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A beautiful day at Pedernales SP

Today was just a beautiful day here in Texas. After a long day of driving to Houston for a visit with family and arriving back at the campground after midnight this morning, we were a bit tired. Once...

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Happy 2012

We had a great new years eve. I know I am behind again, so be patient. To begin, we celebrated the eve of the new year with an afternoon visit to Fredericksburg, TX and then an evening playing the game...

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White Sands National Monument

One of the places I hyped up for our girls was a trip to the White Sands National Monument. The park is a really cool place that encompasses 275 square miles creating the worlds largest gypsum...

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City of Rocks

The City of Rocks is an interesting place. Located just north of Deming, NM on the way to Silver City, NM, the state park is literally out in the middle of nowhere. As I was driving, Darla kept looking...

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Cottonwood, AZ

A little behind on the blog posts, so I'll try to get everyone caught up, once again :) After City of Rocks, we headed to our first Thousand Trails resort in Cottonwood,AZ. We really did not know what...

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Boondocking in Quartzsite, AZ

After leaving Cottonwood, AZ, we headed further west to Quartzsite, AZ along with our new friends the Travaglino's of Fulltime Families. We originally planned to just "pass through" and spend a night...

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What in the World ?

Um, this was NOT my idea, really it wasn't, but I'm glad we went :) Our plans were to head to Joshua Tree National Park and take in the beautiful surroundings, hang out for a day or two and head to the...

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San Diego Fun!

We made it to the coast of California! It was a really big deal for us. Nearly two summers ago, we made plans to visit California and participate in some mission work with Mission Builders...

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Monumental

We are looking forward to seeing this movie. Raising two children in this world we now live in is getting more difficult each and every day. It is my hope that my children have the opportunity to live...

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Joshua Tree, Mojave Desert and Beyond

After leaving the San Diego area, we headed to Menifee, CA and stayed for two weeks. Our reason was simple, I had to go to work. I hate it when work gets in the way of our fun. While in Menifee, we...

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Mt Zion NP

Our travels continued with the Travaglino's and McCloskey’s to St. George, UT. We were able to stay in the area due to the generosity of the Travaglino’s providing us with a guest  pass to an Encore...

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Valley of Fire SP

Our weeks stay in the St. George area was very pleasant, but it was time to move on to a new place. During our planning phase to visit Mt. Zion NP, I came upon a state park that looked really...

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Yosemite NP

After two weeks in Las Vegas, we had to say  a very sad goodbye to our friends the Travaglinos and McCloskey's. We first met the Travaglinos in January while staying at a Thousand Trails in Cottonwood,...

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New Brighton Beach SP

New Brighton Beach SP is located in the town of Capitola, CA just south of Santa Cruz, CA and north of Monterey, CA. We wanted to spend some time near the beach, even though it was still a bit chilly...

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Hanging out in Morgan Hill, CA

There have been times along this adventure where we have to sit for a few weeks at a time so I can go to work. Typically we will find a nice Thousand Trails resort to stay at where the girls can swim...

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Jelly Beans and Trains

We got an early start from Gilroy, CA, at least for us it was early. As a matter of fact, the girls were sleeping when we pulled into the Jelly Belly parking lot in Fairfield, CA. I was just as excited...

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Windy Roads and Ice Cream

We got another early start and headed north of San Francisco, CA to Santa Rosa. We simply wanted to be on the north side of San Francisco to keep our cost as low as possible and get a jump on Monday...

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Redwood NP

Yea, we made it almost out of California. Now don't misunderstand, we like the left coast, but we have spent a lot of time in this massive state and simply are ready to get out. We stopped short of the...

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Crossing into Oregon!

We finally passed the state line and entered into southern Oregon. It was already beginning to feel like Oregon as we visited the Redwood NP and followed Hwy 101 up the northern coast. Before we...

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Fast and Furious!

Ok, so maybe the title is making the headlines lately, but it does sum up nicely what we have been experiencing. Our stops along the way after Brooking Beach SP (just across the CA/OR border) included:...

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How we finished..........

Warning, lots of photos :)Click here to hear the concert we were invited to by Baka Beyond.I know it has been a loooong time since the last post. From the time we last posted until now has been a...

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How We Finished Cont.......

So, our last post did not quite highlight our reamining time on the road. So instead of writing a long post, we will just post photos and make comments about the pictures and where they were taken.The...

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Jackson Hole, WY

Having once lived in Jackson Hole,WY in the mid-1980's, I really wanted to visit the area again and explore some of the beautiful sites. Darla and the girls weren't quite sure what to expect, but...

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Back on the road

So it has definitely been awhile since our last post. So much has been going on. We did officially come off the road as a "full-time family" back in the late summer of 2012. During the time since, we...

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Hiking Bryce Canyon with friends. 

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