This summer I decided to return to the area where I was born, raised, educated amd spent almost 1/2 of my life. As a result, I will attempt to cover …

My trip up to Honesdale went through Harrisburg, Scranton, Carbondale and then into the Pocano Mountains to Honesdale. Found the campground way off t…

Left Lynchburg and programmed my GPS to take me up to Gettysburg, PA. My GPS has a setting that routes you avoiding interstates and thats the way I p…

On the 13th, I set off north and used secondary roads of through NC and into Virginia where after some difficulty found the Elks Lodge. Had a nice di…

Moving day finally came and I packed up and drove up to Sumter, SC where I pulled into the Elks Lodge there. Parking was down a narrow drive beh…

Left Sun City on May 9 and took the short drive up to the Lake Airie RV Park just south of Charleston, SC. The plan was to stay in the area and help …

Leaving the Elks Lodge in Tallahassee, FL, I traveled east on I 10 to Jacksonville, FL and then turned north on I 95 to Sun City, SC to visit with my…

After spending a great winter in Summerdale, AL at the Escapee RV Park, it was time to start heading north with my first stop in SC to visit my siste…

Got the frame welded up on the rig and set off for the Escapee Park in Summerdale, AL., on 12/2/07, where I plan to spend the winter. Guess you …

Had a great visit with my sister and got stuffed with several turkey meals after Thanksgiving and decided to go back to Douglasville, GA and get the …

After a nice visit with my friend in Douglasville, it was time to move to SC for a visit with my friend Mike and his family. When I got there, I put …

I have had some problems with the slide out on my rig and a year ago, my friend Bob had engineered a fix for it. He had invited me to stop on my trav…

On Nov 11, I left Vicksburg and drove across I 20 east through Mississippi and into Alabama where I stopped in Anniston at the Elks Lodge. Found out …

November opened with me in a dumpy RV park in Texarkana, AK. so I quickly packed up and moved down to Shreveport, LA. This ride took me on secondary …

Left Midwest City and continued south and east to Texarkana, Arkansas where I had some difficulty finding the RV park there. The ride down was boring…

Leaving Russell, KS. I decided to take secondary roads down to Oklahoma City and camp at the Elks Lodge in Midwest City. The ride down was through fl…

The ride from the Denver area to Russell, KS. took me quickly away from the mountains and into the great plains. Talk about flat, miles and miles of …

After a recent storm that went through the area, all of the high mountains behind me to the west were snow covered and I decided to take a drive up t…

After a great 2 weeks in Moab, UT., it was time to move on. The weather is getting cooler and storms seem to be building up in the west so it's east …

Took a run back up 128 to see the areas I missed on an earlier trip there.  Went down Castle road and took pictures of Castle Rock and the tower…

  Well, today was the BIG one. I decided to hit the back roads and do some serious off roading. Started up the Potash Road which runs right alo…

Packed up a lunch and started south for the Needles section of Canyonlands which is about 35-40 miles south of Moab. The run down Rt. 195 was not ver…

Visited the local museum in Moab and found it interesting. They had displays showing much of the early history of the area. Fossils, mining, ranching…

The last time I was in Moab in 2005, I missed visiting the State Park located just outside Canyonlands. This park, Dead Horse Point, was quite a surp…

Today, I decided to go up to Arches National park and explored just about every spot in the Park except for the end where I was just too tired to tak…

As I said in my prior, this ride through the canyon along the Colorado River is very beautiful with the high red cliffs bordering you on both sides. …

On the 28th, I left the Outlaw RV Park in Jensen, UT., and went east on Rt. 40 into Dinosaur Colorado where I turned south on Rt. 64 south and then a…

On the 26th I was up early and found it to be 29 degrees outside. My waterline was clogged with ice and it took some work to get it cleared so I coul…

On the 23rd, I left Glenns Ferry and drove east on I 84 in the rain across southern Idaho to Pocatello and then south on I 15 to the Downata res…

Because there was nothing to do or see in Enterprise, I hit the road NW on a pretty ride to I 84. The ride out of Enterprise was much easier than com…

My plans were to start heading south as the weather was turning cooler so I located an Elks lodge in my camping guide a reasonable drive south in Ent…

Took off and drove west into Idaho on Rt. 2 and then down Rt. 95 through Sandpoint to Coeur d’Alene. Found the Elks Lodge with no problem and got s…

On August 27, I continued west after a great couple of weeks in the Fairmont RV park in Anaconda, MT. Drove on I 90 to Missoula, MT and then turned n…

    Had a great visit in Yellowstone and it was time to move on. Packed up and went up and over the Continental Divide once again and the…

