So, we decided to take the backroads on the way home. Starting in Pagosa Springs, we are taking US 84 east. Our first spot of interest along the way? Billy the Kid’s grave in Fort Sumner, NM!
#wanderfilled #NewMexicoTrue
Today, we did a little in-person research for the second edition of our book at Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Utah. What a unique site… pink sand dunes you can hike, sand sled or even tour via ATV!
#wanderfilled #visitutah
After a cloudy/rainy day yesterday, we were glad to have some sunshine for Christmas Day! Merry Christmas from Horseshoe Bend! It is every bit as awe-inspiring in person as the many photos you have seen of it!
#wanderfilled #Visitarizona #FindYourPark
Merry Christmas Eve from the Glen Canyon Dam in Page, AZ, our home away from home for the next three days!
#wanderfilled #FindYourPark #VisitArizona
For today, we visited our final stop of our original itinerary: Tonto NM. Honestly, we were really surprised at how beautiful these cliff dwellings were.
Meanwhile, we have scrapped our California plans due to the incoming atmospheric river!
#wanderfilled #FindYourPark #VisitArizona
When traveling through West Texas, you just gotta stop at Prada Marfa! Marfa is known for its quirky roadside art installations and this faux Prada store is easily the most famous.
#wanderfilled #texplorer
So glad to be on the road again! It’s been way too long! We are done with class and headed west for California!
#wanderfilled #travelingteachers
There’s nothing like listening to the grunts of a bison herd, especially anywhere east of the Mississippi River! It made for the perfect final stop on our summer road trip!
#Itsallyours #TravelKY #WanderFilled #bison
Oh, the struggles of doing research for the new route in our second edition. This is really tough work! 😎
#TravelKY #WanderFilled #WhiskeyThief
Just doing a little research for new route for the second edition of our book!
#AlmostHeaven #WanderFilled
Pro Tip: Fold your mirrors IN when you park your new camper van on a busy street. It will help you avoid expensive repairs!
#WanderFilled
Today, we had an excellent guided tour at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site by the Park Ranger on duty (I want to say his name was Nate Cahill???). We spent just about an hour walking through the various elements of this late 1770s-1880s iron furnace.
#FindYourPark #VisitPA #WanderFilled
The National Memorial Arch at Valley Forge National Historical Park is both a striking tribute to the difficult winter the Continental Army endured and an interesting piece itself, drawing inspiration from the Arch of Titus in Rome.
#FindYourPark #VisitPA #WanderFilled
As we do every year, tonight we celebrated our 15th Anniversary in a new city. This year, we celebrated in Atlantic City at Il Mulino. We look forward to many more years of never celebrating in the same place!
#WanderFilled
Today, we followed the Delaware River along the borders of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, visiting three NPS sites, including our 350th, Delaware Water Gap NRA! While we still have a lot of sites to visit, we have seen amazing NPS sites in every state!
#FindYourPark #WanderFilled
After two nights in a hotel in Hartford, it’s great to get back out camping! Besides, you can’t beat the view from this farm we found on Hipcamp!
#ILoveNY #Wanderfilled #Hipcamp #PanoramicRV
Happy Independence Day from the Adirondacks! We spent today exploring this unique combination of public and private land… we even found this amazing waterfall right at our campground!
#ILoveNY #ADK #WanderFilled
Today, Grant got to live out one of his Olympic dreams: he got to shoot where the winter biathlon athletes train! He shot well, too! He hit 3/5 on the much smaller prone target (4.5 cm)! Bonnie hit 4/5 on the 11 cm target!
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
The Adirondacks are also home to the John Brown Farm State Historic Site, where the famous (or infamous) abolitionist is buried. It was interesting to see how Brown is regarded here versus what we were taught about Brown in high school as Southerners.
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
The bobsled simulator at the Lake Placid Olympic Center was sooo cool. It is amazing how fast those sleds go!
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
Ahhh… can’t beat a cold beer on a beautiful afternoon looking over Lake Placid from the Crowne Plaza… because, sometimes, you just want a nice hotel rather than shower houses at a state park!
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
Gotta love grilling out on a beautiful afternoon at the campground!
#IloveNY #WanderFilled #PanoramicRV
There’s something really special about being in the (restored) room where it happened. This is the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, NY. In 1848, this is where the first Women’s Rights Convention was held.
-at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park
#FindYourPark #ILoveNY #WanderFilled
Located off Seneca Lake, one of the Finger Lakes, in Western New York, Watkins Glen State Park is a must visit! while you are there, hike the Gorge Trail, which follows this narrow gorge by 19 different waterfalls!
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
If there was one thing we weren’t expecting to find in Western New York, it’s bison! But here they are at Mud Creek Bison Ranch! Aside from being able to see the bison, they also have a restaurant with a full bar and a pretty good sized dance hall/concert venue!
#bison #ILoveNY #WanderFilled
Today is all about visiting the oldest state park in the country: Niagara Falls! This place truly is spectacular! We made a point to get out on the Maid of the Mists for an up close and personal look at the falls!
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
Today, we took a cruise on the Erie Canal in Lockport, NY. Traversing the locks was a really cool thing to see… amazing to see human ingenuity in action.
#IloveNY #WanderFilled
This is the spot… the spot where Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States. Following the assassination of McKinley, Roosevelt was sworn to the office in the Ansley Wilcox House in Buffalo, NY, now the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS.
#FindYourPark #ILoveNY #WanderFilled
Ahh, the coelacanth of modern telecommunication: the fabled pay phone! It’s been years since we last saw one (McCall, ID) in the US! This specimen was discovered at Four Mile Creek State Park outside Buffalo, NY!
#WanderFilled #ILoveNY
