Where to go?
I want to take a trip, but have no idea where. How do you decide where to go on a say 2-4 week trip?
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We enjoy specific scenario camping rather than willie-nillie type camping. It may be geographical, historical, or some other interest. For my best example, we did this a few years ago:
In addition to the travel trailer, I also enjoy model railroading. So one year we decided to take our entire vacation time searching out railroad museums. Since we live in Indiana, a little research turned out there were 7 railroad museums in Indiana. So we plotted out our best course so we could hit all 6 of them. (The one in Noblesville, Indiana at Forest Park is right at home, and we see it all the time, so left this one out of the trip).
We spent a few days in Southern Indiana at one State Park, West Central at another State Park, and North Central at the 3rd State Park. Using each campsite as a base location, we visited the museums, rod the trains, and did sight seeing everything rail road related ... including the old non-working rail road turn table in Frankfort, Indiana (which is not a museum, but literally, a falling down building.) Still enough enchantment there, I took a gazillion photos.
Another time we plan out campsites so we could use our canoe. Another time we hunted down green houses. Our trip to Kentucky last Summer was mostly about historical sites.
If you consider a "themed" approach, something that interests you.... say high school base ball diamonds, or the craziest bowling alleys, or city-county-regional festivals, or even a gauntlet of yard sales, you can have quite an experience.
Of course, we also pick some campsites and campgrounds where we just want to vegetate and do absolutely nothing too! And actually, the older we get, the more attractive those get!
The sky is the limit! Figure out what floats-your-boat and search it out. Um... maybe a manufacturing plant tour that builds boats?
In addition to the travel trailer, I also enjoy model railroading. So one year we decided to take our entire vacation time searching out railroad museums. Since we live in Indiana, a little research turned out there were 7 railroad museums in Indiana. So we plotted out our best course so we could hit all 6 of them. (The one in Noblesville, Indiana at Forest Park is right at home, and we see it all the time, so left this one out of the trip).
We spent a few days in Southern Indiana at one State Park, West Central at another State Park, and North Central at the 3rd State Park. Using each campsite as a base location, we visited the museums, rod the trains, and did sight seeing everything rail road related ... including the old non-working rail road turn table in Frankfort, Indiana (which is not a museum, but literally, a falling down building.) Still enough enchantment there, I took a gazillion photos.
Another time we plan out campsites so we could use our canoe. Another time we hunted down green houses. Our trip to Kentucky last Summer was mostly about historical sites.
If you consider a "themed" approach, something that interests you.... say high school base ball diamonds, or the craziest bowling alleys, or city-county-regional festivals, or even a gauntlet of yard sales, you can have quite an experience.
Of course, we also pick some campsites and campgrounds where we just want to vegetate and do absolutely nothing too! And actually, the older we get, the more attractive those get!
The sky is the limit! Figure out what floats-your-boat and search it out. Um... maybe a manufacturing plant tour that builds boats?
