Adventures including Tour(s) of State Capitol(s)
The one in the mountains of West Virginia Took a bit of a break…no long hikes, no new or revisted NP‘s…just chores, hanging out in camp, a visit from RSE friend Jim Bob, Mark working on PE credits. Time to enjoy the quiet setting in Elkview on Buffalolick Branch (a Read more
No live music or SEC playoff games for us, though Just lots of history, including musical history. We spent our first afternoon (after arriving early, visiting the Hermitage, spent the next day in Murfreesboro, and then 3 days visiting in Nashville, where downtown was CRAZY! LOTS of college basketball fans Read more
Camping at Stone Mountain Park We camped here because it wasn’t “too far” from the 3 places we really wanted to see north of/in Atlanta. We used our first 3 days for those visits (taking MARTA for our day in Atlanta). Visits to 2 new National Park Sites: Tour 1 Read more
Learning lots of South Carolina History We camped in Sesquicentennial State Park on the outskirts of Columbia, our 3rd State Park Camping in as many stops. We just hung out in camp and hiked around Sesquicentennial Lake on Halloween, resting up to go exploring the rest of our stay. We Read more
Camping at Holly Point, day trips to Raleigh We just hung out in the Campground a couple of days and went into Raleigh 3 times. We had a lovely visit and dinner with RSE friends Eric-J and Kristen and explored a few Raleigh sights, including… Touring 1 new State Capitol: Other Read more
A leisurely visit after a loooooong drive We stayed in the Madison suburb of DeForest, Wisconson for 4 nights, after a 422 mile, 8+ hour day driving across all of southern Minnesota and well into Wisconsin (starting with 14 miles in South Dakota). That’s now the most miles we’ve driven Read more
Having come South from Bismarck on route 83 to Pierre We mostly just visited the capitol in Pierre (note, it is pronounced “peer”…who knew?), as we had a pretty relaxing time here. We actually stayed across the Missouri in Fort Pierre, up on the hill, in a campsite overlooking downtown Read more
Last Stop on I-94 Heading East We’re starting the countdown on visiting our last 10 State Capitol Buildings! When we briefly visited Bismarck in 2014, we only got to a museum. First stop this time… Touring 1 new State Capitol: Other Bismarck, North Dakota visits, over 3 days Heading on Read more
End of an AMAZING Month in Alaska We left Skagway in the late afternoon Wednesday, on the Alaska Marine Highway. That means we took the ~7-hour ferry ride to Juneau (with a stop in Haines), down Lynn Canal, a long, narrow fjord. It is the deepest fjord in North America, Read more
As deep as we’ll get this trip, outside Austin We camped a bit east of the Capitol of the Lone Star State, where the stars at night were big and bright. We took a couple of trips into Austin and a day trip 50+ miles west to the Hill Country, Read more