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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: Squeezing in Our Campground
We’re spending the night in southern Virginia where spring is just beginning to show its colors. Our campsite was surrounded by trees, but there was barely a leaf to be seen. It looked quite winter-like. A good night for what Reg calls “Comfort Food.” Although he rolled his eyes when I dropped this in our…
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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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Backroads Across America: Apache Territory
We hadn’t planned on spending so much time in Arizona, but after a chance conversation with another couple several days ago, we found ourselves exploring the Chiricahua (Cheer-i-ka-wa) Mountain region of southeastern Arizona. As the U.S. expanded westward, establishing a southern route to San Francisco brought the U.S. Army into direct conflict with the Chiricahua…
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Backroads Across America: Icons of the Southwest
With time to fill between stops in Arizona, we took a short detour toward the Rincon Mountain District and Saguaro National Park (East). Unfamiliar with what the park offered, we once again found ourselves leading the trailer along a narrow, scenic 8-mile loop through a historic cactus forest. It felt a little bit like a…
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Backroads Across America: Driving with confidence
As I paid our entrance fee at Jerome State Historic Park in southern Arizona I heard the couple behind me asking Reg if we were driving the truck and trailer they saw winding along up the road in front of them. They just may have thought we were nuts! The old copper mining town of…
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Backroads Across America: One last look back
As we said goodbye to the West Coast yesterday and drove south toward warmer climates, I had to share one last look at what we left behind. Mt. Shasta rose magnificently above the clouds as we sped down the interstate.
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