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Billings, MT, United States ‐ Dec 27, 2023
Thornton, CO ‐ Dec 20, 2023

+34

Christmas in Colorado

+2

Meanwhile in the Iowa and Chicago...
Billings, MT ‐ Dec 12, 2023

+14

ZooMontana Holiday Nights
Helena, MT ‐ Dec 10, 2023

+10

Pizza Party!
Billings, MT ‐ Nov 26, 2023

872.5 mi
Gilbert, AZ ‐ Nov 20, 2023

873.6 mi

+92

Thanksgiving in Arizona
Billings, MT ‐ Oct 30, 2023

92.5 mi

Home Again, Home Again

Home Again, Home Again

Halloween 2023 was our move in day. With our Ironwood house still rented out, we leased a two bedroom apartment in the west end of Billings. The highlight of that day for me was getting to sleep in ou...
Ft Smith, MT ‐ Oct 29, 2023

608 mi
Mitchell, SD ‐ Oct 28, 2023

342.8 mi
Winona, MN ‐ Oct 27, 2023

558.8 mi

+17

Delivering Sojourn

Delivering Sojourn

We left Jacksonville on October 24 with Sojourn in tow. We took her to Gulf Shores, Alabama, where Bernie, her new owner, will begin his Great Loop adventure. After the great crew at Nelson's Boatyard...
Mount Vernon, IL ‐ Oct 26, 2023

553.7 mi
Greenville, AL ‐ Oct 25, 2023

146.2 mi
Nelson Boatyard, Gulf Shores, AL

189.3 mi
Marianna, FL ‐ Oct 24, 2023

229.9 mi
Jacksonville, FL ‐ Oct 23, 2023

386.5 mi
Roswell, GA ‐ Oct 22, 2023

190.3 mi

Roswell & Atlanta, GA
Asheville, NC ‐ Oct 19, 2023

509.8 mi

+166

Ashville, NC
Bowling Green, KY ‐ Oct 18, 2023

34.7 mi
Mammoth Cave National Park, KY

34.9 mi

+60
Bowling Green ‐ Oct 17, 2023

228.5 mi

+83

National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, KY
Knoxville, TN ‐ Oct 16, 2023

254.7 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway

118.3 mi

+78
Staunton, VA ‐ Oct 15, 2023

119.1 mi
Shenandoah National Park, VA

116.6 mi

+76
Staunton, VA ‐ Oct 14, 2023

210.8 mi

+19

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum
Raleigh, NC ‐ Oct 12, 2023

442.2 mi

+12
Jacksonville FL ‐ Oct 9, 2023

507 mi
Gatlinburg, TN ‐ Oct 8, 2023

35.8 mi

+112

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Our first day in Great Smoky Mountains NP, consisted MOSTLY of driving on Newfound Gap Road, from Gatlinburg, to Clingmans Dome, to the Oconaluftee Visitor's Center near Cherokee, NC and back to Gatli...
Cade's Cove Loop, Great Smoky Mtns NP

35.6 mi
Gatlinburg, TN ‐ Oct 7, 2023

31.7 mi
Oconaluftee Visitor Center, Great Smoky Mountains, NP

22.1 mi
Clingmans Dome, Great Smoky Mountains NP

22.6 mi
Gatlinburg, TN ‐ Oct 6, 2023

532.1 mi
Saint Louis, MO ‐ Oct 4, 2023

429.9 mi

+10

World Chess Hall of Fame

+55

Gateway Arch National Park, St Louis MO

St Louis, MO

We had a wonderful day in St Louis! Our first stop was Gateway Arch National Park - the smallest national park in the country. We rode up to the top of the arch in the North Tram. It takes about 4 min...
Council Bluffs, IA

520.9 mi
Rapid City ‐ Oct 22, 2023

358.5 mi
A Street

87.7 mi
Billings, MT ‐ Sep 21, 2023

88 mi
Fort Smith, MT ‐ Sep 14, 2023

583.1 mi
Colorado Springs, CO ‐ Sep 13, 2023

612.6 mi
Petrified Forest National Park

274 mi

+82

Petrified Forest National Park, AZ
Phoenix ‐ Sep 9, 2023

273.5 mi

+6

Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix AZ
Lee's Ferry, Glen Canyon NRA

10.3 mi

+54

Float the Colorado - Horseshoe Bend to Lee's Ferry
Navajo Petroglyphs, Glen Canyon NRA ‐ Sep 8, 2023

