Lizzy X-Country West

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Overview

After Mark sold his house on the Jersey Shore we lived in Lizzy, for 2 months. Most of that time was our first Cross Country Trip with Lizzy, taking her to her new home base. Drove through 13 States (NJ, PA, OH, IN, MI, IL, IA, SD, WY, MT, ID, OR, & WA), camping in 9. One State was New…Iowa, #48 Together!!!

• Allaire State Park, in NJ while Sold House/Moved out
• Ohiopyle State Park, SE of Pittsburgh, PA
• West Branch State Park, SE of Cleveland, OH
• Maumee Bay State Park, East of Toledo, OH, on Lake Erie
• Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Park, on the South Shore of Lake Michigan, IN – Our 1st time camping in a National Park!
• Walnut Woods State Park, in the city of Des Moines, IA
• Snake Creek Recreation Area, on the banks of the Missouri River in South Dakota
• Stockade North Campground in Custer State Park, in the Black Hills of SD
• Keyhole State Park, on the Keyhole Reservoir in NE WY
• Billings KOA Holiday, Billings, MT – Our 1st …THE 1st !!!
• Butte KOA Journey, Butte, MT
• Snake River RV Park, Idaho Falls, ID – Where Mark’s daughter Katie was born
• Boise-Meridian KOA Journey, Idaho
• Pasco/Tri-Cities KOA, Pasco, WA
• Issaquah Village RV Park, Issaquah, WA, for transition HOME!

Highlights

We visited Family & Friends along the way, mostly through Chicago, then a big gap till our last stop in Washington, before we got home:

• Brother Dave-V & Joy for a few days in SW Pennsylvania
• Several of Mark’s cousins (Janice-O, Ray-M & Pat) outside Cleveland
• Several days with Gail’s Brother Charlie-W from Indiana Dunes and again in Des Moines, IA…as…we followed him!
• A Steeler Game afternoon with Mark’s RSE Brother Charlie-A, north of Chicago
• Gail’s “old friend” Gaye-T out of Kennewick, Washington
• And we even made new, Airstreaming, friends in Custer, SD!

We got in a game at 1 MLB Stadium, took 2 State Capitol Tours, and found a few other museums, monuments, etc. on the trip:

Last, but NOT LEAST, we visited 24 National Parks in 11 States:

• Three of the SW Pennsylvania National Parks:
  • Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site (#116), Pennsylvania
  • Johnstown Flood National Memorial (#117), Pennsylvania
  • Friendship Hill National Historic Site (#118), Pennsylvania
• Cuyahoga Valley National Park (#119), Ohio
• Two of the Presidential Sites-Midwest:
  • James A Garfield National Historic Site (#120), Ohio
  • Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (#124), Iowa
• Lake Erie War of 1812 Sites (for 2 Sites)
  • River Raisin National Battlefield Park (#121), Michigan
  • Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial (#122), Ohio
• Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Park (#50-Revisited), Indiana
• Pullman National Monument (#123), Illinois
• Badlands National Park (#19-Revisited), South Dakota
• Two of the Rocky Mountain Cave Parks:
  • Wind Cave National Park (#125), South Dakota
  • Jewel Cave National Monument (#22-Revisited), South Dakota
• Devils Tower National Monument (#126), Wyoming
• Two of the Battlefield Sites-Rocky Mountain:
  • Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (#23-Revisited), Montana
  • Big Hole National Battlefield (#129 Together), Montana
• Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (#127), Wyoming & Montana
• One of the Rocky Mountain Historic Parks:
  • Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site (#128), Montana
• Tetons to Yellowstone National Parks (for 3 Sites):
  • Grand Tetons National Park (#130), Wyoming
  • John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway (#131), Wyoming
  • Yellowstone National Park (#132), Wyoming
• Craters of the Moon National Monument & National Preserve (#133 & 134), Idaho
• One of the Pacific Northwest Historic Parks:
  • Whitman Mission National Historic Site (#135), Washington