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Week In Review (Season 3 Week 19)

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First, we went to the Sea Lion Caves.
This place was really cool looking at all the sea lions.
I loved this place so much I even drew a “cowboy sea lion” when we got back to the house.

Then we moved on to the Depoe Bay whale watching place.
We even caught a tail on video… yay.
The boat ride was really cool, we got to not only see whales but jellyfish too.

We also took a stop by West Coast Game Park Safari.
We got to feed and pet many different animals.
I got a kick outta watching the bears wave when you shake your food cone at them.

The campgrounds were clean and quiet.
The Alder Dune Campground was basically empty. There was no one but us, the camp host, and one other person.
The Cape Blanco Campground filled up really fast every night but that aside, this was a really nice campground.

Sea Lion Caves
91560 US-101
Florence, OR 97439
http://www.sealioncaves.com/
GPS coordinates: 44.121697, -124.126500

Dockside Charters (whale watching)
270 Coast Guard Dr.
Depoe Bay, OR 97341
https://www.docksidedepoebay.com/
GPS coordinates: 44.808927, -124.059311

West Coast Game Park Safari
46914 US-101
Bandon, OR 97411
https://www.westcoastgameparksafari.com/
GPS coordinates: 43.009971, -124.415096

Alder Dune Campground
89630 US-101
Florence, OR 97439
https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234502
GPS coordinates: 44.069567, -124.100625

Cape Blanco Campground
91814 Cape Blanco Rd.
Port Orford, OR 9746
https://oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_parkPage&parkId=44
GPS coordinates: 42.831719, -124.549972

 

Shoshone Ice Caves

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Welcome to Shoshone Ice Caves.

This ice cave is really cool and historical place to see.

A young boy discovered this ice cave.

In the 1880s, the cave was an ice source for the town of Shoshone.
They shipped the ice out west. Inside the ice cave it has a slick wet board “bridge” to get down to the back of the cave.

The cave has about 5 feet of ice below you so you can’t break it.

It was about $32 for Dad, Amber, Elizabeth, and me Kaylla to get in there. It was really fun to explore.

Shoshone Ice Caves
1561 State Hwy 75
Shoshone, ID 83352
http://www.shoshoneicecaves.com/

 

HOW-TO RV Cutting Board Stove Topper

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Today, we are creating our own stove cover, a cutting board stove cover! We decided to remove our original one since when we put things like our instant pot on top of it, the cover would bend. So we bought a bamboo cutting board that was made to slide into cabinet. BUT, we gave it a different purpose. It was a fairly simple build and a better stove topper. We use it for cutting our vegetables on too! This was really simple and made things easier on us who work in the kitchen.

If you are interested in this cutting board, it is available in many sizes. Just use our Amazon affiliate link below.

 

Stokes State Park New Jersey

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Today we are visiting Stokes State Park in New Jersey! This park had free artisan water and some hiking trails, I think. The trees were amazing! They twisted and turned and grew out of each other, it was like something you would see in a movie! It was an amazing trip and definitely worth it!

Stokes State Park
1 Coursen Rd.
Branchville, NJ 07826
GPS coordinates: 41.185348, -74.796163

 

Southern Loop – Yellowstone National Park

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Today we are visiting the Yellow Stone National Park Southern Loop. This loop contains Old Faithful, Gibbon Falls and other cool things. The southern loop is probably my favorite part of Yellowstone. It has a lot of waterfalls and trails as well. It is very beautiful like the rest of the park.

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Watkins Glen Sate Park

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Today, we are visiting Watkins Glen State Park! It’s a gorge FULL of natural waterfalls. You take a long trail to see all these waterfalls, its a mild/rough rating and some parts of the trails are slick due to water from the waterfalls splashing on the trail. You can walk behind some of these waterfalls, which is super cool! Definitely great for taking those aesthetic pictures for Instagram, am I right? LOL! This place was really beautiful and definitely worth visiting, one of the best parts is that it is FREE! That’s right, it’s free entry! I recommend you visit if you can!

Watkins Glen Sate Park
1009 N Franklin St.
Watkins Glen, NY 14891
https://parks.ny.gov/parks/142/
GPS coordinates: 42.375958, -76.871255

 

Staining The Picnic Table

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Today was a different day. We stained our picnic table.

The color Amber chose was Chestnut brown. It kinda went on as a chocolate brown though.

We first sanded the table and then put some older clothes on and stained it.

We only stained the top, the sides, and the seats. We didn’t stain under the table.

 

Week In Review (Season 3 Week 17)

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We are staying at Denny Creek Campground in Washington. We had Verizon and AT&T service which is always good.

We also took the time to walk down into Franklin Falls. The hike was almost 2.5 miles round trip. There are bathrooms at the beginning of the trail so you might wanna go then because there are not any further down the trail. The trail down into the falls was not that hard but it is not wheelchair accessible. When you get close to the falls the trail turns into a narrow rock ledge.
You could get right up to the falls but we didn’t get in the water and swim. We stayed at the edge of the pool at the bottom.

Wings Over Washington was really cool. I would definitely do that again.

The Volunteer Park was cool. I liked climbing on the trees and chasing squirrels around.

The Ferris Wheel on the pier was really cool. When you get to the top, you get a nice view of Seattle, Washington. Elizabeth wanted to go on the Ferris Wheel but at the top she was a little worried about falling but she still had fun.

Denny Creek Campground
I-90, North Bend, WA 98045
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mbs/recreation/recarea?recid=18032&actid=29
GPS coordinates: 47.410703, -121.441587

Franklin Falls
I-90, North Bend, WA 98045
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mbs/recreation/recarea/?recid=17980&actid=50
GPS coordinates: 47.424739, -121.432585

Triple XXX Root Beer Drive-In
98 NE Gilman Blvd.
Issaquah, WA 98027
http://www.triplexrootbeer.com/
GPS coordinates: 47.537647, -122.035185

Volunteer Park
1247 15th Ave E.
Seattle, WA 98112
http://www.seattle.gov/parks/find/parks/volunteer-park
GPS coordinates: 47.628958, -122.314781

Wings Over Washington
1301 Alaskan Way
Seattle, WA 98101
https://www.wingsoverwa.com/
GPS coordinates: 47.606277, -122.342067

The Seattle Great Wheel (Ferris Wheel)
1301 Alaskan Way
Seattle, WA 98101
http://seattlegreatwheel.com/
GPS coordinates: 47.606281, -122.342415

 

How-To Rebuild RV Bed

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Today, we are taking out the jack-knife couch bed and building a new bed! We decided that Addie needed a better bed and we also wanted some more storage in that back room, so we made the best of both worlds. We used parts from the bed that went underneath the jack-knife couch for the new bed. The new bed was raised 12 inches off the floor, so we could slide totes underneath Addie’s new bed. It was a fairly quick building process for us, and we really like it! How we did it is in the video!

 

Empty Sky 911 Memorial

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Today, we are visiting the Empty Sky 9/11 Memorial. This memorial was two long steel walls with names written on them. The names were the people who had connections with New Jersey who died when the Twin Towers came down. It had two metal beams that actually came from the fallen towers. This place was right across the river from New York City. It was very beautiful and we enjoyed our time there.

Empty Sky Memorial
1 Audrey Zapp Dr.
Jersey City, NJ 07305
GPS coordinates: 40.708199, -74.034564