Vancouver WA - 2023

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We made the drive from Mountain Home, ID  to Vancouver WA via a stop at our favorite winery.


Once we got to Washington, we made a day trip to Multnomah Falls and hiked to the top with Eric, Jessica and the pups.






Looking over the edge at the top


We ate a really yummy dinner at Kyoto.


They had a cotton candy making machine which was pretty cool.



I snapped a picture of Mount Hood.



The first week we were in Washington, I started a new project in the RV. I love the way they turned out.

Here are what our window boxes looked like. We removed the sides and kept the valances.

Living area 


Dining area


Bedroom


The window boxes on the drive and passenger seats were covered with a dark gray vinyl so I recovered them as well since I had some material left.


Drivers side window


Passenger side window


This is how many staples each window had that I had to pull out to get all the old material off.


The highlight of our trip to Washington was a side trip to Seattle to see George Strait, Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town at Lumen Field. It was an amazing concert! Both Little Big Town and Chris Stapleton played for just over an hour and George Strait came on around 9pm and played 2-1/2 hours including 6 songs in an encore. I am so grateful the rain held off because it was 54 degrees by the end of the show.







We stayed at a Harvest Host, LeMay America's Car Museum in Tacoma.
Check out some of the cool cars....









Back in Vancouver area, we went to Lucia Falls and recreated a picture we took 2 years ago.



Our last night in Washington, we went to a Murder Mystery Dinner. We enjoyed it and actually had a couple of the actors at our table. It was also Eric's birthday.


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