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Osoyoos to Surrey via Rosedale, British Columbia – 7 October 2024

ByDorothy October 20, 2024October 20, 2024

Rosedale, British Columbia7 October 2024 The road from Osoyoos to Rosedale was quite long, and through a number of…

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osoyoos

Castlegar to Osoyoos, British Columbia – 5 October 2024

ByDorothy October 20, 2024October 20, 2024

We love the desert, so a stay in Canada’s only desert was a real treat. Osoyoos, BC has vineyards,…

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St Eugene Mission

Fernie to Castlegar via Cranbrook, British Columbia – 4 October 2024

ByDorothy October 7, 2024October 7, 2024

Cranbrook, BC3 October 2024 The campsite in Cranbrook was called the St Eugene campground after its neighbour the beautiful…

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Fernie

Calgary, Alberta to Fernie, British Columbia – 01 October 2024

ByDorothy October 7, 2024October 7, 2024

Leaving Calgary we were treated to some wonderful views along the road. Deep golden wheat fields with bales of…

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Calgary

Banff National Park to Calgary, Alberta – 28 September 2024

ByDorothy October 7, 2024October 7, 2024

We have had a busy couple of weeks in Calgary, visiting our dog wash customers, taking videos of installations…

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banff gondola

Hinton to Banff, Alberta – 25 September 2024

ByDorothy October 7, 2024October 7, 2024

We drove the Icefields parkway to the Banff National Park through Jasper.  We had planned earlier this year to…

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leaf springs

Grande Cache to Hinton, Alberta – 22 september 2024

ByDorothy October 7, 2024

It was about a 2 hour drive from Grand Cache to Hinton when approx. 45 minutes before arriving in…

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Labyrinth

Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Grand Cache, Alberta – 20 September 2024

ByDorothy September 23, 2024September 23, 2024

A sudden shift in the weather and reported snow in Banff.  Luckily the longer term forecast did not include…

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Dawson Creek

Pink Mountain to Dawson Creek, British Columbia – 18 September 2024

ByDorothy September 23, 2024September 23, 2024

After being spoiled with beautiful scenery in Yukon and the Muncho Provincial Park, we were rather disappointed with the…

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Pink mountain

Fort Nelson to Pink Mountain, British Columbia – 17 September 2024

ByDorothy September 23, 2024September 23, 2024

A rather smoky and overcast drive from Fort Nelson to Pink Mountain and also road works along the way….

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Fort nelson

Muncho Lake to Fort Nelson, British Columbia – 16 September 2024

ByDorothy September 23, 2024September 23, 2024

The road through the rest of the Muncho Lake Provincial park was stunning with bright Fall colours and lots…

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Muncho Lake, BC

Watson Lake, Yukon to Muncho Lake, BC – 14 September 2024

ByDorothy September 23, 2024September 23, 2024

The stretch of Alaska Highway to Muncho Lake Provincial Park from Watson Lake was stunning.  So many beautiful mountains…

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Signs forest

Teslin to Watson Lake, Yukon  – 14 September 2024

ByDorothy September 23, 2024September 23, 2024

A short overnight stay in Watson Lake in the same RV site as we stayed on the way back…

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Rainbow on the way to Teslin

Whitehorse to Teslin, Yukon – 13 September 2024

ByDorothy September 14, 2024September 14, 2024

The following day we drove to Teslin. This was a different campsite to the one we had stayed in…

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Dall sheep

Haines Junction to Whitehorse, Yukon – 6 September 2024

ByDorothy September 14, 2024September 14, 2024

We (especially Derek) were looking forward to some relaxation time at the Eclipse Spa again. We stayed in the…

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Yukon travel

Beaver Creek to Haines Junction, Yukon – 6 September 2024

ByDorothy September 14, 2024September 14, 2024

Derek was quite psyched up for the next leg of the journey which was the worst part of the…

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Entering yukon

Tok, Alaska to Beaver Creek, Yukon – 3 September 2024

ByDorothy September 14, 2024September 14, 2024

The road from Tok to Beaver Creek was fairly long but not as bad as we had remembered. The…

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Fast Eddys

Delta Junction to Tok, Alaska – 1 September 2024

ByDorothy September 5, 2024September 5, 2024

The drive from Delta Junction to Tok was very scenic with fields of deep reds and yellows against the…

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Northern Lights

North Pole to Delta Junction, Alaska – 30 August 2024

ByDorothy September 3, 2024September 3, 2024

From Fairbanks we made our way to Delta Junction and the Delta State Recreation Center. This State owned park,…