10.3 mi
Lee's Ferry, Arizona

46.3 mi
Glen Canyon Dam Visitor Center

40.1 mi

+5

Glen Canyon Dam, Glen Canyon NRA
Navajo Bridge Interpretive Center, Marble Canyon, AZ

131.4 mi

+19

Navajo Bridge Interpretive Center, Glen Canyon NRA
Tusayan

7.3 mi
Grand Canyon Village ‐ Sep 6, 2023

10.9 mi

+11

Sunset and Night Skies, Grand Canyon NP

+11

Mather Point, Grand Canyon NP
Hermits Rest Viewpoint

4.8 mi

+28

Hermit Road Bike Tour
Hopi Point

4.5 mi
Grand Canyon Village

7.3 mi
Tusayan ‐ Sep 5, 2023

28.2 mi
Desert View Watchtower, Grand Canyon NP

193.6 mi

+27
Point Imperial, Grand Canyon NP

17 mi
Cape Royal Road, Grand Canyon NP

22.5 mi

+59
Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim, AZ

368.4 mi

+29

Grand Canyon Lodge - North Rim
Lehi, UT ‐ Sep 1, 2023

496 mi
Bozeman, MT

229.8 mi

+14

DaVinci and Bobcat Football
Fort Smith MT ‐ Aug 31, 2023

1.6 mi
Yellowtail Afterbay

2.9 mi

+112

Kayaking the Afterbay
Afterbay Boat Ramp

1.7 mi
Fort Smith MT

12.5 mi
13 Mile Take Out Bighorn River

11.8 mi

+28

Kayaking on the Bighorn River
Bighorn River Afterbay Access

1.2 mi
Fort Smith, MT

9.9 mi
Ok-A-Beh Marina

52.9 mi
Bighorn Lake

49.3 mi

+60

Bighorn Boating Sampler
Ok-A-Beh Marina, Bighorn Lake

9.9 mi
Fort Smith, MT ‐ Aug 17, 2023

229.4 mi
Bozeman, MT ‐ Aug 16, 2023

120.3 mi
Gates of the Mountains Marina

7.3 mi
Gates of the Mountains - Missouri River

7.3 mi

+34
Gates of the Mountains Marina

120.4 mi
Bozeman, MT ‐ Aug 15, 2023

57.2 mi
Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park ‐ Aug 14, 2023

57.3 mi

+59

Camping with Mom & Dad
Virginia City

56.2 mi
Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park ‐ Aug 13, 2023

280.7 mi
Fort Smith MT ‐ Aug 4, 2023

45.5 mi
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

45.6 mi

+11
Fort Smith, MT ‐ Jul 16, 2023

319.7 mi
Mt. Rushmore KOA at Palmer Gulch ‐ Jul 15, 2023

25.4 mi
Custer State Park, SD

35.9 mi

+31
Mount Rushmore National Memorial

7.5 mi

+10
Mount Rushmore KOA AT Palmer Gulch, SD ‐ Jul 13, 2023

79.3 mi

+8

Sperle Family Reunion
Wall

30.4 mi

+3

Wall, SD
Ben Riefel Visitor Center

108 mi

+49

Badlands National Park
Palmer Gulch Road ‐ Jul 12, 2023

332.3 mi
Fort Smith, MT ‐ Jun 27, 2023

318.8 mi
West Yellowstone, MT ‐ Jun 23, 2023

93.8 mi

+6
The McPhie-cosystem, Bozeman, MY, United States

73.7 mi

The McPhiecosystem, Bozeman
Greycliff Mill, Greycliff, MT ‐ Jun 21, 2023

277.6 mi

+8

Greycliff Mill, Greycliff MT
Kaycee, WY ‐ Jun 20, 2023

254.6 mi

+3
Lake Minatare SRA, Lake View Campground West, NE ‐ Jun 19, 2023

21.2 mi
Scotts Bluff National Monument, NE

20.8 mi

+21
Lake Minatare SRA, Lake View Campground West, NE ‐ Jun 18, 2023

181.2 mi

+16

Lake Minatare State Recreation Area, NE
Pals Brewing Company, North Platte, NE ‐ Jun 17, 2023

