Although we’ve visited the Midwest already on this trip, these are the first extended stops here, when we can get the feel and see the sights. Gibson City, just into Illinois from Indiana, offered a good daily rate in its city-run RV park, so we stayed a month. The town of a few thousand, surrounded… [Read More]
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State High Points
Last year I reached the points of highest elevation in North Carolina and Virginia with Cole, then in Tennessee with Camille. This brought my total of state high points to eight. So, this past week I agreed with Serena’s insistence that it was time for the two of us to go camping, and I… [Read More]
A Goal of Mine
A goal of mine on this RV trip is to see how many highest-point-in-states I can climb. In April I drove some 15 miles north of DeFuniak Springs, where the RV was parked next to a Walmart, to “bag” the highest point in Florida, 345 ft. Britton Hill. But which highest point to climb next?… [Read More]
Huffing and Puffing up to Harney Peak
After Yellowstone we turned north and then east, across Montana. We saw a nice mixture of mountains and hilly grasslands dotted with farms. Unlike farther south, the oppressive heat of summer gave way to cooler spells as we finally dipped on I-90 back down into Wyoming. Before leaving the state we spent a couple days… [Read More]