Homeward bound 07/18/25 to 07/24/25 From Wind Cave, SD, we traveled through 5 states in 4 days – SD, NE, CO (briefly), KS, and OK. In NE, Paula wanted to visit the Brown Sheep Company mill in Mitchell. We hoped for a mill tour but Paula also wanted to…
Itasca Lake SP to Wind Cave NP 07/02/25 to 07/17/25 As we neared the MN – ND state line, Paula was so pleased the projection of MN having their worst season for mosquitoes in 5 years (4 times worse!) had not affected her and was glad to be leaving…
Indiana Dunes NP to Itasca Lake SP 06-20-25 to 07-01-25 We had to depart from driving the Great River Road (GRR) briefly to make our way to our next National Park, Indiana Dunes. We found a wonderful Harvest Host, Maplegrove Farms, about 15 miles from the park in La Porte,…
Hot Springs to Indiana Dunes NP – 06-05-25 to 06-20-25 Two nights after leaving Hot Springs, AR, we camped in West Memphis, AR just across the Mississippi River from Memphis, TN. We were right on the Mississippi River and could see and hear barges traverse the river from inside WOW.…
Baton Rouge to Hot Springs – 05-28-25 to 06-05-25 From Baton Rouge, LA, we headed toward Natchez, LA (and if you crossed the Mississippi River, you would be in Nachez, MS). Along the back roads, we saw the largest rice fields and more of them than we had seen on our…
Houston to Baton Rouge – 5/16/25 to 5/27/25 Some think us strange RVers because we don’t plan out every stop of our trip before leaving home. We like free-lancing it better because that gives us more freedom to stay at a place we really like or to move on if weather…
Peoria to Houston – 5/5/25 to 5/15/25 When we were preparing to leave for our summer’s journey this year, we were pleasantly surprised by how many friends asked, “Are you doing your blog again?” Well yes, we are. While we had talked about going to Alaska this year, we decided…
Pinnacles to Peoria – 8/26/24 to 9/15/24 We were more than ready to leave Pinnacles after 2 days. After all, we had explored all 5 miles of road and taken the “big” hike in the park. Though we had told our AZ monthly camping friends we would not be camping…
Lake Tahoe to Pinnacles NP – 8/26/24 to 9/6/24 Though we really did not want to stay at another alpaca Harvest Host after our wonderful experience at Alpaca Country Estates in Terrebonne, CA with over 1,000 alpacas, (we knew we would be disappointed), after leaving Lake Tahoe we could not find…
Junction City, CA to Lake Tahoe – 8/25/24 to 8/30/24 After the freakiness of being followed for 50 miles by an unknown white van, life returned to “normal” as we made our way to our next NP. If you’ve never heard of Lassen Volcanic National Park, join a rather large…
Crater Lake to the 911 Call – 8/9/24 to 8/17/24 After seeing Crater Lake, it was time to drive the 138 miles to the Deschutes County Fairgrounds for our first-ever RV get-together, the Family Motorcoach Association (FMCA) 109th International “Adventure Peaks” Convention & RV Expo. Over 700 RV rigs parked…
Tillamook to Crater Lake – 7/25/24 to 8/8/24 It has been just about 2 months since we left home and since then, we have traveled 3,600 miles through 7 states, stopped at 42 overnight locations, visited 5 National Parks, and driven from 0’ elevation (yes, we drove on a beach)…
Alpaca Ranch #2 through Olympic NP – 7/14/24 – 7/25/24 From our second alpaca ranch, one of the most disheveled Harvest Host properties, we went to the most beautiful. Courter Country Farms – Wow describes the property! Kevin and Denise have owned and worked these 20 acres for 10 years. …
Click on any picture to enlarge Glacier NP, MT to Alpaca Ranch #2 06-30-24 to 07-14-24 After leaving Glacier, our next stop was at the East Shore Smokehouse in Polson, MT, another Harvest Host. But this one cost us more for dinner than any campground had previously. But we did…
Click on any picture to enlarge Yellowstone NP, WY to Glacier NP, MT 06-14-24 to 06-29-24 After departing Yellowstone via the 8,541’ Sylvan Pass, we spent a couple of nights in Wapiti Campground (with no cell service) before attending a Cowboy Church in Cody, WY. From there we made our way…
Click on any picture to enlarge In the summer of 2023, we took WOW on her maiden 2-month trip through 4 states, visiting 6 National Parks (Canyonlands, Petrified Forest, Mesa Verde, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Great Sand Dunes, and Rocky Mountain) plus Canyon De Chelly and Dinosaur National…
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Sometimes renting a car in Seattle is expensive and difficult. Reserving a car to pick up our friends, Mel & Maria, from the airport turned out to be impossible! There were none available. Tom’s solution, a U-Haul truck. Mel & Maria got a kick out of it and it became…
May 10, 2022 – The day we were supposed to fly from Phoenix to Seattle to get on The Secret and shortly thereafter begin cruising to Alaska. May 3 – The day we found out Canada would not allow unvaccinated people to cross their borders. From Canada’s Immigrations site: It…
