I'll give you a little recap and some of our favourite things that we've done so far. We started our adventure in September of 2006. We can't believe that we're already in our 3rd year; and we both absolutely love this new life of ours.
We have stayed in or driven through 5 provinces and 29 states. We have put 57,936 kilometres on our truck; and our gas total is $9,693.04. We have stayed at 78 campgrounds and stopped in 20 casinos to play poker. It took us 18 months to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific. And luckily, we've only been snowed on twice.
We arrived at the Atlantic Ocean in late September of 06; and I finally put my feet in while in South Carolina, Dec. 06; and it was freeeezing. We arrived at the Pacific in March 08 and didn't put my feet in until August 08 on the Long Beach, Vancouver Island. Almost as cold as the Atlantic.
We have stayed in or driven through 5 provinces and 29 states. We have put 57,936 kilometres on our truck; and our gas total is $9,693.04. We have stayed at 78 campgrounds and stopped in 20 casinos to play poker. It took us 18 months to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific. And luckily, we've only been snowed on twice.
We arrived at the Atlantic Ocean in late September of 06; and I finally put my feet in while in South Carolina, Dec. 06; and it was freeeezing. We arrived at the Pacific in March 08 and didn't put my feet in until August 08 on the Long Beach, Vancouver Island. Almost as cold as the Atlantic.
Our top 5 favourite places we've parked our rig on are:
1. The desert in Ajo, Arizona. Hands down the nicest place we've parked our rig on in 2 years.
2. Our current park - Living Forest Oceanside RV Park, in Nanaimo, BC. Lives up to it's name, beautiful tall cedars and giant leafed maples all over the place.
3. Goblin Valley State Park, Utah. Cliffs and slot canyons in our background.
4. Lake Fausse State Park, Louisiana. Back yard had a private dock on the bayou.
5. Glenwood Canyon Resort, Glenwood Canyon, CO. Colorado rushing behind us, with a railroad, mountains and a full moon. Beautiful.
Our favourite national parks
1. Bryce Canyon; hands down the most beautiful place I have ever seen. Undescribable beauty.
2. Mesa Verda; close 2nd to Bryce with the cliff dwellings dating back to the 1200's
3. Arches; incredible arches shaped from rocks, in beautiful reddish tones.
4. Rocky Mountain; snow capped, tree covered, bare, big and breathtaking.
5. Grand Canyon; deep, wide and majestic.
Some of our firsts, mostly mine, as Mike has done or seen some of these things before:
1. Seeing so many types of cactus - saguaro's, ocotillo's, prickly pear, cholla, teddy bear cholla, barrel, organ pipe.
2. Walking through a slot canyon. Antelope slot canyon in Page, Arizona was incredible.
3. Having a crawfish boil and seeing a tree house in the Achafalya Basin in Louisiana.
4. Joshua Tree National Park. Had never heard of or seen a Joshua tree and now I have.
5. Camping in the desert. Loved every minute of our 23 days there.
6. Snorkelling in Key Largo, Florida; swam over Molasses reef and saw amazing ocean life.
7. Seeing a Gannett colony; there were 10's of 1000's of them on Bonaventure Island, Quebec.
8. Seeing our first ghost town, Tin Cup, Colorado.
9. Crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA.
10. Seeing the amazing cliff dwellings throughout Southern Utah.
I've included just a few pictures from each area; but if you wanted to see more pictures of one area, go to that specific album.
Hope you enjoyed this little recap.
2 comments:
liked the recap...easy to read and get an overview of your last years' travels and 'hot' spots....good of you to keep it up.
the acorn gang
Hey, great idea for the blog update. Liked the way you listed everything into categories. Nice way to do it. Will have to keep that idea in mind....Toodles. AL:))
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