Monday, June 3, 2013

ONE YEAR

On June 10th we will have been traveling in our Casita for one whole year! When I came up with the idea Paul felt sure 6 months would be more than enough time to be on the road....after 6 months we knew we would need lots more time to see and do all we dreamed about...but, this year has been an amazing miracle adventure that exceeded all our expectations.
So here's a recap, Smallwood style....
WHAT DID NOT HAPPEN
A). We had no car trouble, except for a windshield miss hap.
B)   We witnessed no horrific auto accidents.
C).  We never were stuck in traffic
D)   We had no tire issues (flats)
E)    We had no contact with the police regarding violations of the speed limit....we did have a nasty run in with a park ranger while staying in the Buffalo Bill State Park outside Cody, WY.

WHAT DID HAPPEN...
##Put over 30,000 miles on the car
##Visited 35 States
##Spent nights in:
   State parks
   Federal parks
   Corp of Engineer's parks
   TVA Park
   Military Fam Camps
        UASF
         US Army
          Marine
          Navy
Backyards (Stith's)
Front yards (Parker's)
Walmart
Cracker Barrel
KOA
Private RV "resorts"
Oh and County Parks
 ##We visited Presidential libraries
Kennedy
Nixon
##We toured military museums
National museum of the Marine
Army Museum at West Point
USAF MUSEUM in Dayton, Ohio
National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL.
##We slept every single night either in the camper or on the memory foam!!!
We were on the shores of..
The Atlantic:
In NC
In Boston
In Maine (Bar Harbor)
On the Bay of Fundy
THE GREAT  LAKES!!!
The Pacific:
San Onofre
San Diego
SPENT TIME
In
The BAD LANDS
THE SONORAN DESERT
WE TOOK OVER TWO THOUSAND PICTURES!!!

This is not all for the recap, but it is long enough for now, will post the second half soon.

 
Biltmore Estate
 
 
 
In the gardens at Biltmore
 
Back in beautiful North Carolina...our camp site on the French Broad River
Tally ho!
Cathy





4 comments:

  1. WOW - congrats! What I'd give to be just have one day under my belt...wish someone would buy our house!!!! Been a tough week...tears, etc. as just wanting to get going! You've recapped such dreamy spots...I'll have to go back and read about Bar Harbour as was there as a child...love to go back!

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  2. We loved Bar Harbor and Acadia. Rent the house and go! That's what we did...just a thought. We have no regrets and still hope to sell the house sometime. I forgot to mention that neither of us got sick this whole year...except for a cold and some sinus we both felt good every single day!

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  3. Sounds like an amazing year! You have seen and done so much. Looking forward to your recap.

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    1. Thanks, it was such a good time! More recap coming soon

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