On August 3, I packed up and drove west on I 90 through Bozeman, MT and then south on Rt 191 to the National Forest Campground at Red Cliffs. This wa…

This leg of my trip took me north in Wyoming through Buffalo and Sheridan to I 90 where I turned west. I had the Big Horn Mountains to my west while …

My stay in Rapid City, SD., was very good but it was time to move on and on July 26, I left and went west. My trip took me through the Custer St…

  On July 18, I left Dickinson and drove south to Rapid City, SD.,  and stayed at the Elks Lodge there. Parking was not fancy but was in t…

On July 13, I drove over to Dickinson, ND where I stayed at the North Park RV campground. I decided to stay there because it was close to the Teddy R…

My stay in Fergus Falls was nice and relaxing and all too soon, it was time to continue west. On the 7th , I got on the road and drove into North Dak…

Left Crystal Falls and had an easy ride through St Paul and Minneapolis to the little town of Fergus Falls where I found the Elks Campground. Again, …

Last winter while thinking about my travels the coming summer, I got a guide book on all of the Corps of Engineer Campgrounds around the country and …

The next stop in my travels was to visit Oshkosh, WI and the EAA museum there. I have always been a plane buff and this was one stop I wanted to see.…

My visit in Sault Ste Marie was great and seeing the huge ships transiting the locks there was an experience I have always wanted to experience. All …

After 3 days in Muskegon, I drove up the east shore of Lake Michigan expecting a beautiful view of the Lake and the little towns on the way. Unfortun…

On the first of June, I drove up to Muskegon, MI and located the Elks Lodge there. The Lodge was on a golf course and the campground a few miles down…

I hit the road on 5/29 and drove up into Ohio and parked at the Bush Creek State Park where I had stayed once before. This is a nice State Park right…

Continuing slowly north, I decided to revisit the Bourbon country of Kentucky. The drive up from Tennessee was on secondary roads and ran through som…

After a long stay in the Charleston area, I packed up and drove over to the Escapee RV park in Raccoon Valley, TN. The ride of 389 miles was not bad …

On March 24, I went to the Mobile airport and picked up my good friend Mike who had just flown in from Honolulu. He and his family are moving to the …

Well, here we are with another winter and I am holed up in my winter campground, the Escapees park in Summerdale, Alabama. Returned from a nice …

Got invited to go to Honolulu to celebrate Thanksgiving with my good friend Mike and his family. He had also invited my sister to join us so I f…

My plan was to stay here in Summerdale for the winter as I have in the past. When I arrived, I was feeling punk and fought a low grade fever for quit…

The month I spent on the Outer Banks went by way too quickly and it was time to move on. Packed up and drove down to the ferry from Hatteras to Okrak…

Left Old Mystic, CT and started south for the Outer Banks of NC. Had origionally planned to lay over somewhere and make this leg a two day trip but a…

After a long visit to my old home base where I grew up and lived for many years, it was time to move on. At my high school reunion, I met the lady I …

After a wonderful time in NH., it was time to get on down the road and back to my roots. I parked at the Elks Lodge in Taunton, MA. This is a neighbo…

This short leg from Vermont was a beautiful drive. Route 2 ran right across the Green Mountains of Vermont and into northern New Hampshire. Rolling h…

The ride from Forestport to Burlington was beautiful because I decided to take the rustic back roads up and over the Adirondack Mountains. Not much t…

After a great visit to Niagara Falls, it was time to move on. I drove into the edge of the mountains in upstate New York and stayed at the Kayuta Lak…

I left Gettysburg after a fantastic stay and drove north up through Harrisburg to the Elks lodge in Brockport. NY. This drive crossed the Allegany Mo…

Left the Elks in Frederick, MD. early and drove up to Gettysburg where I stayed at the Artillery Ridge Campground. it was located just a mile or two …

My stay at the Norfolk Elks Lodge was cut short due to an electrical problem. They had not set up their RV parking area with enough power and as a re…

All too short, my stay in the Outer Banks was over and it was time to move on. I had an easy day travel up to the Elks Lodge in Norfolk, VA where I h…

This leg of my travels was quite interesting as I had to take two ferries to reach my destination. From Wilmington, I came north through Camp Lejeune…

Continuing north after a good visit with my sister, I arrived at the Elks Lodge in Wilmington, North Carolina. On the way north I passed through Myrt…

My sister had moved from Lowell, MA to Sun City, SC and this was an opportunity to visit and spend some time with her. Due to my travels, it had been…

