Join us as we visit bears up close. They are obviously not wild, but the Oswald Bear Ranch is a rescue location for bears.
Dad had a baby bear try to climb his leg when we were getting pictures with the baby bear. Of course, the workers had our camera and did not capture that part. So sad.
This is part of our Season 3 Part 2 and was filmed in the second half of 2019.
Oswald Bear Ranch
http://www.oswaldsbearranch.com
13814 Co Rd 407
Newberry, MI 49868
GPS coordinates: 46.430326, -85.592132
Welcome to the workshop!
Today’s training is The Ultimate Guide To Indoor Fun: 33 Engaging Activities For Adults and Kids
There are times when, for whatever reason, you need to stay indoors. Maybe it’s cold outside. Maybe you’re sick. Or maybe you’re quarantined like much of the world during the coronavirus outbreak in 2020.
When you’re stuck inside for an extended period of time, you start to go a little stir crazy. You can only watch so much Netflix. You get bored. Your kids get bored. You need something to break up the monotony.
In this workshop, we’re going to give you loads of ideas of things you can do indoors. First, we’re going to provide ideas for adults. Then we’re going to provide ideas for families.
The goal? To eradicate boredom!
Ready?
Let’s get started.
This is Newhalem Creek Campground. In 2015, there was a fire in loop C which is where we stayed for about a week. The road into there was a one lane road. So you have to wait at the light in order to go. This campground had a dump station that we could use and it had fresh water which we like. This was a cool and clean campground.
Newhalem Creek Campground
https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234060
https://www.nps.gov/noca/planyourvisit/camping.htm
Marblemount, WA 98267
GPS coordinates: 48.671106, -121.261076
Colonial Creek Campground is really a magical place to stay. Although we didn’t get to stay long we did have fun. This campground almost looked enchanted as Mom (Lisa) would say. Amber, as usual, had to find a throne. What’s cool is it’s a tree stump and it had “stairs” around it so Amber could walk up. That was our stay at Colonial Creek Campground.
Colonial Creek Campground
https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/255201
https://www.nps.gov/noca/planyourvisit/camping.htm
Rockport, WA 98283
GPS coordinates: 48.689548, -121.096493
This is a Towel Prank.
Prepare to watch us suffer. So here’s how this goes. Dad, AKA Rick, decided he was going to pull a prank on us. We include our older sister’s boys. Morgan from Not so Country Mama, Noah, Benjamin, and Samuel. He may have got us a little wet. Well have fun watching the video.
Guess what! We finally made it to the Badlands National Park!
Well there is just about everything to do here in example, there was a lot of Bighorn Sheep “everywhere”. Also there is a lot of trails to hike. I recommend to bring water and hiking boots
This place is really cool and beautiful.
I also recommend taking a drive around and look at what one can see in a matter of hours.
It took us most the day but we were also stopping “every 2 seconds” to look at so many different rocks, caves and, much more.
So if you are around the Badlands area, take a day and go look around.
Oh yeah, I thought would mention there is not a store or town near there so if you are looking to stay get your food and gas before you get there.
Halsey (a singer) did one of her songs here and her Badlands album cover was taken in the Badlands.
There is no words to describe how much FUN we had here in the Badlands National Park.
Thank you Badlands for a good time and a wonderful video lol!
Badlands National Park
South Dakota
https://www.nps.gov/badl/
GPS coordinates: 43.880089, -102.237049
This week was FUN.
First, we stayed at Craggy Wash BLM camping spot, so we could go to the London Bridge. The London Bridge is located in Lake Havasu City. Dad, Amber, and I (Kaylla) walked all the way to the other side and back. Amber and I got our certificate that says we crossed the bridge and made it back. I am so happy that we went to this place and I will never forget.
Next stop was Oatman, AKA Donkey Village. This place is “flooded” with donkeys. There is a lot of history everywhere in this “town” and we love history. You can feed the adult donkeys but you can not feed the baby donkeys. They do gun fights on some days, I forgot what days but they do them. They have many shops like ice cream, souvenirs, even old fashioned ones.
Thank you for coming with us on this trip.
London Bridge
https://www.golakehavasu.com/london-bridge
1340 McCulloch Blvd.
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403
GPS coordinates: 34.471561, -114.347627
Oatman, Arizona
https://www.desertusa.com/oatman/du_oatman.html
GPS coordinates: 35.024827, -114.382357
Craggy Wash BLM Land Camping
GPS coordinates: 34.471561, -114.347627
Today, we did something very different than we usually do.
Amber and I (Kaylla) wanted to make a video and we had lots of no good boxes laying around. So we had the idea “let’s make a wall and knock it down with our bikes”.
We each knocked down the wall 2 times and 1 time “Amber fell”.
Then we got bored of putting the wall up every 2 seconds so we made a floor of the boxes and ran that over 100 billion times.
If you ask me, we had so much fun doing it.
If you are looking to do this I would wear a helmet so you don’t lose your brain.
Now we don’t have so many boxes in our camper. Don’t worry, we trashed the boxes after we just needed to smash them first. This is our way of smashing a box down flat.
As I said “That is one way to silence a box”.
Dad and Elizabeth took a nice stop by Cheboygan Gordon Turner Park.
According to Dad and Elizabeth, this place is “infested” with mosquitoes. They also got some nice lighthouse pictures.
The water at Lake Huron was cold, my toes had “migraines” lol.
I gotta say Lake Huron, you are one pretty cold and cool lake.
Elizabeth and Dad said “if you come in around in June, bring bug spray or some kinda bug repellent”.
There is nothing we didn’t like about Cheboygan and that is the mosquitoes, they were literally everywhere.
Thank you Cheboygan for a good time with the family.
Gordon Turner Park
1101-1183 N Huron St.
Cheboygan, MI 49721
This week was another busy week.
Dad “surprised” Elizabeth with B.Brian Preserve. You might be wondering what is this “B.Brian Preserve”. Well, I have the answer to your question, its a place with zebras, antelope, and giraffes 🦒. The place is breeding these animals to re-introduce them to Africa.
Then we slowly make our way to Glass Beach. Rumor has it you can’t keep the glass from the beach. History time children, so a bunch of people were throwing trash and glass on this beach 50 years ago. The water pulled the glass and stuff out and when it “spit” it back out it would hit the rocks and some how smooth the edges of the glass so now you can walk on it and not cut yourself.
Then we moved onto, One Log House. In my opinion, you would have to worry about mold and stuff but it was cool. It is just like a tiny house or a tiny RV with no slides.
B. Brian Preserve
130 Riverside Dr.
Point Arena, CA 95468
https://www.bbryanpreserve.com/
GPS coordinates: 38.911071, -123.689553
Glass Beach
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
https://www.californiabeaches.com/beach/glass-beach/
GPS coordinates: 39.452170, -123.809695
Lake Tahoe Sand Harbor Beach
2005 NV-28
Incline Village, NV 89452
http://parks.nv.gov/parks/lake-tahoe-nevada-state-park
GPS coordinates: 39.198231, -119.928396
One Log House
705 US-101
Garberville, CA 95542
https://www.oneloghouse.com/
GPS coordinates: 40.009837, -123.790202
Point Arena Sea Lion Cove
Point Arena, CA 95468
GPS coordinates: 38.952216, -123.738103