227.2 mi

+7

Pals Brewing Co, North Platte, NE
Olde Farm, Lincoln, NE ‐ Jun 16, 2023

7.7 mi

+16

Lincoln, Nebraska
Jamaica North Trailhead, Lincoln, NE

7.9 mi

+36

Jamaica North Rail Trail, Lincoln, NE
Jamaica North Trail - end

7.9 mi
Jamaica North Trailhead, Lincoln, NE

7.7 mi
Olde Farm, Lincoln, NE ‐ Jun 15, 2023

281.6 mi
Cheney State Park, KS ‐ Jun 14, 2023

21 mi

+4

Cheney State Park Kansas
Prairie Sunset Trailhead, Goddard, KS

5.8 mi

+31

Prairie Sunset Trail Kansas
Prairie sunset Trailhead, Garden Plain, KS

14.8 mi
Prairie Sunset Trailhead, Goddard KS

21 mi
Cheney State Park, KS ‐ Jun 13, 2023

193.2 mi
Keystone State Park ‐ Jun 11, 2023

328.7 mi

+3

Keystone State Park, OK
Greers Ferry Lake, AR

181.1 mi

+14
Gnarled Oak Farm, Hernando, MS ‐ Jun 8, 2023

12.5 mi

+4

Mississippi
Jimbo's Brickhouse BBQ, Byhalia, MS

228.3 mi

Best Ribs EVER!
Oak Mountain State Park, AL ‐ Jun 7, 2023

31.3 mi
Black Rock Creek Park, Fultonville, AL

0.2 mi
Five Mile Creek Greenway, AL

5.7 mi

+19

Five Mile Creek Greenway Rail Trail, Birmingham AL
Five Mile Creek Greenway, AL

5.6 mi
Black Creek Park, Fultonville, AL

31.3 mi
Oak Mountain State Park, Pelham, AL ‐ Jun 6, 2023

255.5 mi
Unadilla, Georgia ‐ Jun 5, 2023

54.8 mi

+2
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site

24.8 mi

+17

Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, Plains, GA
Andersonville National Historic Site

34 mi

+12

Andersonville and POW Museum
Unadilla, GA ‐ Jun 4, 2023

251.2 mi

Southern Trails RV Resort
Santos Campground ‐ Jun 3, 2023

7.5 mi
Cross Florida Greenway Land Bridge

7.3 mi

+13

Santos Campground State Park and the Cross Florida Greenway Land Bridge

Santos Campground is right next door to the Santos Trailhead. This area is well-known to mountain bikers from the southeast region from amazing mountain biking trails. It also includes a small beginne...
Santos Campground State Park, FL ‐ Jun 2, 2023

265.6 mi
Collier-Seminole State Park, FL ‐ May 31, 2023

20.9 mi

+5

Collier-Seminole State Park

While we were exploring the Ten Thousand Island area of Everglades National Park, we stayed in another great Florida State Park. This stay marked the beginning of our trek home. One of the interesting...
Gulf Coast Visitors Center, Everglades, NP

5.5 mi
Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades NP

5.5 mi

+15

Everglades Day 4

Everglades NP Day 4

From the first time I saw mangrove islands on our way to the Keys fon Sojourn, I was intrigued, spo I convinced Jack that we needed a fourth day in Everglades NP so that we could tour the 10,000 Islan...
Gulf Coast Visitor Center, Everglades NP

21 mi
Collier-Seminole State Park, FL ‐ May 30, 2023

18.6 mi
Big Cypress Swamp Welcome Center

80.9 mi

Big Cypress National Preserve

Big Cypress National Preserve

The Big Cypress Swamp Preserve was a wonderful pit stop for us on our way to Collier-Seminole State Park. We walked on the boardwalk and explored their visitor center display. There are eight diverse...
Gate to the Keys, Homestead, FL ‐ May 29, 2023

43.5 mi
Shark Valley Visitor Center

7.9 mi

+30

Everglades NP Day 3

Everglades NP Day 3

We were excited to break out the bikes for our visit to the Shark Valley area of Everglades NP! The road in that area is closed to motor vehicles except for the park's tour tram, so we had lots of bik...
Shark Valley Lookout Tower