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Museum of the north

Denali National Park to North Pole, Alaska – 24 August 2024

ByDorothy September 3, 2024September 3, 2024

Fairbanks is known as the “Golden Heart City” because of both its gold rush history and the warm welcome…

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Mount Denali

Talkeetna to Denali National Park, Alaska – 20 August 2024

ByDorothy September 3, 2024September 3, 2024

One of the anticipated highlights of our trip was a visit to the Denali National Park and Preserve. This…

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flight to denali

Houston to Talkeetna, Alaska – 18 August 2024

ByDorothy September 2, 2024September 2, 2024

Weather has been getting cooler here and Talkeetna, where we were stayed for a few days, was ideal breeding…

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Hatchers Pass

Kenai to Houston via Anchorage – 13 August 2024

ByDorothy September 1, 2024

Kenai to Anchorage Back to Anchorage for a couple days to take the RV into an RV shop to…

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Eagle

Homer to Kenai, Alaska – 10 August 2024

ByDorothy September 1, 2024

We arrived at the Port of Kenai, on the Kenai peninsula, in pouring rain. There were very few RVs…

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Homer Spit

Seward to Homer, Alaska – 7 August 2024

ByDorothy August 10, 2024August 10, 2024

We spent three days staying on a beautiful spit in Homer, Alaska. The Spit is a 7.2 km long…

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Dog Sledding

Anchorage to Seward, Alaska – 31 July 2024

ByDorothy August 10, 2024August 11, 2024

We enjoyed our time in Seward – gateway to the beautiful Kenai Fjords National Park. Seward was named for…

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Anchorage

Palmer to Anchorage, Alaska – 28 July 2024

ByDorothy August 5, 2024August 5, 2024

The following day we left for Anchorage along a very windy but very scenic road – more towering mountains…

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Matanuska Glacier

Valdez to Palmer, Alaska – 27 July 2024

ByDorothy August 5, 2024August 5, 2024

As we neared the Matanuska Glacier State Recreation Center where we hoped to spend the night, we were presented…

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Columbia Glacier

Copper Center to Valdez – 19 July 2024

ByDorothy August 5, 2024August 5, 2024

The road from Copper Center to Valdez was incredible, especially the Thompson pass which is a 2,600 foot high…

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Copper Creek

Glennallen to Copper Center, Alaska – 19 July 2024

ByDorothy August 5, 2024

After 3 days in Tolsona we left for Squirrel Creek Recreation Center. This was a small campground situated between…

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glennnallen

Tok to Glennallen via Chistochina, Alaska – 14 July 2024

ByDorothy August 5, 2024August 5, 2024

Chistochina, Alaska Date: 14 July 2024 On the way to Glennallen, we stopped overnight at the Red Eagle Lodge…

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Tok

Beaver Creek, Yukon to Tok, Alaska – 11 July 2024

ByDorothy July 15, 2024

If we thought the road from Haines Junction to Beaver Creek was bad – the road from Beaver Creek…

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WW2 military truck

Haines Junction to Beaver Creek, Yukon – 9 July 2024

ByDorothy July 15, 2024July 15, 2024

The stretch of road from Haines Junction to Beaver Creek was along the Alaska highway was very pretty and…

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Haines Junction

Takhini Hot Springs to Haines Junction, Yukon – 7 July 2024

ByDorothy July 15, 2024

Coming into Haines Junction you are presented with this incredible view of the Kluane Range mountains.  Our campsite was…

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Eclipse hot springs

Whitehorse to Takhini Hot Springs, Yukon – 5 July 2024

ByDorothy July 15, 2024

We spent a relaxing Saturday at the Eclipse Nordic hot springs which was a short walk from our campsite,…

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Whitehorse

Teslin to Whitehorse, Yukon – 2 July 2024

ByDorothy July 15, 2024

Our first port of call when we reached Whitehorse was a Tire shop so we could replace the broken…

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wildlife museum

Watson Lake to Teslin, Yukon – 30 June 2024

ByDorothy July 15, 2024

On the way to Teslin we had our first accident. As we crossed the Ranchero bridge, a large truck…

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Sign post forest

Dease Lake, British Columbia to Watson Lake, Yukon – 27 June 2024

ByDorothy July 1, 2024July 1, 2024

We were hoping that the Car Satellite system would work on our drive to Watson Lake but it didn’t,…

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Dragonfiles

Iskut to Dease Lake, British Columbia – 26 June 2024

ByDorothy July 1, 2024July 1, 2024

There was zero coverage on the road to Dease Lake which was a big problem for me as I…

