Charleston/Tallahassee/Savanah 2018 — Trip Launch

For our Fall 2018 Camping trip, we chose to take a lowland (alligator) tour of the South-East US. Peter and I picked up a van and packed all of our camping gear and headed south. We travelled by way of Pittsburgh and West Virginia, stopping overnight just short of the Shenandoah Valley. The next morning…

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Kentucky/Georgia/Tennessee 2018 – Trip Launch!

In June of 2018 we started a trip into Kentucky, Georgia and Tennessee. The theme was a combination of things: Caves, the Parthenon at Nashville, and Civil War Battlefields. We loaded up the van with our camping gear and headed off by way of the the ‘southern’ route to Dayton, OH. That morning, we dallied…

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Colorado Plateau 2017 Launch!

It’s been 16 years since I was last in the Colorado Plateau. Enough Waiting — time to return! This trip was planned as a quick (2 weeks and a bit) loop through the highlights of the Colorado Plateau. My Son has never been there nor has my partner in crime Cathy. My Son and I…

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Colorado Plateau and More 1995 Launch!

In the fall of 1995 I embarked with my companions on a road trip that was to include parts of the states of Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. Since we ended up going much faster than we originally thought (sometimes due to bad weather), we also included New Mexico, Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia before it…

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Cascade Range, Yellowstone and More 1993 -Launch!

Following our first fully equipped road trip in the fall of 1992, and encouraged by our enjoyment of it, we planned a greater and longer trip. In the fall of 1993 my companions and I went on a road trip to see the West Coast of the US and then return home eastward along the…

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Yosemite, Death Valley, Grand Canyon 1991 Launch!

This was the first of my road trips and while brief, it spawned all of the rest. I realised that you could see a heck of a lot of country and some very interesting locations by traveling in a car with camping equipment. Of course, the set up for this first trip was very primitive…

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