Category Archives: History

Egypt 2025

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Kings On the Road

Egypt is a true bucket list destination for many. We’ve always been curious about it yet experiencing it far exceeded our expectations. Our Gate 1 tour led by our 4 year university trained Egyptologist took us on a journey into … Continue reading →

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A Van Tour of South Georgia

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Kings On the Road

We recently traded in our class C motorhome for a new Coachmen Nova class B van.  Vans have become very popular with the RV community and we dealt with the largest B dealer in Florida, Sunshine State RV.  Besides the … Continue reading →

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Copper Canyon

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Kings On the Road

Copper Canyon has been called Mexico’s Grand Canyon. Its been on our list for some time so when we learned of a Gate 1 Travel tour, we booked the October 11, 2023 tour. We planned to combine this trip with … Continue reading →

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Memphis- The National Civil Rights Museum

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Kings On the Road

Memphis has a lot to offer. Our first stop was the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King was assassinated. It’s a very moving history of the movement from the earliest days of slavery through … Continue reading →

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Cloudcroft New Mexico

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Kings On the Road

Cloudcroft New Mexico is located in the Sacramento Mountains in the southeastern part of the state. In this hot dry region it is an comfortable oasis due to its elevation. Fodor’s travel recently called it one of the most overlooked … Continue reading →

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A Big Western Trip

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Kings On the Road

Just as we said we would be taking short trips in our new cozy RV we embarked on a 3 month odyssey across the country to the Pacific Northwest. We instantly feel in love with the maneuverability of the smaller … Continue reading →

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Year end, Decade end 2019 Summary

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Kings On the Road

The years and now decades seem to just fly by.  Here we are at the end of another year and another decade. This year we traveled to 15 states in the US  and 1 Province in Canada.  We put 10811 … Continue reading →

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Shoshone California – Death Valley

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Kings On the Road

While staying at the Escapees Co-op RV Park in Pahrump Nevada we made a day trip to the southern part of Death Valley National Park and the little town of Shoshone California.  There we found a great museum and an … Continue reading →

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Olympic Peninsula

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Kings On the Road

Washington’s Olympic Peninsula is a world all its own.  “Discovered” by Spaniard Juan de Fuca in the 16th century it is the northwestern most place in the continental United States.  It has hundreds of miles of coastline from Puget Sound … Continue reading →

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Verde Valley Arizona

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Kings On the Road

Verde Valley is truly a greener valley in the desert that is Arizona.  Located about midway between Phoenix and Flagstaff it has several year-round rivers providing water to support a thriving population for thousands of years.  It is estimated that … Continue reading →

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