Location Travel Log

Our Trip at a Glance

Here's a short list of everywhere we went in the pop-up camper (and then in the bus):

2014

8/5/14 New York City/Long Island, NY
8/7/14  Love's Truck Stop, PA
8/8/14 Statesville, NC
8/14/14 Officially began the trip. Pisgah Campground, Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC
8/15/14 Blue Valley Dispersed Campground, Highlands, NC
8/18/14 Truck Stop past Nashville, TN
8/19/14 Airey Lake, De Soto Natl Forest, MS
8/21/14 Free State Park in AL
8/22/14 Jude RV Park, New Orleans, LA
8/24/14 Love's Truck Stop, Comfort, TX
8/25/14 Southwest Llama Rescue, Harper, TX (Helpx work exchange)
9/15/14 Truck Stop Junction, TX
9/16/14 Levelland, TX
9/17/14 Rita National Grassland Picnic Area, TX
9/18/14 Rest Stop Pueblo, CO
9/19/14 Golden Eagle Campground, Colorado Springs, CO
9/21/14 River's End Campground, Taylor Lake Reservoir, CO
9/22/14 Dispersed Camping, Taylor Lake Reservoir, CO
9/28/14 Truck Stop Green River, UT
9/29/14 Pack Creek Campground, Moab, UT
10/1/14 Willow Springs Rd, Moab, UT
10/8/14 Newton Dam, Clarkston, UT
10/10/14 White Mtn. Rd. Mustangs, Wild Horse Loop, Rock Springs, WY
10/11/14 Lander, WY city park
10/13/14 Wind River Casino, Riverton, WY
10/16/14 Jolly's RV Park, Ashton, ID
10/18/14 Bootjack Drive, Ririe, ID
10/19/14 Truck Stop near Montana Yellowstone entrance
10/20/14 Kamiah, ID city park
10/21/14 Seattle, WA (Robin's house)
10/24/14 Portland, OR rest stop
10/25/14 Casino on OR coast
10/28/14 Bastendorf Beach, Coos Bay, OR
10/29/14 Sand Camp, Jeddediah State Park, Crescent City, OR
11/2/14 Chinook Winds Casino on CA coast
11/3/14 Coyote Valley Casino, Redwood Valley, CA
11/4/14 gas station near Sacramento, CA
11/5/14 Thunder Valley Casino, Sacramento, CA
11/7/14 Panoche Hills, Firebaugh, CA
11/10/14 Cat Box pulloff, Yosemite, CA
11/11/14 Camping World, Bakersfield, CA
11/13/14 Camping World, La Mirada, LA, CA
11/15/14 Truck Stop, Las Vegas, NV
11/16/14 Eight Mile Rd., Lake Mead Recreation Area, Las Vegas, NV
11/22/14 Drove from Barstow, CA to Statesville, NC in three days on I-40.

Then we bought a bus!

2015

3/18/15 Bought bus, pulls seats, install flooring
6/6/15 Fred went to NYC to pick up Dan
6/15/15 Start conversion
8/3/15 Paint Bus, inspect for title change, acquire insurance
8/10/15 Drive bus to inspector, ENGINE FAILURE
9/4/15 Finish rebuilding engine
9/5/15 Trial Trip to Mt. Pisgah Campground, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
9/23/15 leave Statesville, NC and drive 1500 miles without stopping to Drayton, ND
9/25/15 Drayton, ND for sugar beet harvest
10/21/15 Cowboy town, SD and Corn Palace
10/26/15 NE Parachute Co Rest Area
10/27/15 Rockies Rest Area near Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
10/28/15 Green River Truck Stop, UT
10/29/15 Willow Springs Rd., Moab, UT
11/5/15 Canyonlands NP, Moab, UT
11/6/15 Kolob Canyon, Zion NP, UT
11/7/15 Valley of Fire SP, UT
11/8/15 Eight Mile Rd., Lake Mead, Las Vegas, NV
11/18/15 Linq Casino, Las Vegas, NV
11/20/15 Death Valley, CA
11/22/15 Camping World, Bakersfield, CA
11/26/15 Love's Truck Stop south of Bakersfield, CA
11/27/15 Nilas' house
11/28/15 Casino, Thanksgiving Buffet, San Diego, CA
11/29/15 Paw Beach, San DIego, CA
12/1/15 Anza Borrego SP, CA
12/4/15 Casino by border in Yuma, AZ, walked across to Mexico
12/7/15 Mittry Lake, Yuma, AZ
12/15/15 Whitewater Draw, AZ
12/16/15 Tombstone, AZ
12/17/15 El Paso, TX truck stop
12/20/15 Carlsbad Caverns NP, NM
12/22/17 Junction, TX
12/25/15 watched Star Wars in TX
12/27/15 crossed MS river
12/28/15 Tiger truck stop, LA
12/31/15 Gainesville, FL, Dan's sister

