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Boys night out with the OKC Barons…
We had such a great 2 weeks in Oklahoma City! While things didn’t look quite like we planned in the volunteer realm, that down time gave us a chance to catch our breaths, and to spend time exploring...
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The 45th Infantry Division Museum in Oklahoma City, OK…
One of the first places that we visited while we were in Oklahoma City, was the 45th Infantry Division Military Museum. Located near all the fun stops in the Adventure District, the 45th is a free...
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Myriad Botanical Gardens & Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory, OKC…
Located in downtown OKC are the beautiful and relaxing Myriad Botanical Gardens & Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory. The gardens are a full city block of beautifully landscaped acreage,...
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Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, OKC…
While in OKC, one MUST STOP destination is the OKC National Memorial!We visited the memorial last year, but we did not visit the Museum that is located next door. We had talked about going last year,...
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The UL.TIM.ATE field trip for the RV family! :)
Yesterday we drove across the northern-most part of Kansas, across secondary roads, and through lots of road construction to get to a very interesting and educational field trip! Probably not high on...
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Ride ‘em cowboy! at the National Cowboy Museum, OKC…
OKC has one of our favorite museums; the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, or better known as just the National Cowboy Museum… It is unique, and has so many widely varied exhibits that...
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Route 66′s Baxter Springs Museum…
While we were in the friendly little town of Baxter Springs, KS, we spent a few hours at the Baxter Springs Heritage Center & Museum. I ended up being disappointed that we hadn’t set aside more...
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George Washington Carver National Monument, MO…
One of the days that Vaughn was gone driving for Samaritan’s Purse, the kids and I took a little road trip. Baxter Springs is on Route 66, and we followed that highway into Missouri, through the...
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Night on the range…
While the tribe was volunteering with tornado cleanup in Baxter Springs, on the last night of the deployment, the entire Samaritan Purse team was invited out to… Show Me Birds is the largest pheasant...
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Dove hunting in Montana…
boys leading on doves While we are in Montana for the summer, we like to do as many of our fav things as possible. But this summer we haven’t done any – from getting back here a month later than...
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Our first destination of the winter… a fall camping trip!
Getting ready to hit the road for our winter route, which this year means staying west! This is a peek into our first stop, which isn’t very far from our hometown; our travels would not be complete...
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Rock Hounding for Prisms at Crystal Park, Montana…
One of our favorite places to camp – like really camp: without restrooms, or hookups of any kind, where you have to make your own fire ring out of rocks, and there are no quiet hours (yet it is quieter...
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Wise River, Montana and the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway…
There are so many beautiful areas to discover in the northwest, but one of our very favorites is the Wise River, Montana area! Wise River is a gorgeous valley river that meanders through the southwest...
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Family travel on the cheap with reciprocal zoo and museum memberships…
One of the many things that we love about being mobile, is that we are able to take the kids to visit fun and educational places all across the nation, including zoos, aquariums, children’s museums,...
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trekking west to the Oregon coast…
After our camping-in-the-cold-but-marvelously-wonderful trip to southwest Montana (well, marvelous except that our furnace quit the last couple of nights we were there and we pretty much froze)… it was...
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Phoenix RV Park in Salem, Oregon…
After we spent two wet and rainy weeks on the coast, near Pacific City, OR, we were ready for a change. So we pulled up the jacks and drove to Salem a few days early. We would be volunteering in...
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Salem’s Riverfront Carousel is tops for family fun!
Salem’s Riverfront Carousel in western Oregon is a beautiful and fun place to take the family! Located in a beautiful downtown area, looking out over the Riverfront Park to the waterway, and the...
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The Salem Kroc Community Center might be the find of the year…
Seriously. Our visit to the Salem Kroc Community Center was super fun – so fun that we went out for pizza and then came back, and were at the center for over 7 hours total! The reason that it might...
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Boys night out with the OKC Barons…
We had such a great 2 weeks in Oklahoma City! While things didn’t look quite like we planned in the volunteer realm, that down time gave us a chance to catch our breaths, and to spend time exploring...
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The 45th Infantry Division Museum in Oklahoma City, OK…
One of the first places that we visited while we were in Oklahoma City, was the 45th Infantry Division Military Museum. Located near all the fun stops in the Adventure District, the 45th is a free...
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