Tagged With: Seattle

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

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

Another day in Ocean Shores

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Washington, Our Home

Yes, I blog about Ocean Shores a lot. My parents live there, so what can I do? We drove over on Saturday afternoon and dad made a great dinner of sausage, sauerkraut, apples, bacon, and rolls. Delicious if you like sauerkraut. While we could have gone to the beach before sundown, we were very tired … Continue reading »

Categories: Ocean, Western Washington | Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Blaine, Boston, Canada, Cape Cod, Damon Point, Flomax, Galway Bay, Golden Dragon, Halifax, Kelly, Las Vegas, Maine, Matt Ebel, Muck Tide, New Hampshire, Nova Scotia, Ocean Shores, Oregon, Parker, Point Defiance Zoo, Provincetown, Seattle, Washington | Leave a comment

Reasons why I hate Adrian Beltré

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Washington, Our Home

Why is it that nearly every time the Mariners sign some big name free agent with a hot bat, he comes to Seattle to go through his slump? Then, once he’s totally worthless and we trade him for next to nothing (or release him for absolutely nothing), he “finds his swing” again and leads his … Continue reading »