Our Great RV Escape

Big Trip: Statistics and Lessons Learned

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:24:00 +0000

Now that we've been back for a while and I've had time to get my thoughts together, I thought it would be interesting and/or useful for future reference to do a run-down on some trip data and lessons learned. If you would like to take a look,...

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Home Again, Home Again, Jiggy-Jig

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:22:00 +0000

I can't believe we're home! We arrived at the house around 4 PM today and spent less than an hour with Mary, the house sitter, for the hand-off. Then Mary finished loading up her car and off she went. The cats are hiding because the...

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Ohio - Dayton: Visit with Dede

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:17:00 +0000

We left the Streetsboro KOA yesterday morning and made the 200-mile drive to the Dayton area without any trouble. We were settled into the Bass Lake campground at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB) by around 3 PM and took the dogs for a...

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Ohio - Streetsboro: Visit with 'Rain and Mare

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:02:00 +0000

We left the Riverside Park Motel and Campground around 10 AM, in plenty of time to make the 220-mile drive to Streetsboro, Ohio where we would spend the night and have dinner with some old friends. We made the border crossing at Buffalo, NY...

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Canada - Niagara Falls: Butterfly Conservancy, Botanical Gardens, Legends of the Falls

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:41:00 +0000

Our little group got going around 9 AM this morning and we stopped at the Boathouse restaurant for a good breakfast in preparation for another day of sightseeing. This time we parked at the Butterfly Conservancy and Botanical Gardens and then...

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Canada - Niagara Falls: Behind the Falls, Niagara's Fury, Whirlpool Aero Car

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 02:22:00 +0000

Our little group got going around 9:30 AM this morning and, once again, we parked at the Floral Clock and took the Peoplemover bus toward town. On the way, we decided to stop and visit the Cham Shan Buddhist Temple. Cham Shan means "Ten Thousand...

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Canada - Niagara Falls: Maid of the Mist and Oh Canada, Eh!

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 03:14:00 +0000

By the time Friday morning rolled around, we were all ready to get going and do something fun in Niagara Falls. I spoke with the ladies in the campground office and they explained we should buy the Niagara Falls attractions package. As...

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Canada - Settling in at Niagara Falls

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:09:00 +0000

We left the Milton Heights Campground around mid-morning on Tuesday and made the short 65-mile drive to the Canadian town of Niagara Falls, where we met up with Lynda's parents, Chip and Carolyn, and our friends Judi and Gary Fleeman. We got...

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Canada - Visiting Cousins in Ontario

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:15:00 +0000

We spent Saturday afternoon and evening with my Robinson cousins and it was great to see them! Cousin Debbie, her husband Reg, and their daughter Brynn picked us up at the RV park and took us to Sandra and Eddie's house in Mississauga. Ed...

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Michigan to Milton, Ontario Canada

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:13:00 +0000

We left Lakeport State Park this morning, stopping to stock up at groceries and adult beverages before entering Canada at the Port Huron/Sarnia border crossing. This is the biggest border crossing facility we have experienced so far, with the...

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Wisconsin to Michigan - False Starts and Lake Rocks

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:42:00 +0000

Well, when we got ready to leave the RV park in Lake Delton on Sunday we discovered the chassis battery was dead. The only thing we could think of that might have pulled it down is that the clock display had been on for a couple days. Surely that...

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Wisconsin - Visiting Family and Making New Friends

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:49:00 +0000

Today was so much fun! Cousin Bill and his wife Ruth picked us up from the RV park and off we went to (cousin) Pete and Debbie's house, where the family was gathering. I met Bill many years ago in Florida, at a memorial service for...

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South Dakota to Lake Delton, Wisconsin

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:56:00 +0000

After a fun-filled week in the Rapid City area, we dropped-off the rental car at the airport and began our 330-mile drive along Interstate 90 to Lake Vermillion State Recreation Area, which is just a few miles west of Sioux Falls. We spent four...

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South Dakota - The Mammoth Site

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:11:00 +0000

After a wonderful visit to the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, we drove into Hot Springs and had lunch at a restaurant called Woolly's Mammoth Family Fun. Lynda had a bison-burger that she said was very good and much better than one she tried in...

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South Dakota - Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:32:00 +0000

Our original plan was to turn in the rental car yesterday and then drive the Trek to the Wild Horse Sanctuary and stay on one of their RV pads for a couple nights. Anyway, we had to ditch this because of the delay in getting the Trek repaired. So we...

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South Dakota - Locks, Memorials, Presidents, and a Fixed AutoPark Brake!

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:07:00 +0000

Well, it's been quite a day and it all started when I woke up and went to take the dogs out... and the door would not open. That's right, the deadbolt was stuck in the locked position! I fiddled around with it for several minutes while...

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South Dakota - Crazy Horse Memorial and Unending AutoPark Brake Issue

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:16:00 +0000

Well today has been a mixed bag: we went to see the Crazy Horse Memorial, which is good, but the Trek is still not fixed, which is bad. Let me explain... We got up early this morning and got ready for the day - we unhooked the Trek,...

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South Dakota - Presidents, Slides, Mysteries, and Bears

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:28:00 +0000

Today was another great day - there is so much to do and see around Rapid City and we really packed in a lot of activities today. I know I already said this, but I am so glad we ended up staying at the TeePee Campground & RV Park instead of...

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South Dakota - Commodes and Horses

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:55:00 +0000

When we got back from the Badlands National Park yesterday evening, we discovered the commode was broken. It was late and we were tired and so we decided to deal with it in the morning... this morning. What a fabulous way to start the day!!! I...

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South Dakota - Badlands and Wall Drugs

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:12:00 +0000

Well, we've already had an eventful time since arriving in the Rapid City area! Today we drove out to the Badlands National Park, which is a 180-mile round trip, and then visited the famous Wall Drugs on the way back. The Badlands was very...

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Rapid City, South Dakota - Settling In

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:11:00 +0000

Our drive from Devil's Tower to the Rapid City area was only around 120 miles. We left the Belle Fourche Campground yesterday morning, August 21st and arrived at Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB) in the early afternoon, after stopping at the Airport to...

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Devil's Tower National Monument

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:21:00 +0000

Here are some "Did you know" factoids about this amazing place: Devils Tower was designated as the nation’s first national monument by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. The tower is an remarkable geological formation that rises 1,267 feet...

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Grand Teton National Park to Devils Tower National Monument

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:05:00 +0000

We left Grand Teton National Park on Thursday, August 19th and began to make our way to Devil's Tower National Monument. We decided to make this a leisurely trip and take two days, stopping in Buffalo, Wyoming for the night and then rolling into...

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Grand Teton National Park

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:31:00 +0000

After leaving Yellowstone National Park yesterday, we returned to the town of West Yellowstone to drop off the rental car and then back-tracked through Yellowstone to head south to Grand Teton. After a very pretty drive through Yellowstone...

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Yellowstone National Park - Amazing!

noreply@blogger.com (Consuelo Heath) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:43:00 +0000

In case you don't know, Yellowstone was established by an act of Congress in 1872 and so became the first national park in the United States. It is named for the gold-hued cliffs lining the river canyon, known by the Minnetaree Indians as mi tsi...

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