Year 24, Edition 142 JULY/AUGUST 2011
31 A Magical BY RVers, FOR RVers, ABOUT RVing
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Sheila sitting on the wagon at the Fort Greenwood RV Park!
CONTENTS 17 Exploring the
Pacifi c Northwest George and Tracy decided to visit the San Juan Islands and Neah Bay in September. MEIKLE
22 The
Honeymoon Trip After 15 years of marriage, it was time for the honeymoon! DOOK
24 Home Ranch
Revisited We loaded up the quads and the RV and went exploring. MEGYESI
26 San Javier Mexico Rebecca and I felt the urge to
see the real Baja and get some exercise to boot, so we decided to see the cave paintings at San Javier. HORNSBY
29 A Road with a View Getting to Ucluelet on
Vancouver Island, is half the fun. GRIPICH
Mystery Tour I never did get to tour the vineyards of Kelowna on our Magical Mystery expedition, but then the mystery is you sometimes never know what’s going to happen on an RV trip. SHILCOCK
38 A Change of Plans Enjoying park models
- one in Greenwood BC and one down south. WRIGHT
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