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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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sleepy wrote:
"Home" sure looks pretty.

After some hard shopping... clothes for tomorrow and a little extra.... remember, we didn't bring clothes with us, we buy new ones for everyday.

This was just 6 months ago... we were looking at the pictures since the thread was up again...

Spending the money saved by boondocking?

What a trip... CaptPJ is going in April... looking forward to his pictures.

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spacedoutbob wrote:
Sleepy, I just followed your blog from page 15 to the end. Thanks for posting! It made me feel like I was along for the ride. I have been in every state except for North Dakota. There are states that I have barely stepped foot into that I need to spend time in. Like the Carolinas, Kentucky and Georgia. I hope to be able to get out that way this year (2010). Have you ever been up in the Canadian Rockies? Glacier National Park, Jasper and Banff National parks in Canada? If not, that is a place you and Mrs. Sleepy need to visit. Also, British Columbia and up to Alaska. Anyway, Thanks again! Pleasant and Happy Journeys!

Spaced Out Bob (Chan) In Oakland, Calif.

Thank your for your kind words and suggestions.

I didn't realize that people were still looking at the post... let allone wading through all of those pages.

We have been up the west coast into BC, and east through Penticton, back into the US in Idaho... then to Glacier, and all good things across the top of the US. That was the 2007 6 month trip.

If you should make it to east TN I hope that you'll contact us.. we'll give you hook-ups, good BBQ, and side trips through the mountains.

Sleepy

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Sleepy, I just followed your blog from page 15 to the end. Thanks for posting! It made me feel like I was along for the ride. I have been in every state except for North Dakota. There are states that I have barely stepped foot into that I need to spend time in. Like the Carolinas, Kentucky and Georgia. I hope to be able to get out that way this year (2010). Have you ever been up in the Canadian Rockies? Glacier National Park, Jasper and Banff National parks in Canada? If not, that is a place you and Mrs. Sleepy need to visit. Also, British Columbia and up to Alaska. Anyway, Thanks again! Pleasant and Happy Journeys!

Spaced Out Bob (Chan) In Oakland, Calif.

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The northern CA coast seemed to have more traffic... Ave of the Giants, etc pulls people to the area.

The Oregon coast was very special...

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I think that the coastal highway is beautiful.... much like the Blue Ridge Drive in the east. It is in some ways overwhelming.... one beautiful view after another. But No restrooms or resturants.

Many people only do 100 miles or so of the blue Ridge... for the same reasons.

It is a shame that there isn't public access... we are spoiled by our national and state park systems.

I've heard the coast highway in California is very expensive for the state to maintain. Oregon’s coast highway in very developed and so generates revenue. Washington’s coast highway isn’t on the coast very often so lower maintance costs. In Washington if you want to see the whole coast you’ll have to hike a lot.
We love California’s coast highway and are very glad they maintain it for us rubber neckers.
Your pictures bring memories of our trips up and down it.
Thanks

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We hope that you got something out of all these pictures of curvy roads, bridges, mountains, beaches, oceans, and ocassionally us.

We have now traveled all of the coastal highways from San Diago to Vancouver, BC... or at least as close as we could get.

Thank you for allowing us to share.

Mr and Mrs Sleepy

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I think that the coastal highway is beautiful.... much like the Blue Ridge Drive in the east. It is in some ways overwhelming.... one beautiful view after another. But No restrooms or resturants.

Many people only do 100 miles or so of the blue Ridge... for the same reasons.

It is a shame that there isn't public access... we are spoiled by our national and state park systems.

The state parks at the north end of this area like Brighton Beach were very expensive preventing many Americans from using them in our current finiancial climate.... and of course the State is always looking at them for closing.

The Morro Rock area was very nice, accessable, and affordable.We suggest that you visit and stay there if you get a chance.

The Hirst Castle... it is very expensive to gawk at Americas Royality... we drew a line in the sand that we wouldn't cross... and paying Disney prices here... no way! The best ticket we found was $760 for 6 people... tour all of the facility.

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