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Don’t mess with park rangers. Seriously.

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Washington, Our Home

They’ll kick you out. In the nicest, most passive-aggressive way, they’ll politely ask you to leave. Let me go back and explain what happened. As anyone from Washington State knows, the drive from Seattle to Spokane (or vice-versa) can be riddled with boredom unless you’re playing traffic games with other drivers or looking for something … Continue reading »

Categories: Central Washington, Family, History, Recreation, State Parks | Tags: Beverly Gap, Columbia River, Discover Pass, Ginko, Ginko Petrified Forest, Interstate 90, Kelly, Lewis and Clark, National Park Service, Native Americans, North Bend, Outlet Malls, Parker, Petroglyphs, Seattle, Snake River, Spokane, United States, Vantage, Wanapum Dam, Wanapum Tribe | Leave a comment

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

Fishing trip to Ferry County

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Washington, Our Home

I’d been looking forward to this trip since I was about 14, I just never knew it until this year. My dad goes on a fishing trip with his friend, Lyn Hartman, to Twin Lakes just about every year. And every year he asks me if I want to go. During the college years, I … Continue reading »