Here a post from each state that 1) we’ve camped in and that 2) I’ve blogged about, at least as far as I can remember. It really seems like we’ve been to more states, so I’ll keep working on this. Note:
- I tried not to include national parks, since they have their own page; ditto with Alaska, which I know is a state (page coming). Canada is coming, too.
- I picked posts that cover the natural landscape over cities, but if a post has the state name in the title it’s here no matter the other choices.
- I grew up on the East Coast, and frankly I have no idea where anything else is in this country. Just click on the gray bars and see what comes up.
The West
Dear Pacific Northwest Rainforest: Why do you have to be so wet and cold? I understand the wet part, and …
That’s how Tracy excused me when I suddenly jumped up and left our weekly Zoom trivia game. Go Team Donner …
This exactly describes where we’re camped at our first California State Park campground by the ocean: Leo Carrillo State Park, …
Rovin’ gambler, he was very bored,Tryin’ to create a next world war.He found a promoter who nearly fell off the …
12 miles long. Five feet thick at the center. 147 million tons of salt. 90% table salt. Here’s where we …
A bestowed grant was managed extravagantly by the Idaho mayor a while back; he greenified both banks of the Snake …
We left Grand Teton National Park right when the FBI found the body of that poor #vanlifer, about a mile …
We’ve just driven into Custer Gallatin National Forest, which is in the Beartooth Mountains in southwest Montana, home of the …
The Southwest
I’m so grateful that someone I’ve never met named Jennifer was reading this blog and suggested we stop in her …
In the last couple of days we’ve attended Charros Days (a celebration of international goodwill between Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, …
Ruby, Arizona, used to be a mining town, built after the first strike to its ore in the 1870s. Along …
The Midwest
We successfully navigated our 5th (or was it our 6th?) service appointment at the Airstream service center, right beside the …
We’re only a few miles from John Mellencamp’s hometown in southern Indiana, and man does this area feel small-townish. This …
“The Wall” is what campers call a dirt/gravel stretch of road near Badlands National Park in South Dakota, officially in …
Goodbye North Unit of Teddy Roosevelt’s Park I’ve been looking forward to getting out west for a year and three …
The Harper Lee quote is about not being able to choose your family, but it applies just as well to …
We’re back in Iowa—in Elkader, the small town where Tracy’s best friend and his wife live. We weren’t keen on …
We’re in Madison for several reasons: a couple of friends live here (more on that in the next post), Tracy …
As we make our way to Iowa and Wisconsin, we’re sticking to our plan to stay at campgrounds for the …
The Southeast
We are right on the Arkansas River in Little Rock, at a city campground that’s a lot like that one …
Perfect moment report! Tracy and I were standing on the mountain ridge at this Airstream campground in southwest Virginia, watching …
This story began with a coupon book full of a year’s worth of deals at a brewery. This was no …
I’m rebel-born and rebel-bred, and when I die I’ll be a rebel dead. —cheerleading chant from where I grew up …
Last year when we left TCPC to head to Texas for the winter, we stopped in Nashville and Memphis, which …
Today’s our final day at this state recreational area near Raleigh, North Carolina, and it marks the end of a …
We drove straight east from Atlanta yesterday along back roads, to a campground in mid-South Carolina that we picked because …
From the picture above, clearly, one of these reunions is between Banjo and my good friend Susan. It’s a little …
Say you quit your job and could go anywhere you wanted. How long would it take you to get to …
The Northeast
I’ll get the good news out of the way and then talk about where we are. The good news is …
“Is this the The Other One?” I can’t believe I’m about to ask this of a guy who looks to …
We’ve had so many highlightable moments in the past few days that I’ve split my post into two. This is …
I’m still here at Savage River State Forest, sitting in a camp chair overlooking the rushing creek at the back …
The cheat sheet I used while making this page, grabbed from The National Geographic.