7 mi
Shark Valley Visitor Center, Everglades NP

43.5 mi
Gate to the Keys, Homestead, FL ‐ May 28, 2023

126.6 mi
Key West, FL ‐ May 27, 2023

4 mi
Key West Ferry Terminal

71.9 mi
Dry Tortugas National Park

71.9 mi

+56

Dry Tortugas National Park

Our primary reason for returning to Key west was to visit this impressive National Park. The centerpiece, Fort Jefferson, is one of the largest US fortresses ever built. It took nearly thirty years (1...
Key West Ferry Terminal

4 mi
Key West, FL ‐ May 25, 2023

133.7 mi

+22

Key West Round Two

Jack was excited to drive the Overseas Highway that connects the Florida Keys to the mainland. It is a pretty busy highway and he made it seem easy while pulling the camper and remaining calm. It WAS...
Paradise within a Paradise, Miami, FL ‐ May 24, 2023

41.2 mi

+32

Everglades NP Day 2

Everglades NP Day Two

Our second day in the Everglades was all about walking and learning. First we walked down the Mahogany Hammock Trail. A hammock is an area (sometimes an island) where hardwood trees have grown and for...
Mahogany Hammock Trail, Everglades

0.4 mi
Mahogany Hammock Trail

21.3 mi
Gumbo Limbo Trail, Everglades

0.4 mi
Anhinga Trail

0.8 mi
Royal Palm Visitor Center

23.4 mi
Paradise within a Paradise, Miami, FL ‐ May 23, 2023

18.6 mi
Coopertown Airboat Tours, Everglades NP

4.7 mi

+22

Everglades NP Day One

Everglades NP Day One

Long before we arrived in the Everglades area, we had decided that an airboat tour was among our priorities. The Coopertown Airboat Tour did not disappoint. May is a transitional month as far as seaso...
Coopertown Airboat Tours, Everglades NP

18.6 mi
Paradise within a Paradise, Miami, FL ‐ May 22, 2023

82.7 mi
Boca Raton & Deerfield Beach, FL

77.9 mi

+10

Happy Birthday Belle

Reunited! Happy Birthday, Miss Belle!

After traveling together for most of six months, we were going through SeaSHINE withdrawals. When our dear friends returned from the Bahamas and we were only a few hours apart by car AND it was Miss B...
Paradise within a Paradise, Miami, FL ‐ May 21, 2023

18.1 mi
Dante Fascell Visitor Center

10.8 mi
Biscayne National Park

17.3 mi

+26

Biscayne National Park

With limited time to explore Biscayne National Park, we opted to take a Biscayne Heritage Cruise. We had a beautiful day on the bay. Captain Joel gave us the safety briefing and then piloted us safely...
Dante Fascell Visitor Center

18.1 mi
Paradise within a Paradise, Miami, FL ‐ May 20, 2023

214.9 mi
Lake Kissimmee State Park, FL ‐ May 19, 2023

4 mi

+24

Beautiful, Wild Lake Kissimmee State Park, FL

We enjoyed our stay at Lake Kissimmee. It is beautiful, green, and extremely lush. As lovely as the flora was, it was the fauna that made us smile. We were greeted at the park gate by a gopher tortois...
Buster Island Loop Trail

3.8 mi

+6

Biking at Lake Kissimmee State Park

Buster Island Loop Trail, Lake Kissimmee State Park

Based on the recommendation of the lady working at the General Store, we chose to ride our bikes on the Buster Island Loop Trail south of our campsite. It was about 6.8 miles long on a hot and humid c...
Lake Kissimmee State Park, FL ‐ May 18, 2023

0.8 mi
State Park Boat Launch

1.2 mi

+16

Kayaking on Lake Kissimmee

Kayaking at Lake Kissimmee State Park, FL

We got out our inflatable kayak for the first time. It felt like a brave thing to do in this particular lake, because of the number of signs warning that there was no swimming here due to alligators f...
Tiger Cove, Lake Kissimmee, FL

1.3 mi
State Park Boat Launch

0.7 mi
Lake Kissimmee State Park, FL ‐ May 17, 2023

180.8 mi
Carcin Farm, Hastings, FL ‐ May 16, 2023

11.6 mi
Cora C Harrison Preserve Trailhead

7.9 mi

+9

Palatka to St Augustine State Trail

Palatka to St Augustine State Trail

We found that our campsite at Carcin Farm was close to the Cora C Harrison Preserve Trailhead in Hastings. That meant a seven minute drive to access our next ride. We rode apporiximately 7 miles to Pa...
East Palatka

