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Our 2009 travels started here on March 1, 2009
The first pictures appeared at page 15. We couldn't get our data card to work with our new computer.

New Orleans and the Bayou country can be seen here.

Lake Charles, LA, Austin,Tx, and the LBJ Texas White House can be viewed here.

We enjoyed San Angelo TX even though we were sick part of the time... visit it with us here.

Our favorite winter hide-out...Phoenix,AZ and White horse Pass. Here.

Heading north in AZ, Petrified Forest and the Painted Desert Starts here.

Canyon de Chelly has wonderful cliff dwellings and a FREE campground.

Mesa Verde and the Lodge are breath taking in every way.

Sheepcamp, rv.net member, sheep rancher, and wildfire fighter invited us to visit.

Note: If you are scrolling from start to finish you'd see our Hawaii adventure here... I couldn't wait to post. It is really near the end of the thread and near the end of this page where it should be.

We traveled through Monument Valley and on to Page, AZ. after we left Sheepcamp and Cortiz, ColoradoTravel with us here.

We visited the Glen Canyon Dam and traveled to the North Rim of then Grand Canyon

Red Canyon Is a beautiful park on the way into Bryce Canyon.

Bryce Canyon is one of the best parks on the country... unique.

Zion NP is Grand... in scale and views. to '55"

The Reagan Presidental Library. My wife proclaims it to be the best Presidental Library.

Booking our vacation to Hawaii while were in Simi Valley.

Visiting Sacramento , boondocking, the capital, and more.

Golden gate bridge and San Francisco are always special.

Revisited 2007 boondocking visit to San Quentin Prison with Reddog1 and his wife.

At this point we interupted our truck camper travel and vacationed in Hawaii and a cruise of the islands.
Please come with us.

.....Atlantis Submarine... we went down to 127ft for more than 1 hour. Wow!

.....Ship, island travel Neat stuff

.....Movie tour For memories... this is a must.

.....La'ua no trip would be complete with out one.

Back on the mainland and heading home... from San Francisco to Tennessee... through CA, NV, UT, WY, NE, IA, KS, MO, IL, and KY. We posted pictures all along the way... some favorite spots are listed below.

... Following I-80 we stopped at Donner Pass... where a party heading west resorted to canabalism... they ate human tissue to survive...

40 mile desert

Bonneyville Salt Flats

Contintal Divide boondocking and sunsets

Land between the Lakes

We returned home on July 24, 2009
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The 2010 trip started in June. See page 123.

Home to Silversands!

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123 Heading North East from TN wirh a stop at Hershey Park

124 A visit with Suds54 and Birthplace of the US Navy

125 Vermont

126 US/Canada border crossing, to visit Silversands and Dunes

130 Canada/US border crossing, southern Maine woods, Sarampus

134 Sugar Loaf Ski area

136 Baxter State Park south western area

140 my visit to the now closed Loring Air Force Base

147 Long Lake, Sinclair, Maine

149 Long Lake Lodge, site of the USAF Recreation Center 50 years ago

150 a photo tour of the inside of Long Lake Lodge and the Cabins

154 The fort at Fort Kent, Me

157 Loring Military Heritage Center (Museum)

160 US/Canada border crossing, Limestone, Me to New Brunswick

163 Grand Falls, New Brunswick

167 Saint Quentin, NB

170 Boondocking in the dense woods of northern NB

173 a visit to Campbellton, NB

177 a visit to Bathurst, NB... concert

179 Acadian Peninsula... Grande Anse Light House, Sea cliffs, historic village

187 the bridge at Miramichi, NB... we are just passing through

189 visit to home made camper

191 the bridge to Prince Edward Island

195 a visit with the Jhawk's, touring, sail boat, and Windows on the Water

205 Sally's Beach Provential Park

207 Ship Wreck Point Light House, Naufrage Harbor, Boondocking

217 Cape Egmont Light House, Harbor, boondocking

228 Bridge to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia

237 Arisaig Light House

239 Face in Rock

241 241 Cape George Point Light House

245 Cape Breto Island, canso causeway

251 Louisbourg

254 Louisbourg Light House

262 Marconi Trail

264 beach

269 Boondocking Sydney, NS

274 Broad Cove Camp Ground, Cape Breton Highlands NP

282 Bay St Lawrence

288 Skiline Trail, boondock

291 Chetticamp, NS

294 baddeck, Alexander G Bell museum

298 passing through Antigonish

302 Special boondock



We are on the road again after a year sidelined for doctors. They went to a convention or something, we escaped.

We left through Level Pebble (Flat Rock, AL) and have made it as far as the BassPro shop in Plattsburg, AL.

Hope to get to Mobile or even Biloxi, MS tomorrow. I was stationed in Biloxi at Kessler AFB 51 years ago.

We'll be heading west from there... california in a couple of months... home in August
We hope to see some of you over the next 5 months.

Don't tell anyone where we are:W

Started this thread at 707 nights... todays subject edit on July 24, 2009
adding more and more pictures finally.

To find your way in this post you might like a table of contents... me too!

After you click on a link you can scroll up and down... or go to "prev" or "next" at the top or botton of the page.

Follow our 2009 truck camper travels over a total of 141 nights ...out of the 848 nights that we have traveled in the last 6 years

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Inquirees have made me think a bit...

and to share 2012 SPRING LOOP

the general plan... miss the tornados.... be home before the first of June

We are heading south thru Jimmy Carter country to Tallassee... and he coast... getting away from the middle America E/W interstates and the tornado alleys.

