Adventures including Tour(s) of State Capitol(s)
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
Wrapping up our 2024 Travels We toured our 1st 2 days in Little Rock and took 2 days to pack for home and get Lizzy to storage…we found a place inside, with electricity! Last night, after saying goodbye to Lizzy and The Beast, we walked over the Big Dam Bridge, Read more
In just 21/2 days Camping northwest of Minneapolis (in Maple Grove), we spent a most of our 9 days (before and after our Whirlwind Trip to the Northeast) “just” getting organized, packing, unpacking & recouping from the trip! NOT to mention, a better part of a day getting new brakes Read more
Camping on a lake in Ypsilanti First camping with Lizzy in Michigan (State #39), with more Michigan visits coming up in August! We picked Ypsilanti, as it was between Lansing and Dearborn & Detroit, the 3 places we visited. And there was Truck Maintenance in the Motor City area, finally Read more