7.9 mi
Cora C Harrison Preserve Trailhead

10.9 mi
Carcin Farm, Hastings, Fl ‐ May 15, 2023

28.7 mi
Saint Augustine

14.5 mi

+5

Castillo de San Marco National Monument

+16

Fountain of Youth

Saint Augustine Highlights

We had toured Castillo de San Marco when we visited St Augustine before leaving on our Great Loop, but it is an impressive site AND this time we had a National Park Passport in hand, so... here we go...
Fort Matanzas National Monument

26.4 mi

+3

Fort Matanzas National Monument, Florida

We were disappointed to find out that the ferry to the fort was not running on the day we had set aside to visit. We did enjoy the visitor's center and the short guided tour on the boardwalk nearby. T...
Carcin Farm, Hastings, FL ‐ May 14, 2023

247.7 mi
Sparkleberry Estates, Beaufort, SC ‐ May 12, 2023

13.6 mi

+3

Reconstruction Era National Historical Park, Beaufort SC

Reconstruction Era National Historical Park, South Carolina

This park is the first of its kind, and it is in exactly the right place. First, when the Union army took control of this area, many of the white plantation owners left. A number of the enslaved resid...
Spanish Moss Trail Trailhead at Clarendon

20 mi

+17

Spanish Moss Rail Trail, SC

Spanish Moss Trail, South Carolina

Our first Rail Trail set the bar high! Paved and mostly flat, Spanish Moss was a great introduction to America's Rail Trails. The trail follows the old Magnolia Line, which got its name from the magno...
Spanish Moss Trail, Trailhead @ Clarendon RD

13.6 mi
Sparkleberry Estates, Beaufort, SC ‐ May 11, 2023

101.3 mi
Santee State Park, SC ‐ May 10, 2023

39.2 mi
Boardwalk Trail, Congaree National Park

2.1 mi

+23

Congaree National Park Day 2

Congaree National Park Day 2

Congaree is a 5th grade science teacher's dream! It is the largest old growth bottomland hardwood forest remaining in the US and it is an amazing illustration of biodiversity, ecosystems in action, in...
Harry Hampton Visitor Center

5.8 mi
Cedar Creek ‐ May 9, 2023

1.6 mi

+36

Congaree National Park Day 1

Congaree National Park Day 1

Our Ferry tickets to see Dry Tortugas on May 27, and the family meeting in West Yellowstone on June 24 determined the extent and pace of our travels for this spring and summer. We had just enough time...
Congaree National Park, Cedar Creek Canoe Launch

37.2 mi
Santee State Park, SC ‐ May 8, 2023

244.5 mi

+6

Santee State Park, Santee SC

And it's time to go! We left Jacksonville and towed our camper to Santee State Park in South Carolina; our first stop on our new adventure. It is a very beautiful park on the shore of Lake Marion and...
Sunny Oaks RV Park, Jacksonville, FL

71.2 mi
Jekyll Island North Loop

8.9 mi
Jekyll Island State Park, GA

70.5 mi

+16

Jekyll Island and Brunswick, GA

We made a road trip to Jekyll Island and Brunswick. Georgia. First order of business was to test ride our new bikes on the Jekylll Island bike trails. The paved North Loop seemed like a perfect place...
Sunny Oaks RV Park, Jacksonville. FL ‐ Apr 22, 2023

99 mi

+9

Jacksonville, FL
Ormond Beach ‐ Apr 21, 2023

10.1 mi

+29

Ormand Beach, FL

Beach Day at Ormand Beach!

When we heard that Mark & Cindi and their kiddos would be visiting in Florida while we were here, we crossed our fingers that we would get the chance to visit with them. Mark arranged for a two-bedroo...
Daytona Beach ‐ Apr 20, 2023

105.5 mi

+42

Daytona Beach, FL

Daytona International Speedway

When we decided that we were going to Ormand Beach to visit with Mark & Cindi and the littlest McPhies, we also decided to stop in Daytona Beach and tour the Daytona International Speedway. While neit...
Sunny Oaks RV Park, Jacksonville, FL ‐ Apr 2, 2023

454.1 mi

Camper Retrieval Trip

In Mid-March, we found and purchased a 2018 Flagstaff MicroLite 21FRBS travel trailer from a family in Appison, TN, just outside of Chattanooga. It is shorter in length than Sojourn, but has a bit mor...
Apison, Tennessee, United States ‐ Apr 2, 2023

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