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What's that drumming?
Austin, Texas The other day I walked out our front door and heard loud distinct drumming. I looked up to see a beautiful female Downy...


All things ducks
Did you know Texas is a great place to see all sorts of ducks? Some of them are native here, but many others pass through during...


It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....well actually not really
Austin, TX We picked up an adorable little Christmas tree, while wearing sandals, next to the fresh flowers for sale at Home Depot and...


Those eyes....owls in Austin!
Austin, TX Had two of the most magical encounters with a gorgeous Barred Owl that often frequents Mill Pond (where we walk most every...


Pedernales Falls State Park, TX
We took our first trip in the RV this month to Pedernales Falls State Park for 3 nights and loved it. Was so much fun to have this...


Austin in the Fall
After years and years of cold winter weather we're trying something new......Texas! I was a little concerned about heading into such an...


So we got a lil thing....
After HOURS and HOURS of research, driving to look at RV's, running numbers, creating excel spreadsheets and sorting our priorities we...


Ancestral Pueblo People
Bandelier National Monument - New Mexico We got to spend a day exploring this gorgeous park and learning the history. "Bandelier's human...


Park City: Cool Fall Activities
Looking for a place with less smoke was challenging, but we settled on this area. In the canyons there were some gorgeous Fall colors....


Bend: Dry & Smoky
Our plan had been to spend a month exploring this area, but we ended up needing to leave after a week because the epic forest fire smoke...


Goodbye Ocean....Hello Mt Hood
Mt. Hood Village, OR - part of the Scenic Mt. Hood Byway Leaving the ocean behind we headed into the dense green of the Mount Hood area...


PNW Island Living
Coupeville - Whidbey Island, WA Whidbey Island is the largest of the islands in Island County, WA and we stayed south of the coastal town...


Two weeks of water views, marine life, forests & waterfalls
Brinnon, WA - a small town that hugs a good stretch of the northwest shore of the Hood Canal. Where & What is the Hood Canal? "It's a...


It's pronounced swim with a Q
Sequim, WA. Did you know that Sequim "is one of the driest places in western WA"? This is due to being part of the Olympic Rain Shadow?...


A chapter ends and another begins
After 9 years of living, and LOVING, Bozeman, Montana we are heading into our next adventure. In March we spent hours reviewing the...
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