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Fall and Winter
2024-2025
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Summer, 2024"
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Friday, September 6,
2024: To stay cool we drive an hour to Lake of the
Woods. The girls brought a picnic lunch which we are
quickly to spend more time sitting next to the water.
Abby has never had the chance to swim free in a lake but
she took to it quickly. The three of us took turns
throwing sticks for Abby to retrieve in the lake. We
spent three hours staying cool next to the water. Click
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Wednesday, September 4,
2024: Gwen and I do not subscribe to HULU but Lesa
does. I began watching Martin Short and Steve Martin in
the series "Only Murders in this Building". It
turned into binge watching where I made it to episode 10
when there are 12 episodes in the series. Steve Martin
is being murdered by his girlfriend, :-0
Unfortunately that's where I had to stop watching so I
don't know who saves him. Surely someone will save him
since he is a star in the show.
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Tuesday, September 3, 2024: Abby
and I took a walk around the block and found this giant Weeping
Willow tree. It is significant to us because we planted a
Weeping Willow tweg about six years ago on our lot in Sutherlin.
It is now a full grown tree providing lots of shade and
atmosphere. This tree made me think of our tree and wondered if
it will become something like this some year in the future. |
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Monday, Labor Day,
September 2, 2024: While everyone else is asleep,
Abby and I go exploring and found the Common Grounds
Coffee Shop in downtown Klamath Falls. After coffee we
take a walk across the street into the city park. Abby
enjoyed the most green grass she has seen in months.
I only ordered a large house coffee for $3 but noticed a
refill was another $1. Seemed a little high for a shop
in Klamath Falls. :-)
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Sunday, September 1,
2024: This is moving day from Sutherlin, Oregon toward
Tucson, Arizona. Our travel plan will take us nearly a
month. Our first destination is to Klamath Falls, Oregon
to visit with Gwen's children.
I wasn't going to hang the bike off the back of the
trailer but changed my mind since the inside of the
trailer is already crowded with stuff.
The top of the car also became the place for stuff going
to Tucson. We sent six UPS packages to Tucson already
but the roof cargo would be too difficult to ship.
I stopped at a weigh scale thinking the worst.
Fortunately the trailer is still within the maximum
towing capacity for the Highlander. Once we get rid of
all the Tucson stuff, we will be lighter.
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Thursday - Wednesday, July 11 - 17, 2024: Gwen and I found
the Camp Lite 21RBS in Spokane, a very special light weight
travel trailer. It is special because it is entirely made of
aluminum, frame, floor, roof, sides. No wood, the walls are
a material called Azdel, Azdel is 50% lighter than wood, it
has no mold, mildew, rotting or warping. It is far superior
to wood. Our Highlander is limited to 5,000 lbs so this
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Our trip south from Spokane ended in a fairground near Colfax,
Washington on the first night. We had power and water and a large
field for Abby to run. There was a cow show happening the next day
so the fairground became busy. We continued on our way south
following 395 which crosses 3 states, California, Oregon and
California from Mexico to Canada. Our goal was the Clyde Holliday
(yes, that's the correct spelling) State Park where we spent 3
nights. The Highlander did well pulling the trailer. Click all the
photos for more views. |
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Monday, July 1, 2024: We like our
Tucson Park Model and expect to spend much of our time there
but not yet during the summer months. We still want to
travel. But not in a giant motorhome. We are downsizing by
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motorhome and purchasing a much smaller travel trailer to tow behind
the Highlander. We already have a travel trailer in mind. It's
called a "Camp Lite" manufactured by Livn Lite, a company which does
not exist any longer. The Camp Lite is very special in many ways. It
takes a seasoned RVer to recognize what makes it so special. I will
explain more once we have the trailer in our possession. We are
expecting to have it by July 12. In the meantime, the trailer does
not come with a weight distribution hitch. I searched Facebook
Marketplace and found many. I was lucky to find one for the right
price right here in Sutherlin. I'm cleaning it up and painting. The
hitch in the photo on the left is upside down because it came with
the wrong size ball, much too large. I need to put on a 2" ball. I
need a 1-3/4" wrench to remove the large ball. I don't have one that
large and neither do the friends I've asked. However, I suspect the
park shop will have one, I'll check tomorrow. A weight distribution
hitch is essential for stability with towing. It distributes the
towing weight among all axles including the front wheels of the
Highlander. I would not tow without one. We are needing the trailer
before selling the motorhome so we can unload our personal items
into the trailer then sell or donate what's left.
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