Category Archives: RV Travel

Sweetwater County and Pinedale Wyoming

On our way out of Colorado we headed north on US 191 into Wyoming to meet our good friends Mark and Lyn.  Fellow full-timers, they were traveling from Tacoma WA to Colorado while we were traveling from Durango CO to … Continue reading

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Total Solar Eclipse

For those lucky enough to see it, the total solar eclipse today was amazing.  We viewed it in Challis Idaho.  The RV park we stayed in was buzzing with excitement all morning.  For us the moon started taking a bit … Continue reading

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Butte MT – An Ri Ra Irish Fest

A major goal in planning our travels this Summer was the An Ri Ra Irish Festival in Butte Montana.  We attended the fest in 2010 while workamping in Livingston MT after learning that our favorite Irish Rock band, The Prodigals, … Continue reading

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San Juan Skyway and more Durango

The San Juan Skyway is a highway loop in Colorado from Durango to Telluride to Ridgway to Ouray to Silverton and back to Durango.  It includes the famous Million Dollar Highway, a seemingly impossible route through the San Juan Mountains … Continue reading

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Durango

If you’ve followed our blog for a while you probably know we love Durango Colorado.  We visited in the 90s and early 2000s and then had the opportunity to spend 3 Summers working for Carol and Jay at the Durango … Continue reading

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Cozad and North Platte Nebraska

Crossing Nebraska on the interstate we found a lovely city park and campground in Cozad. It was near enough to the Union Pacific main line to see up to 100 trains per day.  Cozad was also historically significant as it … Continue reading

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Bent’s Old Fort, Colorado

From 1833 to 1849 Bent’s Old Fort was a trading post on the frontier between the United States and Mexico.  It was the only major settlement on the Sante Fe trail.  Trappers, buffalo hunters, Indians, Spaniards, freighters, soldiers and settlers … Continue reading

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Council Bluffs Iowa and Omaha Nebraska

Our journey across the plains took us the length of Iowa.  Endless farmfields of newly planted or awaiting corn.  The area had recently had a tremendous amount of rain and rivers and creeks were full, many farms still muddy.  The … Continue reading

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Port Huron Michigan

Port Huron Michigan sits at the Southern end of Lake Huron where the St. Clair River begins.  The Blue Water Bridge connects the city to Sarnia Ontario Canada.  We happened to stay here a few days to visit Randy’s aging … Continue reading

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New York

Unlike Robert E. Lee’s campaign, our journey continued North into New York.  Our goal was to see our friends, Patrick and Lynn in the western part of the state. On the way, we found ourselves in Corning – yes, that … Continue reading

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