Tag: rv travel
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Gettysburg, South Dakota….Where the Battle Wasn’t!
Back in the day, this town was named in honor of the many veterans of the Gettysburg, PA Civil War battle who had relocated to the area. We decided specifically to stay in Gettysburg, SD for a couple reasons. Gettysburg, SD has an award-winning museum, called the Dakota Sunset Museum, dedicated to the history of…
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Craters of the Moon National Monument
Located in central Idaho are the remnants of three lava fields that cover 400 square miles of land. Unlike better known stratovolcanos, which are large and conical in shape, the volcanic cones in Craters of the Moon are caused by fissure eruptions that occur at cracks in the earth’s crust and result in volcanic cones…
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Fort Laramie National Historic Site
As we travel through the west, we are surrounded by reminders of the world’s largest voluntary emigration, the westward migration along the Oregon Trail. Fort Laramie in Wyoming played an important role supporting the emigration effort. Fort Laramie began in 1833 as a private trading post, and was first named Fort William. It was build…
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Roadside Attractions
Updated September 8, 2024. Not all our destinations are National Parks or Monuments. Some include interesting or local eateries, many are “roadside attractions” such as Meteor Crater, and some are beautiful local parks or arboretums. Here are a few interesting wayside stops that we enjoyed along the way. The Jackalope, Douglas, Wyoming A Jackalope is…
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Gateway Arch National Park
The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial was established by executive order in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. An architectural competition was held in 1945 to choose the design of the memorial which would celebrate the westward expansion of the United States championed by President Thomas Jefferson. Eero Saarinen’s design for the memorial was selected in…
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One Small Step for Laundromats, One Giant Step for Laundromat Users
When was the last time you had to use a laundromat? Well, we’re here to tell you that it hasn’t changed much, if at all. When you spend more than a week in an RV, you realized that you can’t put off doing the laundry for very long. The longer you wait, the heavier the…
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Great Grub 2024 update
A great thing about traveling is that there are always new restaurants, food trucks, bakeries and diners to try. We have written about the good food locations we visited last year in the post, Great Grub. In this update we will share some old favorites and new places that we visited in 2024. Resch’s Bakery,…
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Hartman Rock Garden
Imagine being laid off from work. Now imagine it’s 1932, during the Great Depression, and you’ve been laid off by your employer. What would you do? In 1932, Ben Hartman faced that scenario and he began creating art in his back yard. He continued to do so until his death from occupational exposure to silica…
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Our Shortened Tour of PEI
As Sue mentioned in Oh, Canada, we had to leave a Pleasure Way RV Owners Rally because Joe contracted COVID. However, in the 10 days before illness forced us back to the US to quarantine, we visited a number of interesting and beautiful areas in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island that are worth mentioning.…
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How we stopped smoking this year.
We stopped making campfires with wood on this trip. (Hope you were not thinking we meant the other kind of smoking 😉.) Everyone loves sitting around a campfire, especially us. There’s just something about watching the flames and feeling the warmth of the fire on a cool evening while enjoying an adult beverage that is…