Tuesday, July 9, From now on, most of our travels will be steadily EAST! Not enough that we feel we are on the final trek yet . . . we still have several significant stops . . . but we are preparing for the inevitable homeward bound trip in the next two weeks. Today we veered off our route just a little bit to see my first Cousin Marianne Kintner Everett, daughter and husband Karen and Greg, and their daughter, Zoey. The Kintner Cousins are liberally sprinkled across the USA, and it is not often that we are afforded the opportunity to meet. We could/should have put more effort into arranging meet-ups, but our daily schedule of driving, reservations, and sight-seeing doesn’t leave much wiggle room. Our lunch, at Arnies in the town of Edmonds along the Puget Sound, was very meaningful for me. Afterwards, I vowed that the next time we come out to this area we will make more advance plans to spend more time with more cousins! We only got this one picture! We had another 3 hours to drive to the North Cascades National Park, Newhalem Campground. By 5:30 we set up and by 6:00 we had a supper of hamburgers. We then went on our little customary scouting trip to check out the area. The visitor center and the General Store were both closed – but we found the Trail of the Cedars that we though would be nice for an evening walk for the dogs. It began by crossing the Skagit River and then was a wide, level, well-narrated loop path around a forest grove. We heard the patter of light sprinkles on the roof of the Silvermine . . . all night long.
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October 2021
We don’t go camping any more . . . we go ‘streamin’ ! The “SIlvermine and His” is our 2018 25' Airstream Serenity with Salsa interior and front twin beds., and ‘streamin’ is the name we use to describe our adventures. Stream along as we document everything from weekend trips to longer summer excursions and full-blown vacations. You know what they say: if you’re not in an Airstream – you’re just camping!
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