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My First Workamping Experience

The Rig, the Road and the RV Life By October 5, 2020 Tags: , , , , 3 Comments

This post begins with a disclaimer. If you read a wide array of workamping job descriptions, you find a huge variety of job titles, duties, hours and expectations. My job title was Lighthouse Interpreter which meant I’d give tours to visitors to include history and interesting information about the Heceta Head Lighthouse. So, the disclaimer […]

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Oregon’s Columbia River Maritime Museum

West By April 15, 2019 Tags: , , 2 Comments

After sharing Long Beach Peninsula, then a unique visit to a museum filled with carriages and finally dragging you along for a steep hike and art, it’s time to share my final adventure during my time in the southwest corner of Washington. Interestingly, the final stop was in a different state. Down the peninsula and […]

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Oregon’s Heceta Head Lighthouse

West By March 4, 2019 Tags: , , , 12 Comments

Finally, after sharing information about workamping in general and my particular workamping experience, it’s time to share the details of the Heceta Head Lighthouse itself. Because we couldn’t take tours into the lighthouse (closed for maintenance), we interacted with visitors outside the lighthouse. This made the tour much less formal so we gauged a person’s […]

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Unexpected Perks from My Workamping Job

The Rig, the Road and the RV Life By February 18, 2019 Tags: , , , 1 Comment

I started last week off by saying this, but want to say it again. The perks of my workamping experience reflect only my experience. If you take a workamping job, you shouldn’t expect the same. Certainly, there might be different perks but best to walk into the job expecting none. That way anything you might […]

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King of Roads: Columbia River Highway

West By January 14, 2019 Tags: , , , , , , 4 Comments

This post is about the Columbia River Highway but I want to start by sharing information about the RV park where I stayed as requested by readers. I found an RV park just off the Columbia River Highway which was convenient despite the fact I wasn’t a big fan of the park itself. Where I […]

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