Doing it all in Oregon

What’s better than having 4 people live in a small trailer?  How about 5 people living in a trailer!  For our trip to the Portland, Oregon area, my mom courageously flew out to travel with us for a week.  Frankly, I’m still surprised she came because she certainly had enough information from this blog to […]

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Sunny in Seattle

When J and I were dating for about 3 months, we would talk about how it would be fun to live in a place like Seattle or a foreign country one day (the farther away the more exotic).  Looking back on those conversations, I can’t really remember why we wanted to live elsewhere – we […]

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Pho-nomenal Pho-amilies, Pho-real

After spending several weeks back home in Maryland, we travelled to the Lone Star State to spend some quality time with family in Houston.  J’s Grandma was celebrating her 89th birthday (90th if you go by the Vietnamese calculation where the newborn starts at 1 versus 0) and D’s uncle was celebrating his bday and […]

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The Silver Bullet Returns

I’ve done some things in my life that many people would consider adventurous, such as jumping out of a plane, climbing Mount Blanc or mountain biking in Moab. However, without question, the most adventurous thing I have ever done in my life is riding in the Silver Bullet with my family back in the 80’s. […]

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Easy Livin in Livingston, Missoula and Walmart

I can’t say we did much shopping at Walmart before this trip, but it is quickly becoming one of our most frequented stores.  I’m writing this post from the west-end of the Missoula Walmart. You’re only supposed to “camp” one night at a particular Walmart, but the boondocking and rv park options in Missoula weren’t […]

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Shrooming in Wisconsin

Recently, we’ve been introduced to the art of foraging by our good friends M and A back home (thanks guys!). Hiking is fun but kids tend to make the experience a little less “speedy”. That’s when looking for edible mushrooms can make things a little more exciting as your young ones collect stick and rock […]

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Cinco de Mayo in Ohio!

Having two great friends in Columbus, makes this our favorite midwestern city. Spent a lot of time catching up and trying to take care of “problems”. Oh yeah, our amazing beautiful Airstream doesn’t hold water in the fresh water tank. Disappointingly the Columbus area airstream dealer couldn’t fix the water problem but they were able […]

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