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Not Heaven, But Pretty Nice Here in Iowa
Interstate 80 took us out of Indiana, across Illinois and over the Mississippi into Iowa. We missed our chance to get off at the banks of the Mississippi, and then at the Buffalo Bill museum, so when we saw another … Continue reading
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South Bend to Central Time
The drive into South Bend, IN doesn’t offer much of a view. Gone are the hills, lakes and touristy resorts of Michigan’s shoreline. Here the highway is flat and dotted with Perkins restaurants, Econo Lodges and public service messages (1 … Continue reading
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Sleeping Dunes
One thousand miles into bigtrip, we drove through Traverse City, MI and into Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore to find power lines down and massive trees splintered along the road sides. Local residents were gathered in their yards, some picking up and … Continue reading
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All the Great Lakes
We crossed back over from Ontario into Michigan on a rainy day. To get to the border station we had to follow a strange detour that seemed to want to send us to the Rednecks Saloon and Hard Wok Cafe … Continue reading
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Oh Canada
If you are going to go to Canada in an RV on a weekend without reservations, don’t go through downtown Toronto (for obvious reasons), and don’t do it during “long weekend” when every Canadian is also driving to campsites north of … Continue reading
Four Mile Creek and the Falls
We pulled into Four Mile Creek State Park, just outside of Niagara, at around noon. It’s a terrific park with wide, flat campsites, smooth paths and big, beautiful trees. Here we are, all settled in for a couple of days:The … Continue reading
Getting to Buffalo
The quaint hills and valleys of Pennsylvania made for nice views but ridiculous RV driving. Every bend in the road seemed to warn of another hazard: detour, road closed, one-lane bridge, and the dreaded 11′ 5″ max (we are 11′ … Continue reading
Pittsburgh
We woke to a cool and misty morning at our mountaintop campsite. The kids snuggled in and we sat outside on our blue tarp porch drinking our coffee and taking in the foggy view of trees, trucks and other RVs. … Continue reading
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Ready to Roll
The goodbyes are done and we are finally ready to leave tomorrow morning. We are all a little anxious, excited to get on the road but also sad to leave Sheba and our house–now clean and clutter-free–behind. Both kids begged … Continue reading
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Long Legs
How long is a leg? A week? A month? The top half of the country? Some percentage of the whole trip? Having never traveled for an entire year, we really have no idea how to divide up and plan this … Continue reading
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