Camping trips with themes

[magnusfide]

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

[Mootpoint]

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

[magnusfide]

Another trip we took one year was the "I-40" trip from Barstow, CA to Wilmington, NC: it was from one end of I-40 to the other. A lot of terrific places to see along the way.

[RWDIII]

My theme trip was to WY Oregon trail and Ft Laramie While researching the family tree ,two of my ancesters traveled the trail.One in 1854 and the other in 1895.

[tracyb-oh]

Many state parks on Ohio are doing Christmas in July coming up in the next couple weeks. We went to two of them last year and it's a hoot. Everyone is decorated for Christmas. At night the light displays are amazing. Some have holiday craft shows, Santa Claus comes by in shorts and Hawaiian shirt on a golf cart, we sing carols by the fire. Just was a blast. We're going again this year.

[Wishbone51]

A movie theme would be interesting.

We were watching "National Treasure" for the umpteenth time last night. What made it more interesting this time was that the movie took place in many of the locations that we were at in our coast-to-coast vacation last summer.. We recognized many of the spots in the movie from Philadelphia, NY and DC. We should have watched it during the vacation to appreciate it at the time.

[carbour]

We try to have a theme for our trips. It may be an area or National park but it seems to make it more interesting. A couple of years ago we were planning a long trip, they are usually 6 weeks or so then we start missing the kids and grand kids. We had been through most of the states but still had the top left corner to get to, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, N Dakota. So we started planning. That very night a Lewis and Clark special was on and we watched it. That set our theme for the trip. They covered all the states we wanted to see. We made our way to St Louis, under the arch was the first of many L&C museums and movie. We headed to St Charles, where they met up and set out up the Missouri River against the flow. We had stacks of books,videos and a radio show Day BY Day that played somewhere in the midwest.
It gave a day by day account of their trip. It was amazing to read and listen to the story while you looked at the geographical landmarks that they had passed. We went through Missouri, into Nebraska, S Dakota, North Dakota where they spent the winter of 1804 at Fort Manden. That is where Sacawagea joined the crew. Across North Dakota, following the Missouri river as closely as we could. Then into Montana and Idaho where we crossed the Bitteroot Mts.as they had done. Then through the Columbia river gorge and down into Washington and then Oregon where they spent the winter of 1805 at Fort Clatsup.
I have to say it was rather intense,very educational and gave us a real appreciation for what Lewis and Clark and 40 members of their party had accomplished.

[lgarcia]

magnusfide wrote:
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

Wow - thanks! Four places close to me!

[sushidog]

Yes, I've gone on mining trips (gems and gold), waterfall viewing trips, Fall mountain foliage sightseeing trips, and caving (show caves, not spelunking) trips and explore area sushi bar trips (if near major cities).

But one of my favorite "theme" trips is the go deep in the mountains, relax and view wildlife trips. 2 of my favorite places to do this are Cataloochee (in GSMNP - booked this Oct.) and Upper Chattahoochee River (N. Ga mountains, near Helen, Ga - last Oct. ) Various places in Arkansas are right up there too.

Chip

[sdianel_-acct_c]

Factory tours.
We've been to:
Corvette factory in Bowling Green KY
Boeing in Everett WA
Zippo Lighters and Case Knives in Bradford PA
Cutco KaBar Knife Factory in Olean, NY
Bush Beans in Chestnut Hill TN
KFC in Corbin, KY
Ford Rouge Factory in Deaborn MI

[downtheroad]

We have done these "theme" camping trips:
lighthouses
covered bridges
winery trips
gold mining/ghost towns
museums
guitar factories (Martin and Gibson)