Last week we set out to search for a camping spot that was fairly close to home and that had a place to do some fly fishing. Our son-in-law, Brett, is an avid sportsman and fly fisherman, and is determined to teach Mike how to use a fly rod. Brett had talked to us about [...]
Archive for June, 2009
June 19, 2009 – Cooper Lake, Washington
Posted in Camping, Travel, tagged Cle Elum Lake, Cle Elum River, Cooper Lake, Cooper River Bridge, Denny Creek Campground, Fish Lake, glamper, glamping, Lake Easton State Park, Ronald, Roslyn, Tucquala Lake, Tuquala Lake on June 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Rainier Trip – June 12, 2009
Posted in Travel, tagged four-wheel drive, Hwy 410, Hwy 90, Jeep, Kachess Lake, Lake Keechelus, Rainier on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We are a little behind in getting this article to press. Another week has already past, and we have already made another two trips. Our trip was to Rainier was interesting. One thing we noted was how few campgrounds there were in the park itself. And the few campgrounds that we did see outside of [...]
Free Days at North Cascade Environmental Learning Center
Posted in Camping, Travel, tagged Camping, Free Days, North Cascades Environment Learning Center on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We recently posted a story about our North Cascades trip and mentioned the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center. Just saw a news release from the National Park Service (NPS) stating that the Learning Center is providing four free days at the center this year (June 6, July 19, August 2, September 27). There will be [...]
Another Mobile Wi-Fi Solution
Posted in Technology Info, tagged Broadband, internet access, Mobile Computing, mobile internet, mobile router, RV Wifi on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just saw a website where you can purchase an application for your smartphone that turns you phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot, providing wi-fi service for up to 5 other wireless devices. It is available for a $24.99 one-time fee for lifetime access. You must have an unlimited data plan on your phone. I see [...]
Cooper Lake
Posted in Camping, tagged camping Washington, Cooper Lake Washingon on June 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today we are off to check out Cooper Lake in the Cascade Mountains of Washington for a future family camping adventure. You can follow us on our adventure by clicking on the link – Follow Me – Our GPS Location on the right. We will try to post pictures and blog more on our experience [...]
Online Photo Storage
Posted in Technology Info, tagged geotagging, mapping photos, MAPTHIS, Nikon D200, photos, Picasa, SmugMug on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We just discovered that the SmugMug “MAPTHIS” button is only mapping the first 200 geotagged photos in a gallery. Therefore, we have broken up the pictures for our North Cascades camping into two galleries, Part 1 and Part 2. The link to the pictures in that post takes visitors to Part 1. In the description [...]
Our Camping Trip . . . North Cascades
Posted in Camping, tagged Camping, Camping in State of Washington, Colonial Meadows Campground, Diablo Lake, Grandy Lake Campground, tenting, Washington State Hwy 20 on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A map of the route we took for our trip Pictures of our Trip Last Thursday night we finally ended up finding a place to camp around 10 PM. The first campground we tried, closed their office and their gates at dusk. We were probably 15 minutes too late to get in. So we set [...]
On The Road Again . . .
Posted in Camping, tagged Cabelas, Evergreen Outdoors Outback Porta-Privy, Jeep, king-sized cot, roughing it, tent, tenting, Zodi portable shower on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is Wednesday evening. After a long, hard day at work, we are heading out to go camping. We have the Jeep packed to the hilt with all of Pam’s “must haves”. We are anxious to take advantage of the beautiful weather we are having here in the State of Washington. We don’t know where [...]
Tethering a MAC to a Blackberry on Verizon
Posted in Technology Info, tagged Blackberry, Blackberry Storm, Bluetooth, Broadband, MacBook, Macintosh, RV, Tethering, Verizon, wireless router, Wireless WiFi Router on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just in case anyone is interested in tethering a MAC to a Verizon Blackberry via Bluetooth, I thought I would provide a link to the instructions I found on the internet. I have also uploaded a screenshot of the settings. The password should be vzw. You would replace the number signs (3) in the the [...]
Right on Track
Posted in Technology Info, tagged Advance Auto Part, Autonet Mobile, Blackberry, Blackberry Storm, Cadillac, Chrysler Jeep, GM, internet access, Mobile Computing, mobile internet, mobile router, MSNBC News, RV Wifi, Verizon, Wifi hotspot, WiFi hotspots, Wireless WiFi Router on June 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I just read an article on the internet, MSNBC, about a wireless router that is now available for your car or RV. It turns your car or RV into a WiFi hotspot. The timing of this article was very appropriate considering our post from this weekend, where we were trying out using our laptop tethered [...]
