Friday, September 21, 2012

The Dalles, Oregon

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Eureka!  We found it!  THE END OF THE OREGON TRAIL!  We made it!  The Dalles!  (pronounced dolls)  Praise the Lord! Native Americans ha...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

The Forts Trail

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Instead of the Oregon Trail, it could have been called the Forts Trail.  Forts were built by fur trading companies or by the military.  T...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

A List of Possessions

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Oh, my!  I hope you can read this, but just in case, I'll type it out for you.  As you read down this list, imagine where you might f...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Titles

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There are SO many  things to see at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center at the top of Flagstaff Hill just outside of Bake...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Mountain Climbing in a Wagon

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Coming from the east into the Rocky Mountain portion of the Oregon Trail was a breeze.  No, really!  The rise into the Rockies wa...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

Day Trip !

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The wagon train we chanced upon at Fort Walla Walla started out from Baker City, Oregon.  Since coming to Washington we've heard of that...
Saturday, September 15, 2012

The Summit

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We reach the base of the summit.  The National Park Service has graciously built a beautiful visitor center here.  The view is spectacular. ...
Friday, September 14, 2012

Mount Rainier Wildlife

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We are always on the look out for anything from crickets, to chipmunks, to bear, bison, and moose.  We're not seeing much around here.  ...
Thursday, September 13, 2012

Wet Britches

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Okay, so the snowball fight was fun, but I ended up with a wet behind from the shoot-out.  Ewww. We mosey on down the road with Granpa jum...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Mount Rainier

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Well, Fort Walla Walla was amazing - and the wagon train was certainly an awesome bonus.  Now what? How about checking things out east of ...
Monday, September 10, 2012

Tankless Hot Water Heaters

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I understand that tankless hot water heaters have been in use in Europe for decades.  We've had ours for about ten years.  When we built...
Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Cook Wagon (not to be confused with Chuck Wagon)

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What's so interesting to us about the cook wagon is that Granpa and I worked with the SBTC Disaster Relief Feeding Units during the afte...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Dallas Cowboys

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Woo-hoo!  Granpa's ready!

Thirsty Steam Engines

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Remember, Walla Walla was founded on wheat.  In 1899 they raised it for about 25 cents a bushel and the average yield was 25 bushels pe...