Saturday, May 28, 2016

Back at the Shack

Back in Beaufort


Well - another trip is fondly stored in the memory bank.
After leaving Badlands NP in South Dakota on Monday we started pounding the pavement
and arrived home Thursday about 2pm.

We spent 3 nights enroute.
KOA in Waterloo, Ia
KOA in Richmond, In
Mayberry Campground in Mt Airy NC.

The last stop was to allow us to flush the holding tanks well and left us
a 4 hr jaunt to the barn.

A map of our route from SD to NC - about 1,800 miles for the last legs.


Our route took us from South Dakota


Into Minnesota


Thru Iowa and across the Mississippi River into Illinois...


Thru Indiana, Ohio, and past the Capital of West Virginia in Charleston.


Thru Virginia and into NC.

We timed our arrival home for Thursday due to Memorial Day weekend and the
traffic that would be on the road.

As it turned out traffic was still pretty heavy.

We passed this little beauty heading into New Bern, NC


I guessed he was headed to the Outer Banks and I was right as they followed
us all the way till about 3 miles from home where they turned to head
to the Cedar Island Ferry.

I had the assistance of Mr Peabody to help me with trip planning.


Ms Peabody.


Trip Recap 

By the numbers:

7 months on the road.
12,134 miles on the bus odometer
21 States & 2 Canadian Provinces
Endless Laughs.

The map below (from the blog)
I selected 8 months which shows our route.


Beyond the numbers however lies the real story.

The joy of beautiful nights around the campfire with great friends.
Boondocking under the stars.
The Broncos winning the Superbowl.
The places we visited and traveled to with our good friends from all over the world.

Just a few of the highlights:

Hot Springs, Ark
Barbecue in Austin Tx
LBJ Library & Ranch
White Sands New Mexico
Quartzsite
Tombstone, Az
Organ Pipe Cactus NP
Grand Canyon
Goosenecks, Ut
Monument Valley
Joshua Tree NP
Hearst Castle, California
Walla Walla wine weekend
Kelowna, BC
Canadian Rockies
Banff NP  Alberta
Devils Tower Wy.
Badlands, SD

Special thanks to all of our good friends who made 
visiting these places all the more special.

Future Plans


I am kind of in new territory now with no firm plan for our next trip.
I want to get back to Alaska but to do so I really need to set out from here to go there.

I've found that if we do our usual winter in Arizona thing, by the time it is warm enough 
 to head north - we have been traveling for many months (6 or 7) are ready to start heading home.

Last time to Alaska we left home in April - so perhaps we need to hang closer to home
so that next spring we will be fresh and ready to do the trip there like I want to do it....
Spring thru Fall.

So maybe it will be a couple of months in Florida this winter...
Probably a trip to Red Bay for some slide out maintenance.
And I'm sure the travel bug will get me for some other idea.

In any event - we will keep busy between now and then
and keep you posted along the way.

Thanks for following along.

Happy Trails and see you down the road.


8 comments:

  1. What if you sell the house and become truly homeless? Or are you going to pull the house off the market? And what if, after the election, we all have to move to Canada or Mexico?

    Your travel history is the envy of many. You're doing it right, man. Let's hope we can do this again and again and again ...... .

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  2. Well just stay put for A while. We will be there in 3 1/2 months. Flyin tho

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  3. We really have enjoyed armchair traveling along with you both. It's been great. Your blog details are outstanding as well as your photos. The Kerlin Road trip book needs written to help rookies like us. Congrats on another wonderful year.
    Hayden

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  4. We really have enjoyed armchair traveling along with you both. It's been great. Your blog details are outstanding as well as your photos. The Kerlin Road trip book needs written to help rookies like us. Congrats on another wonderful year.
    Hayden

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  5. We really have enjoyed armchair traveling along with you both. It's been great. Your blog details are outstanding as well as your photos. The Kerlin Road trip book needs written to help rookies like us. Congrats on another wonderful year.
    Hayden

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  6. So happy that a visit with us was in those fabulous travels. We enjoyed our special time with you in the Austin area as well as our time together in Quartzsite. Glad you are safe back home. Here's to a fun-filled summer with minimal hurricanes. Enjoy!

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  7. Glad you guys made it back! Had some balcony talk with Kate the other day and spoke to the doodles. Hope to see you soon--maybe at Shack!

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