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🙏🏻💚I had the best adventure on my birthday this year!! Scott and I started the night before at 7 Cedars Casino for dinner. We woke up and drove to the Sol Duc Hot Springs in the Olympic National Forest for a morning soak. We hiked to a waterfall afterwards. Then we were off to Neah Bay, WA!

Neah Bay is the main city of the amazing nation of the Makah Tribe. They are incredibly strong people whos ancestors lived among the rocks and gulls. They have preserved their culture and some of their ancestral lands. We paid their annual $20 recreational fee to go to Cape Flattery, the northern most point of the contigous United States. The first photos are the view from the top.

We checked out one of their outsider friendly beaches, and visited their Totem Park, which is located right near the beach. I love the halibut and salmon with roe totems the best.

We ate some Halibut and Cod fish and chips at a foodtruck called BIGGINZ. It was epic, and we highly recommend them! We also frequented Native Grounds coffee shop, right next to the marina.

We stayed the night parked in our Sprinter Van RV near a beach outside their reservation. We watched the sunset and Havana played on all the driftwood. The next morning, we went back to go to their cultural center. It was absolutely worth the entrance fee. We saw ancient artifacts as old as 4000 years old, and learned about their old ways of life.

Afterwards, we beach hopped all day and ended up at a quiet camp spot in the Olympic National Forest.

It's going to be hard to beat this birthday! Thanks for making it so special, Scott 🙏🏻💚

🍷🍇Join us TOMORROW at RH Estate Wines for a handmade jewelry pop-up! We have some brand new gemstone jewelry made with our new stones from the Tucson Gem Show!

Everything is on sale!
✨️20% OFF✨️

Join us in Salem for some fantastic wines and gorgeous views!

Cheers! 🥂🍾🍷

🐈💚Thank you, Arizona, for a magical Gem Show season!!✨️💎
🌵We will return next year for the Flagg Mesa Gem and Mineral Show and Kino Gem Show! Havana, Scott and I love spending our winters in Arizona!

🍷🍇Cheers to James, Ian and the crew at having us pop up as well! Rune is 100% our favorite winery in Arizona! 🌵🍷

💎PEARL, our trusty Mercedes Sprinter Van Steed, just hit 200,000 miles!!!!

🙏🏻We bought Pearl in Willsonville, Oregon in 2020. She had 39,500 miles when we drove her off the lot and turned her into our mobile home. 🏠

She has since safely driven us annually in circles from the PNW down to Colorado, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and to Scott's tribal land, the Choctaw Nation, in SE Oklahoma.🪶🧡

We named her Pearl after the character, "Pearl", from the cartoon, "Steven Universe". She is as helpful to us and as part of our team as the Pearls are to the Crystal Gems in Steven's world.

She has hauled, Pegasus, our jewelry studio trailer, sine 2021.

What a tremendous MILESTONE 👏 👌 🙌

We couldn't have done any of this without you, dear!!! It brings tears to my eyes as I write this, knowing how many memories both Pearl and Pegasus hold for Scott and myself.

Scott has a more intimate relationship with Pearl, as he built her into our sustainable, solar powered home. He even build a litter box with an external fan for Havana 🐈 He has done eveey oil change, every repair, other than tires.

We are truly blessed.

THANK YOU, PEARL!!!!!!

WE LOVE YOU AND ARE SO PROUD THAT YOU ARE PART OF OUR SMALL FAMILY!