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Canoeing

Meziadin Junction to Iskut, British Columbia – 24 June 2024

ByDorothy June 29, 2024

When researching campgrounds along the Stewart-Cassier highway we found a lot of reports of campers arriving at campgrounds only…

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Bear Glacier

Kitwanga to Meziadin Junction, British Columbia – 22 June 2024

ByDorothy June 29, 2024September 15, 2024

Mezadian Lake Provincial Park had some really nice campsites and we were fortunate to get one right on the…

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Kitwanga

Smithers to Kitwanga, British Columbia – 19 June 2024

ByDorothy June 24, 2024

Kitwanga was a very small town and the starting point of the Stewart Cassiar Highway. The campsite was fine…

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Smithers

Burns Lake to Smithers, British Columbia – 15 June 2024

ByDorothy June 24, 2024

It’s crazy how we have spent 30 years in British Columbia and yet there are so many places we…

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Takysie rv

Vanderhoof to Burns Lake, British Columbia – 13 June 2024

ByDorothy June 24, 2024

Our next stop was 50 kms south of Burns Lake at Takysie Lake.  To get there we had to…

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Riverside park

Cariboo to Vanderhoof, British Columbia – 11 June 2024

ByDorothy June 24, 2024

From Cariboo we drove to Vanderhoof, a small town with a population of approx. 5000.  The Riverside Park Campground…

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Quesnel bridge

Lac La Hache to Cariboo, British Columbia – 10 June 2024

ByDorothy June 24, 2024

We spent Derek’s 63rd birthday in Quesnel, British Columbia at Ten Mile Lake Provincial Park. Quesnel is situated between…

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Lac La Hache

Kamloops to Lac La Hache, British Columbia – 9 June 2024

ByDorothy June 24, 2024

We continued our drive through the beautiful British Columbia to Lac La Hache, with exceptional scenery through valleys of…

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kamloops valley

Whistler to Vancouver to Kamloops, British Columbia – 5 June 2024

ByDorothy June 24, 2024

Vancouver, British Columbia 5 June – 6 June, 2024 Back to Vancouver but this time to Peace Arch RV…

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New store Vula

Victoria to Vancouver then Whistler, British Columbia – 30 May 2024

ByDorothy June 24, 2024

Vancouver, BC 30 May – 31 May 2024 Time to return to the warehouse again to install the new…

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Chocolate cake

Port Angeles, Washington to Victoria, British Columbia – 30 April 2024

ByDorothy June 24, 2024June 24, 2024

The next day we caught the Coho ferry back to Victoria.  The weather was a little chilly but the…

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Doberman

Salem, Oregon to Port Angeles, Washington – 29 April 2024

ByDorothy May 5, 2024May 5, 2024

Castle Rock, Washington Dates: 27-28 April 2024 By this time we were very weary of the 1 day/2 day…

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Willamette smokehouse

Canyonville to Salem, Oregon – 26 April 2024

ByDorothy April 27, 2024May 5, 2024

A fun night when we stayed overnight at the Willamette Valley Smokehouse, one of the Harvest Hosts.  Parking was…

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Canyonville

Red Bluff to Canyonville, Oregon to – 24 April 2024

ByDorothy April 27, 2024

Yreka, California 23 April 2024 Stayed overnight in Yreka in the Waiiaka RV Park which we have stayed in…

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Butterfly

Nicolaus to Red Bluff, California – 21 April 2024

ByDorothy April 27, 2024April 27, 2024

We were pleasantly surprised with Sycamore Grove Campground which we thought was a private campground. The park is actually…

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Tower bridge

Santa Nella to Nicolaus, California – 19 April 2024

ByDorothy April 27, 2024April 27, 2024

In Nicolaus we stayed in Lake Minden at one of the Thousand Trail parks. A nice campground situated around…

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Santa Nella

Palm Desert to Santa Nella, California – 17 April 2024

ByDorothy April 21, 2024

Castaic, California 16 April 2024 Arrived late at the Castaic RV Park but without incident. This was a decent…

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Palm Desert

Salome, Arizona to Palm Desert, California – 11 April 2024

ByDorothy April 21, 2024April 21, 2024

We said our goodbyes to Arizona and headed for Palm Desert in California. The last time we were at…

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quartzsite

Picacho to Salome, Arizona – 9 April 2024

ByDorothy April 21, 2024

Wagon West RV park where we stayed was close to Quartzsite, Arizona, which is known for its beautiful gems…

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picacho peak

Tuscon to Picacho, Arizona – 6 April 2024

ByDorothy April 21, 2024

We stayed in the Picacho State Park for a couple of days which is based at the bottom of…

