TC travels, 2014 TR, Pg 904, 2015 TR pg 964

[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

[sleepy]

Simple repair didn't hold

We stopped at Kerrville... over 90 degrees F.... very high humidity... chose not to stay in the area... Diesel was 50 cents higher per gallen than anywhere else in the last 6 states...our tank full was $14 higher than 20 or 30 miles away.

... for those of you that are going to the rally.... fill up before you get there. Very nice town. We drove around the campground... BIG

We are now in San Angelo, TX... trying to keep moderate temperatures... not too hot during the day... not too cold at night Visited a very nice art gallery yesterday... and the State Park (we'd spend days there before (never a night... You can see Sams and Walmart from the park.

Diesel is $2.31/gallon at Sams

We are still trying to justify the high costs of buying and keeping our T and TC In November of 2002 we optimistically hoped for 1400 nights...

... tonight will be #1088 ... now we'll be happy to get 1096 nights (3 years if we can last just 8 more days.

We hope that you have goals and reach for them...

Chet and Janet

Still sleepy

[WVbassmistress]

Glad to see you on the road again!

[sleepy]

Short trip report

Jackson, MS, Nanchez Trail, Lake Charles, LA, San Antonio.... 1082, 1083, 1084. 1085

Had to repair driver side camper bracket on Lance strut.... the roads have been heaved in every direction.


Lots of glue, tooth pick wood and cleaning....

moving west


Sleepy

[sleepy]

We had 4 to 6" of snow a few days ago.... it has melted... today we were warned.... that tomorrow night we will get about an inch of rain and snow accumulation on Thursday...

We are mapping possible routes to the SW...

I'll bet many of you are dreaming of spring with us.

[skipbee]

Ahoy Dick and Chet,

As I write it's snowing heavily, more snow than ever before this season. The forecast is turning to sleet and then freezing rain.

Were we able I'd fire up the diesel and plunge south in a NY second { quick as a cobra) Alas we're committed to Catherine Anna's, the DGD ,
schooling and some other tasks till Aprils end.

We're happy to hear that the Marshalls parked the plough and opted for Miami's night life. Boogy down Dick and Jane. Remember to drink plenty of sunscreen!

Love to all,

Linda and Skip Among the lucky ducks who've also discovered TCing.

[rmarshall]

Sleepy and Skipper,
We are 40 miles south of Miami. 34 degrees F. here this morning. The palm trees appear to have frozen nuts as do all the rest of us down here.
Miami is about 500 miles too far north!

The weather is forecast to return to normal in a day or two.

Come join us. It's seal meat for lunch.

[sleepy]

I'm glad to be at home with all of these sub zwro temps.... we had a ice storm that covered everything in our area with 1 1/2" ice.... no snow...40 to 50 mph winds.

I have the cube heater going in the camper with the cabinate doors open.... the battery warmers too. This morning I ran the camper furnace to circulate warm air.

Come on spring...

[skipbee]

It's 5 degrees here, now, some snow and lots of wind. It's a bit difficult to see spring. We're unable to consider bailing right now, the temperatures and long range forecasts, would portent big problems if the power failed, our house could be damaged.

Imagine, our TC, winterized, tempts us from our driveway. I've run the generator, furnace, and other appliances monthly, so all seems well and ready.

We have been looking forward to experiencing The Smoky Mountains NP and then to Big Bend on our spring of 2015 tour. Both locales have been unexplored by us and have been very much anticipated.

Linda and I want to do this for as long as we are safely able. It has been such a wonderful way to move into our future. Life is Good!

[805gregg]

You can't rely on the onboard computer to figure mileage, you have to do it the old fashioned way to be accurate

[jmckelvy]

Hi Sleepy,

Glad to see you posting again. Hope everything works out for you folks this year. I'm getting the camping bug again (actually I always have it):). We did 6 trips last year including Alaska.

We are starting to talk about either Big Bend or somewhere else in the Southwest. Loose plan is to head West toward the end of Feb or early March. Hope to see you folks on the road somewhere.

GoinThisAway we are looking forward to this years TC Rally. Everyone we spoke to had a great time last Nov.

[GoinThisAway]

Glad to see you two are getting ready to spring into action :B

[bka0721]

There is room out here for you Chet and Janet. Come on out for run of checking systems. Always open for company that don't stay long. But, I won't leave the light on for you, but you knew that.

b

[sleepy]

Happy Valentines Day

Spring is in sight.... about 5 more weeks or so.

We have our TC ready.... and we are hoping our winterization will hold during this bitter cold we are experiencing at this moment in time. The cube heater is running full time in the camper... aimed under the sink, towards the batteries.

We have the TC set up as a disaster evacuation pod.... in a worst case we have 450 miles of diesel fuel, 14 gallons of propane, the generator just a push button away, and PVSolar to run our electric kitchen... Freeze dried food for emergencies, and plenty of water.

I believe that it is our responsibility to test the Truck campers survival capibilities as much as possible.... and the sooner the better. we'd like to evacuate to the South West... of course we'd like to see some of you to compare notes.

As all of you know bitter cold winters and scortching hot summers aren't much fun... and last couple of fall seasons turned out to be mostly rain.... so March to late May or early June is perfect.

Of course... we leave the critters with our house sitter... they are better off.... as many of you know full time boondocking isn't for everyone.

Chet

[sleepy]

When they let the truck off the jacks I used my iPhone level to see how close they'd got the camper to level. I had already checked their shop floor... it was perfectly level. The camper was absolutely level... it was just what I'd asked for.

I tipped the workers... we all smilled.

I was really impressed... I still am.

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A month or two later some truck camper people were heading back to Canada on I-75 from their winter vacation in Florida. They had broken a weld in the slide out on their camper... they couldn't get in the camper and were looking at motels. It was a Saturday... I saw their plea on Facebook when they were just north of Chattanooga...

I phoned Mr Henegar and asked him if he knew anyone that could weld the broken piece for them... I new that he was closed. He told me that he had a couple of guys working overtime on a Fleet Truck... if the campers could get there within 2 hours he'd have them look at it.

The Spring shop is just of the I-640 bypass in Knoxville... the campers could see it from the Interstate highway. I got ahold of them and told them about his offer.

They stopped, his men did the repair and even painted it... then Mr henegar did a very nice thing... the shop didn't charge the vacationers for the work... just wished them well.

NOTE: the folks with the free gift of labor have never said thank you...

I thanked the guys at the shop... what a nice thing they did

[sleepy]

This side was about finished.... the new springs are in the passenger side too.