Tag: across America
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Maine or Bust 2022: I’m Tired and Ugly
After several marathon days along the road home I decided to hold a little pity party. “I’m tired and ugly,” I complained as we crossed yet another state line. ”My hair needs cutting, my bum is sore from all this sitting and I’m bored!” Not that I’m complaining about our trip. It’s been a great…
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Backroads Across America: A Destination Called Home
Our lap around the United States took us to 25 states in 61 days, covering 9,833 miles. We spent 58 nights in RV parks, state campgrounds and one federal camp. We stayed three nights in motels when the weather was just too much. The average cost of our RV stays was $39. We paid…
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Backroads Across America: Surprise! Here’s Yellowstone!
“It has to be one of the best RV parks ever! We have been staying there every summer for years.” My ears were tuned in as I sipped a glass of wine a couple of days ago at our RV home near Little Bighorn Battlefield in southwestern Montana. I overheard a full-time RVer tell a neighbor about…
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Backroads Across America: A Taste of Our Country
Until Thursday, northwest Indiana was not on our itinerary. A fortuitous detour delivered us here and today was one of the most rewarding days of our journey, now in its seventh week. “This feels like America,” we concluded several times. Rolling hills with farm after farm, neatly kept. White farm houses, porches screaming for an…
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Backroads Across America: BBQ, Board Games and Breakfast
It’s been a whirlwind of a weekend since arriving in Charleston, West Virginia. Chris and Gail enjoyed a mini vacation when they spent Saturday night in a cabin at our campground. We enjoyed having them “right down the street,” if only for one night. After a barbecued steak dinner at the cabin, followed by two…
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Backroads Across America: Scenes From the Rearview Mirror
Today was a turning point…literally. This morning we headed left out of Hickory Knob State Park Campground, where we spent the last two nights, and watched as South Carolina disappeared behind us. Today marks the point of our trip when we get serious about heading west and eventually returning home to Oregon. Hickory Knob was…
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Backroads Across America: Georgia offers State Park stay
Yesterday we managed to reserve Saturday (tonight) and Sunday night in FD Roosevelt State Park in the beautiful state of Georgia. I suspect we may have snagged the last spot available for the weekend. After I checked us in (and realized we had lost yet another hour when crossing the border into Georgia), I was…
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Backroads Across America: Historic Natchez, Mississippi
Perched on the bluffs above the Mississippi River is the historically rich town of Natchez. The area was home to the Natchez Indians when the French arrived in 1716. Soon after, with the arrival of English and Spanish settlers, the inevitable territorial tug-of-war began. In 1797, the first American flag was raised and the…
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