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Tuscon arizona

Safford to Tuscon, Arizona – 3 April 2024

ByDorothy April 7, 2024

We were sad to move on from RoperLake but all was forgotten when we entered the gates to Thousand…

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Roper lake

Deming, New Mexico to Safford, Arizona – 2 April 2024

ByDorothy April 7, 2024

Roper Lake State Park was a very pleasant surprise. It was situated just below the snow capped Pinaleño Mountains…

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saddlehawk ranch

Las Cruces to Deming, New Mexico – 1 April 2024

ByDorothy April 7, 2024

Our next stop was at Saddlehawk Ranch, a Harvest host. This not for profit ranch had a number of…

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Organ mountains

Alamogordo to Las Cruces, New Mexico – 30 March 2024

ByDorothy April 6, 2024

As we drove over the hill and saw the city of Las Cruces laid out in front of us,…

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White sands

Carrizozo to Alamogordo, New Mexico – 27 March 2024

ByDorothy April 1, 2024April 1, 2024

The drive to Alamogordo went well, with no more issues with the brakes. Our RV Park was situated alongside…

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mountains in Carrizozo

Albuquerque to Carrizozo, New Mexico – 25 March 2024

ByDorothy April 1, 2024

Before leaving for Carrizozo, we utilized some of the back roads of Albuquerque to burn in the new brakes….

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hot air balloon

Tucumcari to Albuquerque, New Mexico – 22 March 2024

ByDorothy April 1, 2024

After a short stay in Tucumcari, New Mexico, we moved on to Albuquerque (Spanish translation “White Oak”. ) While…

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Tucumcari

Amarillo, Texas to Tucumcari, New Mexico – 21 March 2024

ByDorothy March 25, 2024March 25, 2024

We stayed overnight at Blaze-In Saddle RV park in Tucumcari, New Mexico.  Next door to where we were parked…

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2nd amendment

Shamrock to Amarillo, Texas – 19 March 2024

ByDorothy March 25, 2024

As we continued westward, the geography became more and more desert.  Our RV campground in Amarillo was the Big…

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Lone mound ranch

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Shamrock, Texas – 18 March 2024

ByDorothy March 24, 2024

We continued westward on the 18 March and stayed overnight at the Lone Mound Ranch, a 460 acre working…

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Cowboy museum OKC

Checotah to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – 12 March 2024

ByDorothy March 24, 2024

On Tuesday we arrived in Oklahoma City which is the capital of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City has the third largest…

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Eufaula State Park

North Little Rock, Arkansas to Checotah, Oklahoma – 10 March 2024

ByDorothy March 18, 2024

We moved on to the Lake Eufaula State Park in Oklahoma for a couple of nights.  We were parked…

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Veterans bridge

Memphis, Tennessee to North Little Rock, Arkansas – 8 March 2024

ByDorothy March 18, 2024

We spent a couple of days in Little Rock – the capital of Arkansas, in an RV park situated…

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Elvis museums

Tupelo, Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee – 4 March 2024

ByDorothy March 18, 2024

We had tried to book the Graceland RV campground in Memphis several times, beginning months before we were due…

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Tombigbee

Pelham, Alabama to Tupelo, Mississippi – 2 March 2024

ByDorothy March 11, 2024

We spent two days in Tupelo, Mississippi in the Tombigbee State Park along the shores of located on the…

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Oak mountain state park

Crawford to Pelham, Alabama – 27 February 2024

ByDorothy March 11, 2024March 11, 2024

Our campsite in the Oak Mountain State Park in Alabama was in the Equestrian section with day stables for…

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Bison

Tallahassee, Florida to Crawford, Alabama – 25 February 2024

ByDorothy March 10, 2024

We left Florida on Sunday and crossed Georgia into Alabama. In Ashford, we stopped at a rest stop and…

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Tallahassee state capitol

Waldo to Tallahassee, Florida – 21 February 2024

ByDorothy March 10, 2024

What better place to spend our last few days in Florida, then in Tallahassee, the capital of Florida. It…

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gainsville sinkhole

Sebastian to Waldo, Florida – 19 February 2024

ByDorothy February 25, 2024

Our next stop was in Gainsville, Florida where we stayed at a smaller campsite (relative to some of the…

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Astronaut wall

Miami to Sebastian, Florida – 12 February 2024

ByDorothy February 25, 2024

After Miami, we made our way 225km north east to Sebastian, Florida.  The RV park we stayed in was…

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Everglades tour

Sebring to Miami – 8 February 2024

ByDorothy February 18, 2024February 18, 2024

We really enjoyed our time in Miami.  The Miami-Dade area where we stayed ranks first in the US in…

