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Debbie LaFleiche

Content Creator. Pet Parent. Adventurer. Experience Seeker. Still cannot back up the trailer. See full biography in About Debbie, Solstice and Kitty in Connect Category.

Sister Visit at the Sumpter Gold Dredge

This and That By March 13, 2022 Tags: , , , , , , 5 Comments

One of the most fun things about being a full-time RVer and having a sister who works as a flight attendant is the number of places she’s been able to visit me on the road. Let’s see, she has stayed with me in Fredericksburg, TX; Desert Hot Springs, CA; Long Beach, WA (the first time […]

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Sumpter Oregon and Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge: Photo Essay

West By March 6, 2022 Tags: , , , , , , 3 Comments

Workamping in Sumpter Oregon at the Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge was my favorite workamping experience to date. I enjoyed the work, the people, where I parked, the weather and the entire area. The picture highlights from the two months I spent there follow. Outside the Dredge It’s funny. Have you ever done this? I would […]

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Events at the Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge and the Town of Sumpter

West By February 28, 2022 Tags: , , , , , 4 Comments

Last week, I introduced my two month workamping experience at the Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge in Sumpter, Oregon. Today, I want to share some of the special events that took place while I was there. For such a small town, half way up a mountain, your first thought was probably the same as mine. How […]

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Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge Workamping

This and That By February 20, 2022 Tags: , , , , 4 Comments

I spent two months in a tiny mountain town in Eastern Oregon called Sumpter. Population 200. It marked my fourth workamping assignment, my third in Oregon with Oregon State Parks. I left my month in John Day, Oregon, where I workamped at Kam Wah Chung and arrived at the historic Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge on […]

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Alaska Shelter: E-Book or Paperback Book?

Writing Life By January 30, 2022 Tags: , , , , , , 7 Comments

Tomorrow my first ever published book, Alaska Shelter, is released. An event 35 years in the making. It’s been an exciting journey since I got the email last May from Wings ePress Executive Editor saying they wanted to publish my book. If readers are interested (since I know most of you follow this blog for […]

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Book Cover Reveal…Drum Roll Please

Writing Life By January 2, 2022 Tags: , , , , , , 20 Comments

Less than one month from now, it will be official: I will be a published book author! As promised in the post where I announced I sold my first book, I will be writing posts about the experience of going from a wanna be published author to a published author, including the step-by-step process from […]

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