Michigan – July 2020
While in Michigan we met up with the Shinn’s and toured the Air Zoo and the Gilmore Car Museum. Below our some facts about each of these and some images of their amazing displays. The Air Zoo, originally named the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, renamed in 1999, is dedicated to preserving and displaying historical and…
Chattanooga – June 2020
Due to the pandemic we started our 2020 travel season a month later than we planned to however this season was one of our best travel seasons. We traveled through 16 states in 5 months and had an awesome time. For nostalgic purposes below are a couple of images depicting what was going on at…
Nashville, TN – Oct 14th – Oct 28th
Our last big travel stop was in Nashville. Nashville, being the country music capital, had music and entertainment everywhere you went. The campground we stayed at offered a shuttle to downtown which was a blessing as I do not think I would have been able to park the truck anywhere. We also had some visitors…
Memphis, TN – Oct 7th – Oct 14th
Continuing to head east, we next stopped outside of Memphis, TN in West Memphis, AK (just on the other side of the Mississippi). We stayed in a really nice campground (Tom Sawyer) and were located a stones throw from the river. Never realized how busy the barge traffic on the river is! Crossing the bridge…
Arkansas – Sept 30th – Oct 7th
Made a couple of stops in Arkansas as we were heading back to Florida for the winter. First up was a stop near Fort Smith, Arkansas. The original Fort Smith was established in late 1817. It’s purpose was to maintain order between the local Osage Indians and a band of Cherokee who migrated west. The…
Oklahoma – Sept 9th – Sept 30
During the month of September we were able to do some visiting with Jeff’s family. In Tulsa we saw his brother Tim and his wife Pat and in OKC we visited with his daughter Colleen. It was really nice to break up our travels and simply visit with family though we did get a little…
Branson, MO – Aug 26th – Sept 9th
We spent almost two weeks in Branson. We took in a number of shows as well as visited places in the surrounding area. During our time, we rented a pontoon boat and tried a little fishing. Needless to say we did not have any success but had a good time cruising in Lake Taneycomo. We…
Oahu, Hawaii – Aug 10th – Aug 17th
We decided to take a vacation from our retirement RV travels and spent a week in Oahu. It was breathtaking! We downloaded a driving app called Gypsy Guide which took us on a driving tour to all the tourist as well as out of the way places on the island. Took us 3 days to…
Rock Island, IL and St. Louis, MO – Aug 6th – Aug 26th
While in Rock Island we visited the Arsenal located on Arsenal Island. The Island is on the Mississippi River between Davenport, IA and Rock Island, IL. It was originally established as a government site in 1816 when Fort Armstrong was built. It is now the largest government owned weapons manufacturing arsenal in the USA. It…
Madison, WI – July 30th – Aug 6th
After a really busy time in the UP, we took a more leisurely pace in Wisconsin. We had to get some maintenance done on the truck so only hit a couple of places. The Wisconsin Dells along the Wisconsin River was a gorge formed by receding glaciers. We took a boat ride along the upper…
Upper Peninsula in Michigan – July 15th – July 30th
The Lower Peninsula in Michigan was beautiful but nothing really compares to the Upper Peninsula. We stayed in Newberry, a town which was about middle to all the places we wanted to go. One of the places we were able to visit multiple times was Tahquamenon Falls. These falls are located on the Tahquamenon River. …
Lower Peninsula in Michigan – July 1st – July 15th
I know that I am way way way behind in blogging and Jeff has been hounding me for months to finish last season especially as this one will begin soon. We had an awesome time in the Lower Peninsula in Michigan! We stayed just below South Haven and not only spent time there but we…
Indiana and Ohio – June 10 – July 1st
Apologies as I am so far behind in getting this summer’s trip info out but hopefully over the next few weeks I can get completely up to date. In the second half of June we stopped in both Ohio and Indiana. While in Ohio, we took a quick trip into PA, where we had the…
Louisville, Kentucky – June 3 – 10
From Tennessee we headed further north in Kentucky and stayed outside of Louisville. We toured a few places while we were there both in Louisville and outside of Louisville. First up was Churchill Downs. We took a behind the scenes tour which took you through the public tour, up to Millionaires Row, and through the…
Tennessee and southeast Kentucky – May 20 – June 3
Truly enjoyed this leg of our trip! Jeff and I have always loved the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia and found that Eastern Tennessee and Southeastern Kentucky were even better! One of the drawbacks in Virginia has always been the humidity, while in Tennessee, temperatures were in the 90s but the humidity was so low that…
Pine Mountain and Lake Lanier Georgia April 23 – May 20
We spent a couple of weeks in Pine Mountain this year to attend an RV Boot Camp by Escapees for 3 days. They focused on all the RV systems and providing some tips for maintenance and some of their best practices. As full timers and having a year under our belts, we thought we were…
Montgomery, Alabama April 16 – 23
Next stop was outside Montgomery Alabama. We spent a week in the area. Montgomery is the capital of Alabama and one day we walked the area. We strolled by the capital building. We also saw the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church where Reverend Martin Luther King Jr served as pastor from 1954-60. This was…
Pensacola, Florida and Mobile, Alabama – April 1 -15
Our next stop was Pensacola after leaving Perry. I would highly recommend this location to anyone. It had the whitest sand on a beach that I had ever seen. There was history, lots of outdoor activities, beautiful beaches, and the home of the Blue Angels. We kept ourselves busy in the two weeks we were…
Fran and Jeff’s Retirement Adventures 