Ready to turn back east

above: our hazy view from Hurricane Hill Port Angeles, WA is our last stop before we start our long trek east back towards home (I guess it’s technically not home anymore, but it’ll always be my figurative home). I can’t believe it’s been 14 months and we’ve only made it 3/4 of the way around...
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Driveway camping in Washington

  above: our view of Mt. Saint Helens from the road to parking area. It’s been a long time since we’ve been able to “Driveway Camp” (camp in friend’s or family member’s driveway). Until now we’d done it in New Hampshire, Long Island NY, and our most recent time was all the way back in October in Florida....
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Footsore but impressed

above: amazing views of Mt. Hood as we approached Portland As we continued to meander through the Pacific Northwest, we landed in Boring, OR (I think they must have heard every joke in the book). Barton Park is a great little county park about 30 miles east of Portland right by the Clackamas River. That meant...
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A Bend in our Route

When we originally made our plans to travel up the Pacific coast from San Diego to Seattle, we envisioned staying as close to the coast as possible by taking US-101 most of the way. We’ve heard from pretty much everyone that the Oregon coast is not to be missed. After reaching the northern end of...
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Adjusting HWH Leveling Jacks

During our first few months living in Rover we realized that our auto-leveling jacks weren’t quite working as expected. Very few campsites we’ve been to (if any) are perfectly level, so the “auto level” function is supposed to extend each of the four corner jacks an appropriate amount, lifting Rover’s left, right, front, or back...
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