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About 30 miles East of Roseburg, Oregon on Highway 138 you come across an almost perfect spot to stop for a day or two on your travels. Nestled in a crook of the North Umqua River the Susan Creek Campground sits under a mature forest grove close enough to the river that you can hear …
On the Oregon side of the Columbia River spans one of the more scenic drives to be found anywhere. It winds past numerous waterfalls, gorges and scenic overlooks. Once you head East on Highway 84 and get about 10 miles past the outlet malls, traffic and sprawl around Troutdale a different world emerges. Turning off …
During our time in Death Valley, especially when we were staying at the Geologists’ Cabin, we were able to witness a wide variety of natural behaviors of the Wild Burros who called the Park their home. One such memorable encounter happened as we were sitting out behind the Cabin under our sunshade just taking in …
A couple of buddies of mine are long-term friends from before I knew either of them. They are both talented artists, designers and thinkers. One of them happens to also be Willow’s original rescuer. One of the projects they are working on together has us excited about the possibilities it opens up for including a …
On our travels back and forth between California and Arizona we usually end up on Highway 40 heading into or out of the Barstow area but sometimes, for a change of pace, we end up on Highway 15 instead. For whatever reason this time we chose the Highway 15 route. Numerous times we have seen …
When we first drove off road into the Coconino National Forest we came across the sign pointing us towards several different destinations. One we found our camping spot near the Rim and were finally situated we pulled up a map to take in our surroundings. Looking at the map we could see that Potato Lake …
While camping and exploring along the Mogollon Rim we were relatively close to the town of Strawberry, AZ. Since a couple of our supplies were running low we decided to head down into town and pick up those few items. Rolling into town we spotted one of those brown signs with white lettering informing us …
The Coconino National Forest is over 1.8 Million acres in size and we were obviously only able to explore several tiny portions of it. Like our time in the Stanislaus National Forest and Death Valley we did far too many things to put in just one post so this is our main Coconino National Forest …
During our stay near the Mogollon Rim we were leaving the campsite for hours at a time in order to go on hikes, explore nearby areas or go into town to a sports bar and watch the Stanley Cup playoffs that one of my teams was in (Go Sharks!). Usually, depending on where we are …