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the party pickle: Clear Lake on Mount Hood
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011. Clear Lake on Mount Hood. It's been far too long since I've had a chance to post an update to our blog. And I hope to give you two entries within the next few days. We'll begin with our last trip we took in early July. We and 3 other families took up residence in a campground just the other side of the pass on Mt. Hood called Clear Lake. You can see all that separated us from the lake. Here's a view looking from our campsite to the peek a boo view of Clear Lake. With Oregon camp...
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the party pickle: Maupin on my Mind
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Monday, August 22, 2011. Maupin on my Mind. So we loaded up the bus and we went to Maupin. Maupin, Oregon that is. Sunshine, and Micro brews. (Ok so that's not the best imitation of the Beverly Hillbillies ever done, but it gets the point across. Every June, my good friend Mark hosts a big VW Bus gathering at his resort in Maupin along the Deschutes River. If you go into the PP archives, you'll see that we've gone to this gathering many times in the past. It's a great time. I mean GREAT time. Thanks for ...
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the party pickle: On on up to Orcas!!!
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Thursday, August 19, 2010. On on up to Orcas! This was the big one. The beeg summer trip. We hit the open road and headed North. All the way to Anacortes, which any Northwesterner knows is the jumping off spot for the San Juan Islands. The girls are getting so big now, no car seats are needed anymore. We set sail up Interstate 5 and pretty much drove the entire 5 and a half hours to Anacortes. stopping only for gas and potty breaks. Michele had the hard job, holding Chippy most of the way. Much of our ti...