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[sleepy]

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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

[sabconsulting]

Merry Christmas Chet and Janet. I'd send you an email but my blackberry has been replaced by an iPhone and it won't find any data coverage where we are camping this Christmas even.

Have a great Christmas,

Steve & Sally.

[bedrocker]

A very Merry Christmas to you and yours 🙂

[jmtandem]

Merry Christmas to you as well. Hopefully you are back on the road again in 2015 and sending in the reports.

[Wheelholder]

Merry Christmas to you also Mr. and Mrs. Sleepy. Hope the new year brings you many more travels and good health. Miss your trip reports.

[silversand]

Hi Sleepy:

Good to read you again, through your boondocking thread.

Merry Xmas to you and Mrs Sleepy, and to the whole RVnet community.

Cheers,
Sand & Dunes

[rmarshall]

Merry Christmas to all who follow this thread. May you have a good year in 2015!

[sleepy]

Merry Xmas... our camper is getting a 12VDC coil beverage cup heater for Xmas.

We hope all of you and your Campers are doing well and are having agreat holiday.

Chet

[btggraphix]

It is really good to see you posting on this thread again and hope things are going well for you both! I guess I am also about 100 days behind on a TR as well, but that FF upgrade was/is sure nice. THANK YOU! I definitely plan on replacing the relatively useless bathroom fan one of these days as well. If we'd have stayed any longer in the east I might have already done it but we've been back out west since the end of October. Not much rain but we did have a couple of nights around -5F! Time to head SOUTH! Looking forward to some of the beach report.....we'll be heading across Texas in about a month. Keep on trucking Chet, and hello to Janet!

[WVbassmistress]

Nice to hear from you!

[Wheelholder]

Was wondering if you had retired from camping. Glad to see you are back and am looking forward to your next trip report. Good health to you and Janet.

[rmarshall]

Methinks good times are coming again!!!!

[noteven]

Good to hear from you guys again.

[sleepy]

I haven't been on for a long time... I'm still a 49 night trip behind on this thread.

It is from Cajun country in Louisana to Brownsville TX boondocking on the beaches all the way.

we have been taking care of medical issues.

We recently had a visitor and his wife. We upgraded his Fantastic Fan Model 4000 to a Model 6150 using spare parts tha I had on hand. Now he has rain sensor, motor drive to open and close the dome and thermostatic control.... every thing automatic.

I also did an overhaul on our camper.... a little here, a little there.

The camper is ready to go... Janet still has some PT and I need another test... or two. We want another trip of two...

I hope that all of you are using your campers.

Chet (Sleepy)

[skipbee]

As they say," Gettin old ain't for sissies" and "If you don't use it you loose it." Are operable terms that we too are facing. Linda had a cataract operation 2 years ago after which she went blind in that eye. A Pituitary tumor was discovered pressing on the eye, origin unknown. After brain surgery she has recovered completely. Modern medicine is our friend. Recently kidney stones and melanoma surgery set her back, briefly.

At present we are staying in our TC, in the front yard, whilst some of our family resides in the bricks. Linda is resolute that we will continue the gypsy life as long as possible. I have cut down on some of the maintenance, letting others stroll on the roof etc. Falling could be a rather large set back! At 78 slower is better'n noer.

Hang in there Chet! We have all been very lucky to be able to achieve the independence and joys of TCing. The key, for me has been Linda's willingness to opt for both the open road and the open sea, in leau of permanently porch perching. All ahead a little slower helmsman.....

[weymard]

hi Sleepy,
long time without coming here, "c'est la vie"...
I shall return....

My best thoughts for you and Janet.