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Turn 2 brewery

Auburndale to Sebring – 7 February 2024

ByDorothy February 11, 2024

We broke up the journey from Auburnville to Miami by staying overnight at Turn 2 Brewery in Sebring. We…

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Camp margaritaville

Tampa to Auburndale – 4 February 2024

ByDorothy February 10, 2024February 11, 2024

One of our not to miss spots this trip was the Camp Margaritaville RV resort in Auburndale, Florida where…

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Dali museum

Crystal River to Tampa – 31 January 2024

ByDorothy February 10, 2024

We stayed in Tampa Bay, Florida for 4 nights and enjoyed some completely different sights in this beautiful city…

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three springs refuge

Eustis to Crystal River – 20 January 2024

ByDorothy February 10, 2024

Crystal River is on the West coast of Florida, bordering on the Gulf of Mexico.  It is home to…

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Ferran Park

Kissimmee to Eustis – 16 January 2024

ByDorothy January 21, 2024February 18, 2024

We arrived at our our next campground Southern Palms which is part of the Thousand Trails group, and squished…

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Family at Disney

Savannah Georgia to Kissimmee, Florida – 17 December 2023

ByDorothy January 20, 2024January 20, 2024

We were looking forward to our stay in Florida. Not only did it mean seeing our daughter and her…

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spanish moss

Lake City, South Carolina to Savannah, Georgia – 02 December 2023

ByDorothy December 17, 2023

We were excited to stay in Savannah, Georgia for the next 15 days allowing plenty of time to explore…

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Crafty Maibritt

Wilmington, North Carolina to Lake City, South Carolina – 01 December 2023

ByDorothy December 17, 2023

We broke up the distance between Wilmington, North Carolina and Savannah, Georgia by staying overnight at Harvest Host Crafty…

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thanksgiving

Four Oaks to Wilmington, North Carolina – 26 November 2023

ByDorothy December 17, 2023

The 2 hour trip to Wilmington was uneventful, but when we arrived we got the good news that the…

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four Oaks

Weldon to Four Oaks, North Carolina – 21 November 2023

ByDorothy November 26, 2023

As we left Weldon, we saw an amazing cloud formation in the sky. It was an extremely rare cloud…

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Weldon Distillery

Gloucester, Virginia to Weldon, North Carolina – 21 November 2023

ByDorothy November 26, 2023November 26, 2023

Our next stop was an overnighter outside the Weldon Mills Distillery in Weldon, North Carolina.  We parked near their…

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Gloucester

College Park, Maryland to Gloucester, Virginia – 17 November 2023

ByDorothy November 26, 2023November 26, 2023

Doswell, Virginia Date: 13 – 16 November 2023 A quick trip down to Doswell, Virginia and a concentration on…

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Arlington cemetery

Bedford, Pennslyvania to College Park, MD – 10 November 2023

ByDorothy November 26, 2023

We were excited to be back in Washington, DC until we realized we had once again chosen a weekend…

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Friendship RV

Youngstown, Ohio to Bedford, Pennslyvania – 9 November 2023

ByDorothy November 26, 2023November 26, 2023

On our way to Bedford, the RV tripwizard software took us a bit of the beaten track.  Not sure…

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Paladin Brewery

Elkhart, Indiana to Youngstown, Ohio – 8 November 2023

ByDorothy November 26, 2023

Perrysburg, Ohio Date:  7 November 2023 We arrived at the KOA in Perrysburg around 7 pm and after unpacking…

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Painted Elk

Utica, Michigan to Elkhart, Indiana – 4 November 2023

ByDorothy November 26, 2023

With our RV almost ready for collection we made our way, once again back to Elkhart, Indiana where we…

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Detroit

Colchester, Ontario to Utica, Michigan – 2 November 2023

ByDorothy November 26, 2023November 26, 2023

Off to the Staybridge Suites in Utica about a 40 drive from downtown Detroit. We got up early as…

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amherstburg

Battle Creek, Michigan to Colchester, Ontario – 23 October 2023

ByDorothy November 26, 2023

5th time over the border this year but not complaining, good to be in Canada again. After a fiasco…

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battlecreek

Chicago, Illinois to Battle Creek, Michigan – 22 October 2023

ByDorothy October 30, 2023October 30, 2023

A short stop overnight in Battle Creek, Michigan at the Country Inn and Suites.  They wanted to put us…

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navy per

Michigan City, Indiana to Chicago, Illinois – 19 October 2023

ByDorothy October 30, 2023October 30, 2023

On our way to our hotel in Chicago we drove through the Chicago O’Hare airport and were lucky enough…

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