Letters From the Road Podcast

Have you heard of a hoodoo and do you know where they come from? Do you know why Bryce is not really a canyon? If you spit on the top of weeping rock do you know how long it will take to come back out? Jamie brings all the Utah parks facts back from her guide training trip there.

Then we talk a little about making time for creative pursuits including a (super early) indie game Clay and oldest are developing which is a cozy, pixel art vanlife sim game, and Jamie’s amazing watercolor landscapes and how she might share them!

Also discussed: A whole neighborhood of vacation houses in Utah, a harrowing trip home from SeaTac, and Emerald City ComicCon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodoo_(geology)

https://www.emeraldcitycomiccon.com/

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It’s been a weird and warm winter here in Washington, and it basically feels like spring has sprung! And that means camping season! We flash back to our trip to the cute northern town of Winthrop, WA for Jamie’s birthday last fall and then talk spring break plans! Then we talk about laughing at sexist jokes and how you actually can just not. Then you don’t hurt your friends.

https://www.pinenearpark.com/

https://oldschoolhousebrewery.com/

https://faintinggoatwinthrop.com/

https://www.mezawinthrop.com/

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This week we’re back again, and while we say we’re speechless we all know that’s impossible. At least we’re taking care of our tum-tums but friends, we’re having a hard time knowing what to say or do. In other words we’re all over the place. We cover picking the rig up and taking it to Cascade Locks, OR. Then we talk a little about the atrocities, because we can’t avoid it forever. We wrap with a fantastical and 100% happening LFTR Ham radio resistance, Jamie’s beautiful watercolors, and how we’re all screwed financially.

https://thunderislandbrewing.com/

https://www.portofcascadelocks.gov/marine-park

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Flo is good to go… solo! Jamie recounts her fall solo trip to Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Zion, Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef. Then we discuss the benefits of having your own stuff!

Talking points: Too much trailer for a person and dog, dining alone, escalante Utah 12 hogback ridge, free camping at Henry’s Lake, doggie happy hour, fell in a fucking mud puddle, Melvin Brewing HH snake river view, Solo stuff for mental health, together stuff for mental health too, once you have kids forget it, follow the thread to see where it goes, bouldering with randos, Jamie’s a good artist and Frankie is her baby.

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We’re coming back! No guarantees about being better than ever or anything but we are nonetheless podcasting once more. We discuss what went wrong, what was great that you missed, and what we’re hoping 2026 might be like.

Talking points: 2026 revel in the weirdness! PEACE. Clay’s health journey, Jamie’s actual journey, earthshattering opinions we didn’t share, the new Leavenworth digs, a new truck (a Ford named Tanya!) and the wild windstorm that damaged our house and rig

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If you love beer, bands and big skies, you’d love Bend, Oregon. We spent a week there and in nearby Sisters doing some good old fashioned eating, drinking and shopping. Oh and we also saw two great concerts, played in the Deschutes River and enjoyed a great state park where littlest once again made a friend.

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What’s this? A letter? In this episode we talk about trail running and normal life in Leavenworth. But then Jamie reads a letter and we remember game nights and a particular game that included a timely lesson for us all. We proceed to scream into the void for 45 minutes*.

Oh, and there’s something about people not wanting kids in breweries? What’s this world coming to?

*Ok more like 25.

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In our epic conclusion to our 2025 summer RV trip we go to hell and back! A stopover at one more well known craft brewery and a day .5 at Lassen Volcanic NP went straight into our trek back home. But we had to end it where we started with one more stop at Dru Bru (where we came to you from on the last cast!)

Thanks for following along on our RV adventures! We’ll have some letter and tales style episodes coming up for you next, along with an RV trip to Bend and maybe even a solo Jamie trip that’s not just for service appointments!

FYI - The Bumpass Hell trail is 3 miles total, out and back

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Welcome back to the summer road trip! We’ve got a Dru Bru sour in the growler and we’re getting silly recounting our adventures on the surface of the sun aka Pinnacles NP. Then oldest makes her podcast debut reviewing roller coasters at California’s Great America and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.

Thanks again to Leslie and Steve for getting together at Russian River and for the fresh boysenberries! So great!

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Week 4/5 of Summer 2025! We ditched the beaches and headed for the hills - the giant sequoias and mountains of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks to be specific. Come along with us as we recount our favorite campgrounds hikes and ranger talks in these parks that quickly stole our hearts.

*Generals Highway Length Limits - The section we mentioned between Giant Forest Museum and Foothills Visitor Center is not advised for vehicles longer than 22/24 ft, and prohibited for single vehicles longer than 40 ft and combination vehicles longer than 50 ft.

**Tokopah Falls trail is “pretty exposed” to the sun - it is not exposed in the sense of cliffs by the trail for really any of it.

***Big Meadows Campground is a Sequoia Natl Forest campground but is not dispersed camping as we said it was. It is reservable on recreation.gov. It has a few 40ft+ sites.

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