After Dinosaur, we travelled north into Wyoming. We passed through the Flaming Gorge Area and I made a mental note to come back here to spend more time — very beautiful country. After two days travel, staying over night in Rock Springs, we arrived as Gros Ventre Campground. This is a massive campground but well…
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From Grand Lake, we traversed the next range of mountains to the west and began to track the Yampa River Valley north and then west. The Yampa joins the Green River (which eventually joins the Colorado) near Dinosaur National Monument in North Western Colorado (also North Eastern Utah). We stayed for several days at the…
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On our way to our first camping stop in Dinosaur NM, Utah, we traversed Rocky Mountain National Park. Starting in Estes Park, we took Trail Ridge road up and over front range of the Rocky mountains and descended to Grand Lake. We arrived at Rocky Mountain after the ‘scheduled entrance’ time but there was still…
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The world wide epidemic of Covid-19 put a real crimp in several years of potential travel. We moved houses in 2019 (holidays were used to pack/move/unpack), Covid lockdown(s) wiped out 2020 and 2021. Cross border travel was still problematic in 2022. Jeeze!. We purchased a used Chrysler Town and Country in 2022 which we planned…
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While in the Savannah area, we took a tour of Fort Pulaski. Perhaps not as famous as Sumter, but much more interesting. Pulaski is among a set of Federal Forts established to protect the east coast of the US against invasion. The design includes: isolation on an island in the middle of the Savannah River;…
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Our last leg of the trip saw us travel to Savannah. We stayed at Skidaway Island State Park. There was a fierce rain storm when we arrived in Savannah in the late afternoon. We waited it out by having lunch and then headed to the park to set up camp. We set up our dining…
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From Charleston, we drove south to Jacksonville and then west to the Tallahassee area. Our destination was the Ochlockonee State Park. The part was a great place to camp. The campsites are very suitable for tent camping and we obtained a very nice spot right next to the river. In addition to enjoying the camping…
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It was time for our ferry ride. Off to Fort Sumter we went in the late afternoon. Sumter if famous for the ‘opening’ blows of the Civil War. As a matter of course, it has a Civil war museum on-site and a bookstore (very modest and small, but a definite hit with the tourists looking…
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After spending the morning at the aquarium, we headed over to Patriots Point. We bought some tickets for the tour of Fort Sumter which involves a ferry trip that leaves from Patriots Point. While we waited for the ferry we took a tour of the carrier Yorktown. Yorktown is a famous name from Pearl Harbour/War…
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The SC Aquarium is intended to showcase all of the animal life in South Carolina from the sea coast, to the lowlands and black-water rivers, and up into the highlands near the Appalachian mountains. We spend a few hours touring the facility and taking a couple of ‘special’ tours to talk with animal curators and…
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