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Vampire Watch
Back in the late 1960s I’d hurry home from school every afternoon to catch the latest episode of Dark Shadows, ABCs wildly popular gothic soap opera. The fictional town of Collinsport was home to Collinwood mansion where the unusual Collins family resided. Viewers got to know (among others) the sinister Barnabas Collins, a vampire, Angelique,…
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Let’s Go To The Hardware Store
The Astoria-Megler Bridge spans the Columbia River, joining the states of Oregon and Washington. It soars 196 feet above the water (at high tide) and stretches just over four miles from shore to shore. It’s quite a thrill for anyone with a fear of heights. We arrived at Washington’s Bay Center KOA Saturday afternoon in…
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Not Your Everyday Corn Dog
Leave it to Reg to sniff out one of the most unique and popular lunch spots on the Oregon Coast. And to perfectly time our drive north to reach the seaside town of Rockaway Beach at the lunch hour. We had to stop. There are nearly 100 years of history behind this tasty treat. The…
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Travel Surprises Are The Best
We made our reservations last winter. Planning ahead is a necessity when hoping to camp along the coasts of Oregon and Washington. Fortunately, our start date coincided with a blazing hot heatwave that settled over the Rogue Valley. Our first two nights were spent at Tugman State Park on the Oregon Coast where we walked…
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St Andrews, Scotland-Sun And Fun
We got off to a drippy start on our first big night out in St Andrews. Friends from England, Jude and Ian, happened to be van-camping right up the road from our rental house, so Ian organized us on a dinner hour hunt for the best fish and chips in St Andrews. Without a reservation…
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Our Scottish Pilgrimage
It was early in 1997 when Reg received word that he had been accepted into the Fulbright Teaching Exchange Program and that he and a Scottish teacher would be exchanging jobs and homes. We’ve returned a few times, both with our boys and without, to wander the old neighborhood. This time Reg and I had…
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The Cotswold Way-We Climbed Our Last Hill
Day 9 We enjoyed a semi-leisurely morning today, our last day of walking. Tonight we would call it quits in Bath, England, the town known for its Roman-built baths. But first we had that walking to do. Upon reaching the top of our morning climb we discovered a history lesson stretched across the landscape. Lansdown…
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The Cotswold Way-A New Day Dawns
Day 7 We began our day feeling pretty good about it. Reg’s itinerary had us walking just 10 miles with an easy 450’ of ascent. “Piece of cake,” we thought. We passed by St Mary the Virgin, one of the oldest churches in the area. According to Wikipedia, it is thought that most of what…
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The Cotswold Way-A Couple Of Wimps
Day 6 It was an ongoing 24-hour debate between us; Should we walk or not? How hard would it rain? How windy would it get? How wet would we be by the time we reached Wotton-Under-Edge?Having walked in miserable weather several times in the past, the memories were clear, so in the end we wimped…
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