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endalby
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Aug 06, 2013

From WA to AL

The Army has decided to us move again. Movers pack up the house over the next 3 days then we will live in the TC until Tue when we take off. For all the TCs in the South East once we hit AL and settle into our new home I will be asking for places to go. My two girls really want to go in the "warm" ocean so I have a feeling I will be spending a lot of time on the gulf coast over the next two years(need recommendations where to go/camp). I am not familiar with that region at all.

We are keeping our home in WA and renting it out. I hope to retire back here in three years. If anyone sees the vehicle in my signature below come over and say hello (there will be a red canoe on top of the Jeep I am towing.)
DW and I are still debating the route we are going to take. I want to stay north as long as possible and she wants to go south immediately and go through UT, CO, AZ, NM, TX, LA, and MS. We shall see who wins. The only part of the south route that intrigues me is Zion and Bryce Nat. Parks. Any suggestions (her route or mine)? My girls are 5 and 8 that will with us (I am the lone male; even our lab is a female - I am doomed!).
  • I side with you on staying north this time of year plus I've always wanted to see around the Great Lakes area of the country, Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I'd use a trip like your's as an excuse to do that if time allowed. Good luck and have a safe trip which ever path you follow.

    I know what your girls mean about wanting a "warm" ocean from growing up in Oregon. What the Pacific Ocean lacks in heat in the Northwest is makes up for in beauty though. It still would have been nice to go for a swim in it as a kid without nearly freezing to death in the middle of summer. Now that I'm older I don't have as big of an urge to want to put on a swimsuit as when I was a kid. Hopefully your girls get to spend plenty of time playing in the "warm" ocean.