Well, after my winter stay in Alabama, it was time to move on. My summer plan was to slowly move north and reach New England in the late summer, earl…

After about 11 weeks in beautiful Hawaii, it was time to return to Alabama and resume my travels. I guess you could say that I have joined the "Snow…

Left Mobile, AL airport and flew to Phoenix, AZ., where I stayed overnight before continuing on to Honolulu. Got picked up by my friend Mike and his …

On 10/27/05, I left for Alabama and with a leg of 533 miles, pulled into my favorite SKP park in Summerdale. Got settled and took some drives down to…

I was so mad at that happened in Ephrata, I changed my plans and decided to just move on and save the Pennsylvania Dutch Country for another time. Pa…

The weather in New England was rapidly turning cold and I decided to turn south to get a bit warmer. I had reviewed the Elk guide and found that the …

After spending a nice time on the banks of the Cape Cod Canal and down on the Cape, it was time to return to Taunton and get ready to head south. The…

On October 2, I packed up and drove down to the Massachusetts State Park in Scusset Beach. This park is located at the East end of the Cape Cod canal…

After a short stay at the Elks Lodge in Towanda, I pushed off for my home territory of Massachusetts. During the ride east, I listened to the the cov…

Continuing my trek east, I stopped at the Elks Lodge in Towanda for a couple of nights. This drive through central Pennsylvania was beautiful It went…

My next leg in my travels was to head a bit north to Mercer, PA. where I stayed in a large Rv park there. In the 1980's I worked for a company who …

On this leg of my trip, I stopped at the Indianapolis Speedway and took the time to tour the museum and take a drive on the track. Was able to see th…

On my way out of the Elks Lodge in Festus, I was going down a steep hill and noticed my brake pedal going down to the floor. OH S***, I pumped the br…

After a week in Branson, I moved on to Festus, Missouri and stayed in one of the most beautiful Elk Lodges I have seen so far. They had purchased an …

Left Pratt, Kansas and continued east on Route 54 to Springfield, MO where I turned south to Branson where I stayed at the Escapee RV Park. This leg …

I decided upon leaving Colorado I would try to cross the central part of the country on secondary roads and to avoid interstates as much as possible.…

On the 28th, I left Cortez and turned east through Durango, Pagosa Springs and up and over Wolf Creek Pass which was at 10850 feet. The truck did the…

My visit in Moab was great but it was time to move on and I drove over to Cortez, CO., where I stayed at a nice RV park there. Cortez in the south we…

Had a great time in Zion and Bryce and then moved over to Moab, UT. Stayed in a nice commercial Park right behind the fairgrounds in Moab. This was a…

Well,  finally I was ready to resume my travels after getting restocked and motivated. This leg had me go up through St George, Utah, and then …

Back on the road again. Modifications to the truck and 5th wheel trailer are complete and off we go again. My stay in Pahrump was rather uneventful.…

Pushed off from Eugene after I took delivery of my truck and drove over to Klamath falls to see my friend, Barbara. Stayed with here for a couple of …

Well, I'm back after a year in Hawaii. Flew into LA, hotel for the night and then boarded a train for a trip up to Eugene OR where I will pick up my …

Had a great time visiting my sister and attending a family reunion but it was time to return to Pahrump and get ready to move to Hawaii. I have accep…

I flew back to Massachusetts to attend a family reunion and stayed with my sister in Lowell while there. The reunion was with members of my dad's fam…

Finally got back to one of my favorite parks, Terribles Lakeside. During my stay there, I was getting ready to fly off to Hawaii for a one year consu…

Continuing my trip to Nevada, I pulled into a commercial park right on the banks of the Colorado River. This park was terrible with families, screami…

Parked at the Elks Lodge in Tucson for the third time and decided to take a ride up to the Biosphere 2. This is a $150 to $200 million facility built…

The ride from Las Cruces to Deming was a tough one because I hit a storm with heavy hail. had to stop and wait for it to pass because the road was co…

Had an easy leg from Pecos, TX to Las Cruces, NM where I stayed for a couple of days. This was a dumpy commercial RV Park which was full of long term…

After getting my tire fixed, I moved on to Pecos Texas where I stayed at another Escapee RV Parks. While there I visited an interesting museum that w…

The Hondo Escapee RV Park (Lone Star), was my next stop on the fast run back to Nevada. Stayed here for a couple of days and then moved on. When I w…

While in Summerdale, I received an offer to move to Hawaii for a year and take a consulting job. As a result, I had some decisions to make about my 5…

Left Slidell after a couple of weeks and returned to the SKP park in Summerdale. I enjoy this park more than others and it is my favorite winter…

