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The Big Adventure Part I — 3,000 Miles Round Trip in 26 Days! The night before we left, while packing I wondered: Did we really bring enough stuff for a month–clothes, medical supplies, food, dog care items, etc. But the morning when we were getting ready to leave, we could just barely fit it all Continue Reading
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to drive when it’s 110 degrees and no air conditioning? We have the answer to that question. Our air conditioner has been acting flaky for the last couple of weeks. It’s fine and then for no discernible reason cuts out and comes back and is fine again. Well Continue Reading
Today is the day we start our first 30 day adventure. We drive from Maricopa, AZ to the Cleveland National Forest — why they call it the Cleveland National Forest, since it’s not anywhere near Ohio, I have no idea. The campground is 50 miles east of San Diego. High temperatures in the mid 70s. Continue Reading
Packing for this trip means packing for a highs of 95 degrees and lows of freezing. Yes, you read that right freezing, even though it’s June and we will be traveling until mid-July. Three campgrounds right now report lows in the high 30’s and Yellowstone reports freezing, as in ice forming, as in possible snow Continue Reading
Bleary eyed from getting all the maps printed out to get us from one campsite to the next, 12 campsites and 12 Google maps. What’s odd is that the mileage on the Google maps don’t always match the mileage when you search “map this campground to that campground.” Some are close but one is off Continue Reading