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HOW-TO: Install Bunk Bed Shelves

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Today, Amber and Rick built some shelves to go along with the new bed they also built. The “bed” Amber used to sleep in was a jack-knife couch which turned into a bed when you folded it down. Amber and Rick took the couch out to build the new bed. They also decided to make some shelves since they had room. The shelves had to be secured to the slide wall, so they didn’t get any “fancy” ideas, LOL! The shelves also couldn’t be very thick or else there wouldn’t have been enough room for the mattress. So with all these things in mind, they successfully built a “functioning” shelf! It is now painted a Granite Grey and holds enough of Amber’s stuff!

Mission: Accomplished


Week In Review (Season 3 Week 23)

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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



Welcome To Tombstone: The Town To Tough To Die

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Today, we are taking a blast to the past! We are touring Tombstone, Arizona where the west comes back to life! Tombstone was famous for the shoot out back in 1881, where Doc Holiday and Wyatt Earp took on some cowboys at the O.K. Corral. It is said 30 bullets were fired in 30 seconds! Tombstone is now one of the most visited places in America! It is also one of the most haunted in America because of the murders. Tombstone has everything for everyone is the family! From a visitor center, shops, dining, and even a stage coach tour of Tombstone! It was very fun to visit and can’t wait to go back!



We Crashed Into a Wall

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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”.

 

Cheboygan Gordon Turner Park

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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

Week In Review (Season 3 Week 21)

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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

 

Gone Tubing at Alcova Lake

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Today we are hanging out with Dad’s cousin Paul and he took us to Alcova Lake! We also had the pleasure of trying something new…Tubing! Amber was the only one, besides Dad, who actually went tubing. It was a super fun day and we all enjoyed it! We will definitely have to go tubing again!

Alcova Reservoir
Alcova, Wyoming 82620
GPS coordinates: https://youtu.be/U7WZCYzWMss

Thumbs Up Antelope Island

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Today we are hanging out with some more family members and visiting Antelope Island. Fun fact, the island doesn’t actually have any antelope on the island, only buffalo! The island was actually in the middle of the Great Salt Lake. It had amazing views but was HOT! You should take a visit if you are near.

Antelope Island
Davis County, UT
GPS coordinates: 41.054857, -112.238191

How-To Clean The Ice Machine

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Today, we are cleaning our ice machine! Since we’ve had it for a while now and used it a lot, we noticed that it had started to get really dirty. Not sure if it was stuff from the air or if stuff had started growing in the machine from the water.

Anyway, we had to take it apart. We took many different approaches, but must of them didn’t end up working. In the end we finally figured it out and it was actually simpler than expected. The longest part was trying to take the machine apart, since we didn’t exactly know what we were doing.

But, all in all, we got it apart and it was dirtier than we expected! We used vinegar water to clean it because we didn’t want to use soap, just in case some soap got left behind. Who would want to use soapy ice? NOT ME!

Then we had to put it all back together which was rather quick! For safe measures we ran some vinegar water through the machine to get any dirt or potential mold out of the pipes. Took about 3 to 4 batches of ice to get ride of all the vinegar water, but we did and now the ice machine looks and acts brand new!

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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