I returned to the Elks lodge in Slidell where I have had a couple of good visits in the past. The highlight of this visit was Super Bowl Sunda…

I have always been interested in the Cajun culture and as a result, I went down to Kinder, LA which is in the heart of Cajun country. This area is fu…

Time was getting close to Christmas so I packed up and moved to Livingston where I wanted to celebrate with my Escapee friends. The route went up thr…

From an overnight stay in Pecos, we traveled to Fredericksburg, TX, and stayed at a nice commercial park there. This little town in the hill country …

We caravaned to Pecos and put up in the Escapee Park there overnight. Kind of running out of time to get to Livingston, TX for Christmas so I will re…

After spending a few days in Benson, I moved on to Deming where I stayed at the Escapees RV Park there. Met an Escapee friend I had first met in Sant…

The weather in Tucson ws getting very cold so I packed up and drove on down to Benson, AZ and revisited the Escapee park. The cold followed me and I …

My stay in Tucson at the Elks Lodge was great with beautiful December weather there. On this visit, I returned to Nogalas, Mexico and parked on the…

At the beginning of December, I was still in the high desert of Nevada with nice weather and the beautiful sight of snow on the mountains. It was tim…

After a great visit in Hawaii, it was time to return to my travels. I flew back to Las vegas and returned to the great RV park in Pahrump. Stayed t…

This leg is a little off the RV trip but was so good that I had to include it. A friend of mine was getting married in Honolulu and I flew over to at…

Continuing my trip south, I ran into a problem with my truck overheating in the desert heat and tough hills. I found out my thermostat had failed and…

Winnemucca, NV was another overnight stop on my way south to Pahrump, NV. I stayed at a public RV park here and met up with Barbara, my friend from K…

When I left Mount Vernon, WA, my plan was to return to Pahrump, NV. The trip was over 1200 miles so this leg brought me to the Elks Lodge in Redmond,…

My time in Kelso was great with the trip to Mt St Helens and out along the Columbia River to the ocean. From there I drove north through Seattle and …

I stayed at the Elks Lodge in Kelso, WA because it was close to Mt. St. Helens and that was very high on my list of things to see. Kelso was located …

Had a great week in Klamath Falls and then moved on to the Timber Valley Escapee RV Park in Sutherlin, OR. This was a very nice park with many full t…

After an overnight at the Elks Lodge in Redding, I continued north east to Klamath Falls, OR. Friends of mine had introduced me to a lady there and o…

After spending a month in the Sierra Mountains, it was time to pack up and head on out to Turlock where I visited my daughter and her family. We had …

My trip from Santa Maria to Coarsegold was highlighted by my third tire failure on my 5th wheel trailer. I had put all new Nankang trailer tires on i…

After about 6 weeks in the desert, I decided I had enough wind, dust and heat and traveled back to my home area of Santa Maria, CA. The ride over the…

On the last day of March which was my one year anniversary of my road trip, I continued west. My plan was open ended with a planned overnight stop so…

Packing up in Amarillo, for the trip over to Albuquerque was tough because my water hose was again frozen solid and I could not get it packed up very…

My plan when leaving Oklahoma, City was to travel west on as much of Route 66 as I could find. Much of the route has been lost and Interstate 40 foll…

After getting my rig unstuck, I stated out for Oklahoma City. Because of the late start, I spent a few hours in a rest area napping and then in the m…

Took an easy ride north to Shreveport where I found the Elks Lodge with no problem. They have set aside an area for 6 RV to park in but, the parking …

While in Louisiana, my trip would not have been complete unless I saw and experienced the Cajun country. As a result I moved over to the he…

I spent a couple of months in Summerdale just relaxing and waiting for the weather to change. The time there was a lot of fun and quite relaxing but …

After a week in Pensacola, I moved back to the Escapees Park in Summerdale, AL This park is my favorite as I have made many friends here and it's a g…

Relocated to the Elks Lodge in Warrington/Pensacola Florida and enjoyed some good dining at this Lodge. Very active with a large membership. Could n…

My next stop was at the Elks Lodge in Tallahassee, Fl. Here I found RV parking with the first sewer dump at each RV site. It was secluded and aw…

Once again, the weather is forcing me south with nights in the 20's. My water line had been frozen a couple of times so off I go. Drove south throug…

Late November and it's cold. I have had several nights with weather below freezing so, it's still south I go. The ride down through Kentucky into Ten…

Getting out of Charleston, WV., continued to be a challange. Once I got my self free from the mud, I almost got killed by an alligator. For those who…

