – 2025

From Thursday, August 28 to Monday, September 1st, we attended FarmJam with Ed, Betty and Linda. FarmJam is a Country Rock festival held on a private farm in Colville, WA.  It’s a very well organized three day event, and for the most part, features rising stars of country music, with a couple of veterans sprinkled…

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Long Beach Kite Festival – 2025

We spent four nights at Sunrise Pacific Beach RV Resort with Ed and Betty, August 17th – 21st.  The Long Beach Kite Festival was fabulous! This was the first trip with our new diesel F350 tow vehicle.  It’s a beast!  It performed wonderfully and made towing our Keystone a much better experience.  We got 13…

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Leavenworth & Chelan – Summer 2025

We left home on Monday, July 7th, headed to Leavenworth to spend the week up in the mountains with Ellen and Bernie. It was 96° when we arrived, 105° on Tuesday then settled down to the mid 80s for a couple days before reaching the 90s again by Friday. We stayed in site 104, Bernie…

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Oregon Coast – Spring 2025

On Sunday, June 15th, Father’s Day, we got up early and left the house about 6:30am to begin our journey to South Beach State Park in Newport, Oregon. Ellen and Bernie were traveling from their home in Arizona to spend the summer in the Pacific Northwest. We both arrived in the afternoon to sunny weather,…

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Fort Casey, Whidbey Island, WA, Cougar’s First Outing

For our first adventure in our 2023 Keystone Cougar we spent two nights up at Fort Casey on Whidbey Island. This is our fourth or fifth time camping here, and this time was special. Besides it being our first time in the new trailer, the weather was outstanding for April. It was 65 to 70°…

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Keystone Cougar 22 MLSWE

After selling Cooper, our Winnebago Micro Minnie, Karen and I began our search for our next trailer, which should also be our last trailer.  We narrowed it down to a Cougar Keystone 22 MLSWE.  We love the floorplan!  It features a forward facing, walk-around bed, a larger bathroom and side-by-side recliners, a dinette, and a…

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