Tagged With: Lacey

Mud and muck around Millersylvania State Park

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Washington, Our Home

Almost every year I pack up the family and head ten miles south of our Lacey home to go camping at Millersylvania State Park, and every time we make plans to take advantage of the miles of woodland trails skirting its edges. Unfortunately, for a multitude of reasons, we’ve never been able to actually hike … Continue reading »

Categories: Family, Gear, Hikes, History, Recreation, State Parks, Western Washington | Tags: Bald Eagle, Canada geese, Centralia, day hike, Deep Lake, Douglas Fir, February, Hi-Tec Sierra Lite I WP, Lacey, Millersylvania State Park, Outlet Malls, Rain, Realtree AP Camouflage, springboards, Washington, Washington Trails Association, Western Hemlock | 2 Comments

Easy week in eastern Washington, Part 1: The roads less traveled

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Washington, Our Home

My father, Walt Ebel (who blogs here under the name ProudEbel), and I began our second annual trip to the Colville Indian Reservation on a Monday in early June. Dad’s been doing this for decades; he visits his best friend, Lyn, and they spend a week on Twin Lakes at Hartman’s Log Cabin Resort near … Continue reading »

Categories: Central Washington, Eastern Washington, Family, Fishing, Recreation, State Parks | Tags: Almira, Cascades, Cedonia, Cheney, Chester A. Arthur, Cle Elum, Cle Elum River, Columbia River, Colville, Colville Indian Agency, Colville Indian Reservation, Coulee, Coulee City, Creston, Davenport, Dennis Patchin, Dry Falls, Dry Falls Dam, Dry Falls Heritage Area, Dry Falls Interpretive Center, Ellensburg, Ephrata, Fairchild Air Force Base, Fort Spokane, Fruitland, George, Gifford, Hartline, Hartman's Log Cabin Resort, Highway 167, Highway 17, Highway 18, Highway 2, Highway 25, Highway 28, Highway 283, Highway 395, Highway 512, Hunters, Inchelium, Interstate 5, Interstate 90, KXLY, Lacey, Lake Smokiam, Lakewood, Lyn Hartman, Mount Si, Mt. Rainier, National Park Service, Native American, Niagara Falls, North Bend, Orin Rice Road, Puyallup, Quincy, Reardan, Rice, Rick Lukens, Ryegrass, Seattle, Soap Lake, Spanish-American War, Spokane, Spokane Falls, Spokane Indian Reservation, Spokane River, Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park, Twin Lakes, Walt Ebel, Washington Territory, Wilbur, Yakima, Yakima River | Leave a comment

A parkful of Washington State history

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Washington, Our Home

Being cooped up in the house for days on end is enough to drive anyone mad, and throwing a four-year-old in the cage can sometimes seem just plain cruel. So needless to say, I had to get my poor wife and son out of the house before we all ended up in the newspaper the … Continue reading »

Categories: Puget Sound, Western Washington | Tags: Bing Crosby, Chinook, Cordelia Jane Smith, Crosby House, Deschutes Parkway, Deschutes River, George Bush, Germany, Gonzaga University, Hamburg, Henderson House, Highway 101, Interstate 5, Jacob Smith, Kelly, Lacey, Leopold Schmidt, Masonic Memorial Park, Michael Simmons, Nathaniel Crosby III, National Register of Historic Places, New Market, Old Brewhouse, Olympia, Olympia Brewing Company, Pacific Northwest, Parker, Pricilla Smith, Puget Sound, Spokane, Tacoma, Tenino, Timberland Regional Library, Tumwater, Tumwater Falls, Tumwater Historical Park, Union Pioneer Cemetery, William Naumann | Leave a comment

Ft. Eaton, and the Indian War of 1856

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Washington, Our Home

We’re leaving for Carmel, California, tomorow to spend Christmas with my inlaws. My job today, besides packing and cleaning house, was to drop the dog off at the boarding facility. Living in Lacey, we board her at Northwind Kennels, which is just a short drive southeast on the Yelm Highway from our house. On the … Continue reading »

Categories: Western Washington | Tags: Charles Eaton, Chief Leschi, DuPont, Fort Eaton, Fort Nisqually, Freedom Community, Indian War of 1856, Isaac Stevens, Kala, Lacey, Land Surveyors Association of Washington, Muckleshoot, Northwind Kennels, Oregon, Point Defiance, Portland, Puget Sound, Ruston, Seattle, Tacoma, Treaty of Medicine Creek, Walla Walla, White River Massacre, Willamette Meridian, William Ives, Yelm Highway | 2 Comments

New camping jacket from Cabela’s

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Washington, Our Home

I’d been in the market for a new go-to fleece camping jacket for some time. After all, my current one (while very durable) is starting to show its age. Here’s a post where I talk about getting it as a gift in the early 90′s. At one point, I stupidly thought I’d iron it to … Continue reading »