Category Archives: Vacation

Camping at Donner Lake

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Summer 2016

What a summer!  Where to begin…?  I guess the summer officially kicked off with my graduation from EOU in early June. Rachael, Josef, Gramheart and I piled in the car and made the trek way out to La Grande to … Continue reading

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2016 LA VIsit

Here are a bunch of photos from Josef’s and my trip down to Southern California.  Again, I am limited on my time so I’m just kind of dumping a bunch of pictures on here for you to browse.  Hopefully you … Continue reading

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A Visit to Florida

Folks, I’m afraid the advent of my new job is going to severly limit my ability to keep these posts current. (Who am I kidding, I’m always about 6 month behind anyways!) So instead of including my always insightful/poignant/thoughful/clever commentary … Continue reading

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Great Northwestern Loop

Finals week wasn’t even over yet, but our little sedan was packed to the gills with camping gear and we were on the road at dawn, heading for Josef’s biggest adventure yet.  With two weeks of no work and no … Continue reading

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Back to California

In March we made our annual trip down to visit old friends in California.  This time we stayed with Austin and Monica and their 3-year-old lad Owen.  We had a wonderful work-cation, visiting the beach, the Descanso Gardens, Travel Town, … Continue reading

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Father’s Day Camping

  This event has become a greatly anticipated happening each year.  I can’t think of any other way I’d rather spend father’s day than camping with my family in the beautiful Oregon forests.  This year was extra special as Brae … Continue reading

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Vancouver Visit

In August we packed the car to the gills and headed up to the Great North to visit some of my oldest pals and their family.  (It came as quite a shock when I realized, over the course of a … Continue reading

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Visit to Elmira

In May we made a trip to Upstate New York to rendezvous with Oma and Opa in Elmira. Opa immigrated there in the ’50s, with his father Josef and sister Lotte.  Being so far away, we don’t get to visit … Continue reading

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First Camping Trip

One of the biggest things we were looking forward to about living in Oregon was all the incredible camping opportunities, and we wasted no time in availing ourselves of clear water, clean air, and lofty pines!   We spent 3 days … Continue reading

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