Day 10 – Spectacular Scenery
Terrain & Route Map, Sunday, Mona Farm to Moab Step 1 – Mona, Nephi, and Interstate 15 The next morning, we packed up and headed south. Our neighbor in the parking lot had a cute little doggie with him,…
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Day 9 – Phamily Pharm Phun
We got up around 6:30 am on Saturday, and it was already devilishly hot out. The smoke from the brush fires all up and down the valley hung heavy and dark just above the horizon, and the campfire smell was…
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Day 8 – Leaving Salt Lake City, and south to Mona
Route Map, Friday – Salt Lake City to Mona Day 8 – Friday – we head south from Salt Lake City We didn’t need to be at the convention until noon, so we spent the morning at the KOA swimmin’…
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Day 7 – A Capital Idea, old man!
Thursday, Melissa decided there wasn’t much at the convention that we’d driven 2200 miles to attend that really interested her, so she and I toured SLC, much like I’d done the day before. Hal took the RV to someplace for…
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Day 1 – Salem to Croton-on-Hudson
Part 1 – NJ to PA and then NJ again Our first day out. We hit the usual mid-day traffic up Interstate 295 in New Jersey, taking it up to the Commodore Barry Bridge spanning the Delaware River between…
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2014 Vacation-New York State & Niagara Falls
In the summer of 2014, we planned a short trip to visit my mother, sister and other family in Vermont, and then turn westwards across New York State. Melissa had a three-day business conference just outside of Rochester, and we…
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Day 6 – Adrift in the Sea of Mormon
The day before, after we’d arrived at the KOA, it was decided that we’d rent a car for a couple of days to make it easier to get around. After we got the RV settled in and all, I contacted…
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Day 5 – Touring Antelope Island, and Salt Lake City 25 June 2012
Route Map, Ogden, Antelope Island, and Salt Lake City Touristing on Antelope Island We actually slept in a bit on Tuesday – it was nearly 7am when I got up and made coffee. I took a walk around the…
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Day 4 – Laramie to Ogden 25 June 2012
Terrain & Route Map, Laramie to Ogden Day 4 – Ahhh, the woodsy smell of camp fires and exploding coffee makers… The smoky air woke me up in Laramie around 5:30 am. Even with the A/C more or less working…
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Day 3 – Iowa to Wyoming 24 June 2012
Route Map, Day 3, Mid – Iowa to Laramie, Wyoming Wagon Ruts, Bad Gas, and a gradual climb We woke up Sunday morning after a somewhat fitful rest. Who’d have thought that Atlantic, Iowa had a Saturday night social scene…
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