June 16 –  Today we headed to Connecticut.  Before we left NJ we stopped at IHOP (seans favorite) for breakfast and then made a quick stop at target for roadtrip snacks and drinks for the boys.

While traveling towards the hotel we made a quick stop in Orange,  CT. We stopped by the Pez Visitor Center.

This is the kind of museum/visitor centers that my boys prefer. It’s interactive so you can learn about Pez history and have fun at the same time. Their favorite display was where you guess the name of the Pez dispenser. At first we did chose easy level. Then we got cocky and shifted to expert. Um bad choice although we did get half correct (by accident) . My favorite part was seeing through into the factory area where we saw people packing the Pez and also putting the dispensers together.

If it’s on the route you are traveling it is definitely worth seeing. I wouldn’t drive an hour out of the way to visit.

After a quick break at our hotel, we drove to Mystic, CT to visit Mystic Pizza. It was a bit out of the way but Sean enjoyed their pizza (his favorite food) and Brian said their burgers were OK. I stuck with a salad as I know there will be days where I will not be making very healthy choices.

Tomorrow we are off to RI.

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June 15 –  we spent the day relaxing. Sean and I walked to a cute little bistro for our morning meal. Sean loved their giant croissants (he ate 2) while I had an unusual waffle.

Afterwards we walked around the boardwalk and we bought Brian a swimsuit as he forgot to pack one.  The boys spent some time playing games while I ran to the stored buying what we forgot to pack (mouthwash, q-tips &  nail clippers) .

Later Sean and I walked down to the boardwalk for dinner at the arcade. Unfortunately, what we thought was pizza was a tomato pie and was too different from his usual pizza for Sean to eat. I caved and picked up mcdonald’s.  Hopefully the food will be better as we travel.

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We are in the midst of planning our summer travel plans to finish out visiting all but one of the 50 states (only 1 we couldn’t drive too).

I am attaching a screenshot of our current plan for our trip.  If there is anything along our route that you suggest let us know.

I am also going to attach a screenshot of our spring break trip where we will finish up the last of the southern states we need to visit.

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July 31- Today we all went to Mt. Ranier. It was a 2 hour drive and we decided to bring Babe with us (she hated it as you can tell LOL).  It was a beautiful (but long) drive to the mountain. 

  
I will definitely be posting more pictures when we get home. 

August 1&2 we spent at two different KOA campgrounds. The first one in Spokane, WA the second in Butte, MT.  We then decided to make a quick change in our plans, but you will have to wait until my next post to find out why!

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July 29 – We finally (officially) reached Washington, we aren’t counting our trip to Mt. St. Helens as we didn’t drive our motorhome across the line yet. After reaching our KOA (very tight campground), I unhooked the jeep and ran around trying to find vanilla cupcakes for Sean. 

  
Sean turned 13 on July 30 and we celebrated with a few gifts and some homemade cupcakes. I  just glad he enjoyed them and they turned out ok. Since we havent baked in the convection oven before, I was a bit worried.

  After he had his birthday cupcake for breakfast, we  headed to downtown Seattle. I purchased tickets to ride up the space needle which we did after we went on a duck tour. I have to give the tour guide props, he did a great job entertaining us and he didn’t even sound like he was tired of givinf it constantly.   

Both boys really enjoyed going from the road to the water and back to the shore. It was the best part of our day. 

Tomorrow – the mountain!

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  For our last Oregon campground we stayed at Portland Fairview RV Park in Fairview. Just a short 20 minute trip to downtown Portland and an hour from Mt Hood. We stayed in spot 36 which is completely level and partially shaded. 

  We went out to see Mt Hood which was freezing (46 degrees) and we had to purchase a few extra clothing items do the boys wouldn’t freeze. Afterwards we headed back to our rig for an early dinner. 

We left the boys at the rig so they could get their computer time in. Nana and I headed into downtown Portland. We wanted to see the food carts (tons of them) and we stopped in at Voodoo Doughnuts. 

  While the food carts offered an interesting selection of goods, we opted to just look and not eat. While at Voodoo we purchased a giant donut for Brian and chocolate glazed for Sean. They thoroughly enjoyed them. 
  Our second day involved a trip to the beautiful Multnomah Falls. We took Babe with us today as we knew we would be gone for 8-9 hours. She did surprisingly well after 10 minutes to get used to all the people. She even let 2 people pet her. 

  After the falls we drove over into Washington to visit Mt St Helens. It was a long 2 hour drive but I did enjoy seeing how it has changed in 35 years. It is still barren for approximately 6 miles where it erupted back in 1980. 

Next journey Seattle 

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We made a last minute reservation at Woahink Lake RV Park in Florence, OR. We were so happy they squeezed us in once we arrived. Right behind the park are sand dunes which we walked out on every night. We even took Babe out on our last night. 

  While at the park we visited sea lions cave. It was interesting but I felt it was a bit overpriced. You take steps then an elevator down to where the ocean has carved out a cave. There were many more lions outside the cave in the main rocks. 

Once done at the caves we drove down the coast to Cape Perpetua to visit Thor’s Well. I will post pictures of this once we are home. 

Next up Portland 

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July 22

  Today we finally crossed into Oregon after 23 days in California. Brian was happy to put another state up on our window. He wasn’t happy about the lack of cell signal and the slow campground wifi that we really could only use at the office. 

  The water was an amazing color! I was totally surprised that the boys watched a 5 minute film about how the lake was formed. We stopped at their snack bar and ate lunch. I do wish I would remember to pack a lunch. Food at these places are never very good or healthy. 
Next up sea lions

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  We headed back towards the coast in order to visit the redwoods. Before we reached the redwoods we made a few stops. 

First up was an elk viewing area. We had a bit of a talk in the car about all the inconsiderate people who weren’t waiting for the animals to finish crossing. 

  Afterwards we stopped at…The Trees of Mystery. Very kitschy tourist trap, but the boys enjoyed hiking on their short trail. Brian was even willing to give Sean a piggy back ride when his foot started hurting. 

  Afterwards, we finally made it to the official redwoods park. One great thing we discovered are two unpaved roads you can drive on through parts of the park. It was so much fun, especially when Nana got a bit concerned when going through narrow areas. 
  At the end of our day, we played mini golf at our KOA campground and Sean enjoyed some roasted marshmallows. Brian generally doesn’t eat marshmallows, but we made our own version of my cousins, Cheryl, smore dessert and he chowed down.  
 Next up Crater Lake

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