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About Gunther

The full time RV travels and experiences of Gunther the Bear and Kara the Dog…along with their human staff neil and Connie.

Quick Update on our Plans

Just a quick update on our plans. We drove out to Ranier View RV park near her yesterday and it’s pretty nice. I asked our friends on the RV-Dreams forum if they had any other recommendations in the area…Elma RV … Continue reading

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Homebody Independence Day and Snoqualmie Falls Road Trip

July 4 for us was pretty much of a bust. We weren’t planning on going anywhere anyway…but the broken foot combined with the cool and overcast weather meant that we ended up canceling our BBQ plans. We had some lamb … Continue reading

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Shaking up the Planning Jello

Well; Neil had his appointment with the ortho folks today and here’s his shiny new cast. He’s stuck in this for the next 3 weeks then the docs will evaluate to see whether it’s healing on it’s own or whether … Continue reading

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Neil is Bummed…The Running Streak is Over

Neil is seriously bummed today. Yesterday before we went kayaking on American Lake he tripped down the stairs from the bedroom to the living room and injured his foot. It was swelled up this morning…and since medical care on the … Continue reading

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Day Trip to Seattle and Saint Saëns Concert

Yesterday we ran some errands and bought some stuff we needed…and pretty much sat around the rest of the day. Today (Sunday) we headed off to Mass at St. John Bosco Parish and then headed off for the 45 mile … Continue reading

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Travel Day to Fort Lewis WA

Well, at least the weather was nice today. We packed up and headed out around 1000 for our 160 mile trip from Leavenworth to Fort Lewis slightly south of Tacoma. Our route came across US-2 through the mountains…it was narrow, … Continue reading

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A Great Day in Leavenworth, WA

Man, Levenworth WA is a really great little town…we wish we could spend some more time here as the scenery is great, the food wonderful, the hikes outstanding, and it’s generally a really nice place. We woke up this morning … Continue reading

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Wandering Around Leavenworth WA

Today was supposed to be sort of rainy so we deferred our planned hike until tomorrow. Instead; Connie worked in the morning while Neil did some maintenance. He had to hose out some gravel from our undercarriage from our aborted … Continue reading

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One Year Anniversary of Full Timing

This month we celebrated our 1 year anniversary of the full time lifestyle on June 15. Exactly one year ago we pulled out from Camp Horizons headed back to Fairfax, VA with our new home. I figured that the anniversary … Continue reading

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Transit to Leavenworth WA

  Monday morning we got up to (you guessed it) more rain but we were scheduled to move southwards so Neil put on rain gear and set up the outside while Connie did the inside. We pulled out about 0930 … Continue reading

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