Category Grants Pass

West Coast Summer 2024, Part Three

July 28– August 13, 2024 The next day would be a busy one with an unexpected twist at the end.  We would relax at the Institute in the morning and then head into Grants Pass to hit the Josephine County Fair when it opened for the day.  Later we would meet Kathy and Tom for […]

West Coast Summer 2024, Part Two

July 28– August 13, 2024 We had a quiet weekend after our bowling outing and soon enough Monday morning rolled around and we loaded up the Highlander with Joanna, Jessica, Gemma, and me for the seven-hour drive to Kamp Angst.  We’d be embarking on a few long days of driving, and we were all curious […]

Northern California and Oregon Fall 2022, Part Two

October 13 – 24 Joanna’s experience at the Glass Forge Gallery Tuesday afternoon, before we met Tom at the Bohemian, was fun and enlightening.  We drove into Grants Pass from Kamp Angst, and I dropped Joanna off early in the afternoon as she had signed up for a session ahead of time and when she […]

Northern California and Oregon Fall 2022, Part One

October 13 – 24 Soon after our return from North Carolina, we ventured north to Oakland to celebrate Jessica’s birthday and use the time to visit Kamp Angst in Oregon.  This would be our second visit to the house Jessica and Kris had purchased at the beginning of September, and we were looking forward to […]

ACA Idaho Trails Relaxed, Part Two

June 24 – July 26, 2021 Leaving the smokejumpers museum, we cruised back to Cave Junction for lunch at Taylor’s Sausage, a regular stop for us each time we visit the area.  Although they feature an extensive menu of eat in and to go items, we always land on the same couple of options, usually […]

Oakland and Oregon, Part Three

December 19, 2019 –January 13, 2020 We would spend the next five nights with two of our favorite people, Kathy and Tom, at Kamp Angst, starting with a New Year’s Eve celebration at Barbara and Eldon’s house near Cave Junction, featuring a roller coaster of a ride over BLM Road 39-7-21, otherwise known as Bear […]

West Coast Spring 2018 – Kamp Angst

July 3 – 6 Feeling a bit better the next morning we broke camp and with a short drive ahead of us, I considered duplicating Joanna’s hike and bike of the day before but once contemplated, realized I really wasn’t up for the exercise.  So, we began our drive thinking we’d stop in Crescent City […]

West Coast Summer 2017 – Kamp Angst

August 13-16 It was a festive night at Kamp Angst that evening as we celebrated yet another gathering at this place that means so much to us.  Coming here was the first trip Joanna and I took as a couple not long after we moved in together in 1981 and we’ve returned almost every year […]

West Coast Tour 2016 – Kamp Angst/Rogue River – Part Two

  Timeline: September 19-24 We arose the next morning ready for another big breakfast and weren’t disappointed.  This is not fancy food, but it is good quality and there is plenty of it, something like eating at home if your Mom was a good cook.  We made our own sandwiches this time, packed up our […]

West Coast Tour 2016 – Kamp Angst/Rogue River – Part One

Timeline: September 19-24 We drove down out of Bend around the north side of Crater Lake and made way for the REI in Medford to pick up the Osprey pack I had ordered.  We arrived in good time, completed the transaction and then drove a short distance to a nearby In-N-Out, our first stop of […]