Tag: may 2021
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Homeward Bound
We should come home from adventures, and perils and discoveries every day with new experience and character. ~Henry David Thoreau NOTE – This is the final post from our 7200 mile truck camping trip in May. Leaving Yellowstone was the start of our long journey home. Time on the road passes so quickly and we Read more…
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All Roads Lead To…
To those who know it and love it, Yellowstone is not so much a place as it is a concept—it is a bastion of wilderness and a beautiful,… reminder of all that once was pristine, bold, and untamed. ~Bob Sihler This is the next to last in the series of reports on our truck camping Read more…
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New Parks and More
If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them something more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it. ~President Lyndon B. Johnson Just a reminder, these latest Read more…
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Desert Seclusion
I will fill myself with the desert and the sky. I will be stone and stars, unchanging and strong and safe. The desert is complete; it is spare and alone, but perfect in its solitude. I will be the desert. ~Kiersten White Much of our time in the Southwest was spent under red flag warnings Read more…
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Onward to New Mexico
Travel is still the most intense mode of learning. ~Kevin Kelly After leaving Arkansas, we headed toward Palo Duro State Park in the panhandle of Texas. We had learned of this canyon from a couple camped near us at Natchez Trace State Park in TN (they were moving from TX to KY and had brought Read more…
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Beginnings – the Southern Route
My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature. ~Claude Monet On our previous two truck camping road trips, we headed due west across the plains through Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, until we hit the mountains. This trip, we had no real plans, just head west. We played with the Read more…
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On the Road Again
Oh, the places you’ll go. ~Dr. Seuss Yep, we did it again, another awesome truck camping road trip. We just returned home Wednesday morning at 3:30 a.m. after an epic 18-hour drive from Missouri. We had planned at least one more night on the road, but the weather wasn’t cooperating and we were following a Read more…
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