2016

1/15/16 Apopka, FL visit Charlie Brown from Skoolie.net
1/31/16 Greenville, FL (Bethany HelpX work exchange)
2/27/16 pet sit Daniel Day Lewis in Greenville FL (calf missing hoof)
3/1/16 Statesville, NC
4/24/16 took Popup to Highlands, NC for weekend
5/20/16 Dan visited NYC in Honda
6/4/16 Blacksburg, VA visiting Aaron
6/5/16 Four Quarters, PA Wickerman Burn
6/9/16 Book it across country to CA in 10 days or less
6/15/16 Salt Lake City,UT
6/17/16 Donner Pass, NV
6/18/16 Navy Camp Campground, Potter Valley, CA
9/13/16 leave Navy Camp, Lake Pillsbury, Potter Valley, CA
9/15/16 Great Basin NP and Lehman Caves, NV
9/17/16 Stansbury Island, Salt Lake CIty, UT
9/18/16 Riverside City Park, WY
9/19/16 Wind Cave, SD
9/20/16 Wall, ND Badlands NP
9/25/16 Drayton, ND sugar beet harvest
10/31/16 leave Drayton
11/3/16 Statesville, NC
11/7/16 visit Rachel Gainesville, FL
11/14/16 Bahamas cruise from Jacksonville, FL
11/20/16 Statesville, NC
12/20/16 leave NC now towing car
12/24/16 Blue Creek Campground, Windham Springs, AL
12/28/16 Jude Travel Park, New Orleans, LA
12/31/16 Breaux Bridge, LA

2017

1/2/17 Houston, TX Baytown Pilot
1/3/17 Fredericksburg, TX
1/4/17 Junction, TX
1/8/17 Fort Stockton, TX
1/9/17 El Paso, TX
1/10/17 Indian Bread Rocks, AZ
1/14/17 SkooliePalooza, Quartzsite, AZ
1/29/17 Mittry Lake, Yuma, AZ
2/9/17 Pilot, Quartzsite, AZ
2/10/17 Craggy Wash, Lake Havasu, AZ
2/13/17 Hoover Dam, Lake Mead NRA, Las Vegas, NV
2/18/17 Fremont St. Las Vegas, NV
2/22/17 Kingman, AZ
2/24/17 Joshua Tree entrance camp, CA
2/26/17 Paw Beach, Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA
3/1/17 Brannan Island SP, Rio Vista, CA
3/12/17 Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo, CA
3/15/17 Navy Camp Campground, Lake Pillsbury, Potter Valley, CA
7/23/17 Sacramento and Six Flags with Frankie
9/18/17 left Lake Pillsbury for Drayton, ND, stayed at Upper Lake casino
9/20/17 Klamath Falls, OR
9/22/17 Bend, OR
took I-84 down thru ID, then I-15 up to Ashton and Yellowstone, took I-90 at Bozeman to Sioux Falls, then I-29N to Grand Forks
9/25/17 Grand Forks, ND dog park with Mike and Ellie
9/26/17 Drayton, ND for sugar beet harvest
10/23/17 left Drayton, ND for Statesville, NC
10/25/17 Minneapolis, MN
10/26/17 Chicago, IL
10/27/17 Canal Fulton, OH to visit Ali Berry!
11/1/17 Turkuaz concert in Cleveland, OH
11/3/17 Athens, OH to visit Aaron
11/5/17 Statesville, NC
12/4/17 Long Island, NY
12/5/17 Museum of Natural History, Manhattan, NYC, NY
12/9/17 Flew to Guadeloupe Island, Le Moule
12/16/17 Flew to NYC
12/17/17 visit Andrew, Josie, Amelia, Boston, MA
12/20/17 Statesville, NC

2018

1/19/18 Greenville, SC visit Frankie and Eddy
1/24/18 Tuskegee NF, AL
1/28/18 Atchafalaya Visitor Center, LA
1/29/18 Breaux Bridge, LA
1/30/18 Rutherford Beach, LA
1/31/18 Pilot, Baytown Houston TX
2/9/18 Schreiner City Park, Junction, TX
2/11/18 Pilot, Junction, TX
2/12/18 Pilot, El Paso, TX
2/13/18 Williamsburg Campsite, Truth or Consequences, NM
2/18/18 Saguaro NP, Tuscon, AZ
2/20/18 Mittry Lake, Yuma, AZ
3/1/18 Pilot, Quartzsite, AZ
3/3/18 Lake Mead NRA, Las Vegas, NV
3/9/18 Fremont St., Las Vegas, NV
3/13/18 Truck Stop near LA, CA
3/15/18 Pilot south of Sacramento, CA
3/16/18 Ukiah, CA
3/18/18 Navy Camp Campground, Lake Pillsbury, Potter Valley, CA

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