In my quest to explore the country and to stay off of interstates whenever possible, I decided to drive into West Virginia and see some of the state.…

After a long and very interesting visit to the Capitol, I moved down to Lynchburg, VA and parked at the Elks Lodge there. My reason for this stop was…

After a wonderful 3 month visit in New England, the weather finally  turned cold and following my plan to always stay south of the frost line, I…

I spent two great weeks camped at the State park in Scusset, fishing the canal and touring Cape Cod. the weather was changing and we had some cool da…

Maine was beautiful in September with the trees starting to change color but it was time to head south to the State Park in Sagamore, MA. Scusset Bea…

This leg took me across New Hampshire and Maine to the coast where I set up at the Elks Lodge in Rockland. A nice Lodge but with limited facilities f…

Left the Elks Lodge in Taunton and traveled north to Lowell, MA where I visited with my sister and then continued up to Twin Mountain NH. Booked into…

Moved the 20 miles from the Elks Lodge in my home town of Middleboro to Taunton, MA where I set up behind the Lodge where they had electric and water…

I left Marlton, NJ and had planned to drive up to Connecticut and stay there dor the night but as I got closed to home, I decided to push on and comp…

When I left Norfolk, I took the Chesapeake Bridge and Tunnel which connects you to the northern part of Virginia, on through Maryland, Delaware and i…

After I finally got my mail, I set out for Norfolk, VA and found the Elks Lodge with minimal problems. The Lodge is one of the nicest set ups I have …

My stay in Rocky Mount at the local Elks was uneventful with not much to see or do here. I got stuck waiting for mail to be sent from Texas and …

I made a big mistake leaving Charleston by selecting the beach route north to Wilmington. It was the day before July 4 and the traffic along the…

After several days in Sumter, I went up to Charleston and stayed at a commercial park a few miles south of the city, Lake Aire RV Park. Took a troll…

Arrived at the Elks Lodge in Sumter, SC with no problem and parked down a narrow alley behind the Lodge. Once I got set up, I noticed a bush was brus…

My stop here was just an overnight as I was moving north through Georgia. Southern Georgia was not very interesting with many miles of forests, cotto…

After returning from my visit with my friend in Fort Lauderdale, I returned to Zolfo Springs and packed up and left for Titusville. This leg took me …

On this leg of my trip, I put my rig in storage and drove down to Ft. Lauderdale to visit an old high school friend. The drive down through central F…

After spending one night at Perry, I continued on to the Escapees Park in Zolfo Springs. This park is smaller than most of the SKP parks and is a co-…

Took the beach ride from Summerdale and ran into lots of traffic and too many traffic lights. Once I cleared that, it was miles and miles of heavy fo…

After 8 days in Slidell, I drove over to the Escapees park in Summerdale Alabama. this park is very large with parking spots that are huge so you are…

After a week in Livingston, I left for Slidell, LA., which was a drive of 335 miles. This ride ran down East Texas through some heavily wooded forest…

After recovering from the time with Joey and Kevin, I packed up and drove down to Livingston where I set up at the Escapees, (SKP) park. This group h…

From Midland, I drove 410 miles up to Greenville where I met a couple of guys I had chummed around on a cruise last year. They were very surprised to…

More desert driving with some small mountains delivered me to the Midland RV Park at the end of this, the first month of my RV travels. Hope you are …

From Alamogordo I went through miles of desert fighting a strong wind to Artesia, NM where I parked for a few days. To the north, I visited Roswell, …

Alamogordo, NM. - The trip from Deming to Alamogordo was tough with some long uphill pulls. I went through Las Cruces and then a long valley which co…

After leaving Benson, AZ. I came to another SKP park in Deming, NM. This town, like Benson is a railroad town and just about every 30 minutes a train…

Benson, AZ. • The next stop was at the Escapee Park in Benson. Escapees (SKP) are an organization made up mostly of full time RV’ers like my self…

From Ajo, I took a secondary road through an Indian reservation which was littered with thousands of beer bottles and hundreds of little shrines wher…

Ajo, AZ. • Ajo is a small town located southwest from Yuma about 30 miles from the Mexican border. Its claim to fame was a large open pit copper mi…

Drove over the mountains to Yuma and got set up in the Yuma Cactus Garden RV Park. While in Yuma, I visited the Yuma Territorial Prison which has bee…

My GPS directed me to the Elks lodge and I was able to get parked in their lot and get hooked up with water and electric. Chula Vista is just a few m…

03/31/02 • Oceano, Ca. • This day marks the beginning of my retirement and the first day of my life in my 30’ Alfa Gold 5th wheel trailer. Sold…