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Camping trips with themes

magnusfide
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A recent thread spoke of traveling to US cities named after cities in other countries. We took trips to visit planetariums around the country and went to star parties (an astronomy thing). Are there others here who do "themed" RVing?

Here's one that children may find interesting too as it's like a treasure hunt.
10 States with Fossil-Hunting Sites for the Public
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TyroneandGladys
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magnusfide wrote:
TyroneandGladys wrote:
We are doing the foreign cities next year.


Don't forget Glasgow. There's a few Glasgows in the USA that will fit with your route or you can venture farther.

Glasgow, Alabama
Glasgow, Delaware
Glasgow, Illinois
Glasgow, Kentucky
Glasgow, Missouri
Glasgow, Montana
Glasgow, Pennsylvania
Glasgow, Virginia
Glasgow, West Virginia


Thanks Glasgow, Kentucky has been added
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TyroneandGladys
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You have not found it yet since you have not been to Texas :S
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Padlin
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Closest we've come is as a secondary reason for traveling an area is to hunt for the best Bar-B-Q.
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magnusfide
Explorer II
Explorer II
TyroneandGladys wrote:
We are doing the foreign cities next year.


Don't forget Glasgow. There's a few Glasgows in the USA that will fit with your route or you can venture farther.

Glasgow, Alabama
Glasgow, Delaware
Glasgow, Illinois
Glasgow, Kentucky
Glasgow, Missouri
Glasgow, Montana
Glasgow, Pennsylvania
Glasgow, Virginia
Glasgow, West Virginia
"The only time you should fear cast iron is if your wife is fixin' to hit you with it."-Kent Rollins
First law of science: don't spit into the wind.

Magnus

TyroneandGladys
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Not me but WOW
Found and photographed at least one waterfall in each of the 50 states
Tyrone & Gladys
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TyroneandGladys
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We are doing the foreign cities next year.
Aberdeen MS
Alexandria LA
Athens GA
Cambridge
Carthage NC
Dover DE
Florence AZ
Hamburg AR
Leeds AL
Lockhart TX
London KY
Oxford MS
Paris KY
Prague Ok
Rome GA
Stuttgart AR
Vienna OH
Westminster SC
York SC

On my bucket list is going to the farthest northern, southern, eastern, and western points in the 48 states.

Odd but true of the 50 States Alaska has the furthest western and eastern points Answer
Tyrone & Gladys
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campigloo
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Not yet but retiring in 18 - 24 mths and plan on visiting at least 48 state capitals.

magnusfide
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Explorer II
Over a two year span back in the 60s we visited lighthouses. Great tour.
"The only time you should fear cast iron is if your wife is fixin' to hit you with it."-Kent Rollins
First law of science: don't spit into the wind.

Magnus

jwadd
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Explorer
We have seen most of the hydro electric dams in BC. This took us two summers. Still a few left. We have toured many of them. My girls age 4 and 8 love them. This year we have made a point of stopping at small town museums if they are open. We are also on a mission to stay in as many provincial campgrounds in BC as we can. Not planning our days around this but we are keeping track. Both of us are teachers so we have the time. Fun stuff.
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Camsmom
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Yup. In the spring we dd the Kentucky burbon trail. That was fun! Beautiul area too. We took all side roads ate in little towns. Still drinking the souvenirs!

Last summer we did New England - chowder tour!

Doug33
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Has anyone ever done a whiskey-related trip? I've visited the Jack Daniels distillery in Tennessee, but not on a camping trip.

Also, how about a NASA-related trip? There are facilities all over the country. I've visited Cape Kennedy (FL) and Goddard (MD) while camping but not on the same trip. We also visited a small NASA museum on the DelMarVa penninsula (can't remember the name).
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vjstangelo
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Camping at Codorus State Park. Came here to visit Gettysburg for the 150th. Today walked with thousands of others on a retracing of Picket's charge. Once in a lifetime experience. This is making history!
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LuckeyUs
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We didn't plan on it, but when we went up the eastern coast in 2011, there were many states celebrating the coming of the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War. There was so much history to learn, and there are many free tours. Gettysburg was amazing. We're now visiting Springfield, Illinois, Land of Lincoln, and find that the celebrations continue.

RWDIII
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Mootpoint wrote:
We did Route 66 from Chicago to the California coast last year. Now we are thinking about the Lincoln Highway.

Cheyenne,Wy is a good place to drive on the Lincoln hiway.
Also the visitors center on south I25 is one of the neatest I've been at.
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