Tag: road trip across america
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Maine or Bust 2022: Around The Country Roundup
It’s been nearly a week since we arrived home, enough time to feel as though we never left. Funny how that works. Although we’ve made two other trailer trips across the country, this was by far our most ambitious, spreading from as far south as Sedona, Arizona and north into the state of Maine. For…
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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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Maine or Bust: When will we arrive?
Winter decided to make a comeback (with overnight lows in the mid twenties…well below freezing) just days before our planned takeoff, causing us worry about the recently de-winterized water system in our trailer. In an effort to outsmart Mother Nature, we loaded up and headed south before the potentially freezing temps put an end to…
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Backroads Across America: Rafter J Delivers
The Rafter J-Bar Ranch, pictured above, is one of our favorite campgrounds. In the Black Hills of South Dakota, it offers wide-open spaces, every amenity a family could want (except most sites do not offer TV service), in a setting that rivals the best state parks. Custer and his army stayed here in 1874 and…
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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: Painting the Sky
The sun set on our Arizona adventures and we moved on to El Paso, Texas. El Paso is not our favorite place, but it is conveniently placed between Bowie and Carlsbad. Plus, we found an RV park where, if folks opened their windows, we could shake hands with our neighbors without stepping out of our…
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