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Old Aug 3, 2017 | 07:14 AM
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I was about to tow the boat to Lake Roosevelt, WA (the lake behind Grand Coulee Dam), but our air is completely smoked up from the fires in the area... and there's that West Nile Virus notice for the lake. I recall my boot camp days and my mind immediately heard "Left oblique, HUT!"

Unfortunately... my pictures would likely be very hazy from the smoke, and not of Lake Roosevelt like I planned. I do have is this video of my last visit to Lake Roosevelt with the sail boat:


And this video of a previous visit to our "oblique" destination (Lake Chelan). Note the clarity of this 70 degree water.


Bigger boat now, and here's a preview of our upcoming trip.

 
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Old Aug 3, 2017 | 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by tjmike
It's on the list, but not this time.



Yes it sure is a tight fit. The mirrors are folded in to avoid scraping them on the walls...

A few years ago someone tried to drive a small U-Haul through there and got stuck, they had the road closed most of the day. There's also a few videos of a bus getting stuck as well. It's crazy sometimes how folks get into bad situations up there.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2017 | 11:52 PM
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Lake Casitas
Our trailer and neighbors motor home...
Hate unhook'n, but beer run it is
Finishing or last night here in A/O Country(he'll know when checking in..Ventura Co)
 
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Old Aug 5, 2017 | 11:16 AM
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summer vacation?
first try, getting loaded mother calls my father is having a heart attack, spend 5 days in hospital, play nurse made for 2 months start planning again, father has hernia, back in hospital for emergency surgery.
planning next trip, 3 days in the pines, moving my flatbed goose neck trailer out of the way and my daughters dog was under it. un-hooked take dog to vet, spend week nursing dog. looks like the only thing left is deer season the first of November.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2017 | 08:20 AM
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Took Stinky and "Me and 'er" to Lake Roosevelt (Washington state) for vacation. The temps reached over 100 degrees, and the water was 72 degrees... so swimming was involved. We had a little haze from distant fires, but the weather was otherwise perfect.





We had one anchorage where the bees were a little busy, and my wife learned that a water spray bottle will repel them. She was so busy with that spray bottle that I needed to mask the dash and the stereo speakers, and run the bilge pump for the first time.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2017 | 08:35 AM
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Just got set up at Myrtle Beach.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2017 | 09:30 AM
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Just got set up at Myrtle Beach.
Carpet and all, nice touch. Do you go there for Memorial Day too? I used to think it got hot here in SE PA until I went to Myrtle beach in the end of May.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2017 | 09:50 AM
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This is a picture headed out the doorway of the camper at Paynes Creek campground on Lake Hartwell.


 
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All loaded up for memorial weekend
Greenleaf state park
A mid week trip
Mostly set up Natural falls state park
crappy cell phone pics :-p
 
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Old Aug 13, 2017 | 08:53 PM
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Summer Home

Little bit of work, little bit of vacation...Bullhead City Head'n to launchramp
Parking for rv/trailer
Finished 6ft fence yesterday
Worked on east side 6ft'er tho morning
Pirates Cove
 
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Old Aug 14, 2017 | 07:14 AM
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All great looking vacation spots but I have to say I'm really digging binuya's buffet and I'd love to get a piece of that!
 
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Old Aug 14, 2017 | 08:22 AM
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These are great. We went to Western Montana, then on Rapid City, SD, and then ended up an hour south outside if Edgemont working on a cattle ranch and horse training operation full time....so I guess our vacation turned into a permanent move


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Old Aug 14, 2017 | 08:51 AM
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BBslider, that is beautiful! Congratulations, how are they treating a Kalifornian immigrant?
 
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Old Aug 14, 2017 | 10:47 AM
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Great pics Byron looks awesome, reminds me of when grandpa was alive and we used to ride the horses on his ranch.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2017 | 01:37 PM
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BBslider001, looks like a good move! That horse looks to have a short tail, someone chop it off?

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No vacation for me this summer. I'll try to take pictures of my truck hauling my household furnishings when I move in a few weeks, that's my vacation this summer.
 
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