We'll be heading west and then down toward Brownsville... then follow the border to NM... North as far as rocky Mtn NP and then head east thru Nashville toward the end of May... we have never been inside the State Capital.

I'll be posting some as we go...

PS... the camperport did great in the storms, no damage that I can see... best $3500 I spent last year. I highly recommend it.

Chet and Janet

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Janet wanted to take an excursion about movie sets on Kawaii. I'm glad she did. We saw more than 50 places; the tour bus would show us a film clip and then we'd see the actual site.

Do you recognize this one?

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One of the problems that we had was luggage. We don't carry any luggage in our truck camper... everything either hangs in a closet or is put into drawers.

We solved the problem by purchasing a wheeled "carry-on" suitcase to haul our medicine and toiletries in. We also took some underware and socks with us.

When we got to Honolulu we went shopping... we bought all new clothes. Then in every port that we visited we bought even more new clothes... by now mostly "Tee" shirts with Hawaii themes.

On our last day in Honolulu we boxed all of the new clothes up and sent them back to Tennessee by UPS.

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BlueStilly wrote:
There's a little pub called the Pioneer Inn right on the waterfront by where you got on your submarine, right by the Banyan Tree, did ya happen to stop in there for lunch or refreshment? A really nice wooden bar from alot a years ago. Lahaina is a very laid back little town with lots of local color. Gets a bit busy though when the big ships come to town.........

There is only one large cruise ship now.... NCL's Pride of America. The economy got the others. We were there on Sunday... the next big day is , OK!, you guessed it... next Sunday. (Hilo was on Monday and so on)

Many of the people in the tourist industry only have work that one day per week. We always "tip" well... many of the other tourists didn't tip at all.

The Pride of America carries more than 2000 passengers and more than 900 crew.

I don't think that we saw anyone buy anything from the artists under the "Worlds Largest" banyon tree.

When we had meals away from the ship we tried to have something as different as possible from the fantastic ship food.

For example: One evening we went to a very nice Lu'au (as a shore excursion). The show was very good... the food wasn't as good as we got at the buffet on the ship.

[2IVSWO]

Welcome back! i have been kind of bored since the Mainiacs are back home and then you guys left to Hawaii. Cant wait to hear more about your travels in Hawaii.

[BlueStilly]

There's a little pub called the Pioneer Inn right on the waterfront by where you got on your submarine, right by the Banyan Tree, did ya happen to stop in there for lunch or refreshment? A really nice wooden bar from alot a years ago. Lahaina is a very laid back little town with lots of local color. Gets a bit busy though when the big ships come to town.........

[Mooney]

Welcome home.

[Budster]

Chet, Janet, safe travels my friends. I hope to meet up with you again one day. Who knows I may even head east to cYa!

Glad you had a great time in Hawaii. Joanie & I were married on Diamond Head Beach. What a beautiful setting!

[sleepy]

While we were cruising we took excursions at the different stops.

While we were on Maui we went down 126 feet in a submarine... and stayed more than an hour touring the sea bed. Now that is a big WOW! if I've ever had one. Janet liked it as much as I did.

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We wanted to go to the Arizona Memorial. I asked one of the Arizona Memorial tour bus drivers how I could get on his bus. He said thad it was too expensive... I replied that I didn't mind the cost. He then told us to walk 1 block, get on city bus 20 or 42... they would take us all the way for $2.25.

We have been very trusting with the people that we meet as we tour the country in our TC... we decided that we'd try it.

We got on bus number 20... the bus driver asked me if I was on Medicare... I'm thinking... WHOA... what gives here. I said yes... he asked me to prove it... I went along, showed him my medicare card. He then told me that I only had to pay $1.00 for the trip ... and he gave me a free transfer to return to the hotel on. My wife dug her card out...$2.00 to travel and see the Arizona for both of us instead of the $35.00 for the tour bus.

The tour bus arrived at the same time as we did... the driver stood in line with us. he enjoyed it as much as we did.... the people on his bus had no idea...

If you go... it might cost you $2.25 apiece if you are young.

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The cruise was our first... so was our visit to Hawaii.

We flew over a couple of days before sailing time and stayed at Wakiki Beach in a resort hotel next to Diamond Head (1/2 mile). The beach, waves, and surfers were a 100 feet from our room.

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I meant to mention that the airport was about 1/2 mile away... you can see it across the water behind the camper. The following picture is from our room. (The window had salt or brackish water spray on it.)



We had free airport shuttle transportation provided by Holiday Inn, Crown Plaza, and the Holiday Inn Express that we stayed in. It ran every 20 minutes.

As you can see... anything much larger than a TC wouldn't fit in here either.

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Budster wrote:
Welcome home Chet & Janet! Looks like you gat a tan while over there! Where are you headed now?

Tennessee... we are happy and tired! It will take us a while to get there....


We are traveling east on I-80 through Sacramento, Reno, and Salt Lake City.... ? ? ?

Still very hot in the days but cooler at night. Boondocking might be painful... we are running the AC now.

Thanks again for your help.

Sleepy

[JoeChiOhki]

Glad to see ya back 🙂 Sounds like the Hawaiian cruise turned out swell 😛

[TCINTN]

Glad to see you back and we are looking forward to some great pictures of your adventure in Hawaii and more pictures of your travels. Stay safe

[mranger1911]

Qlad to see you had fun in HI. Welcome back!!!!! Let the adventure continue.