Google Map of Our Route
We will add our stops and some pictures so you can "travel" with us!
July 5-6: Leave Redmond, Camp outside Mitchell, OR at a free forest campground. Visit Painted Hills and John Day Fossil Beds
July 7-12: Drive to Meridian, ID, Spend time at Garden Valley cabin, explore the area, visit the Discovery Center of Idaho, reconnect with friends!
July 13-14: Drive to Hayspur Fish Hatchery campground, lots of great fishing! Stay 2 nights the kids were having so much fun (and it was free!)
July 15: Drive to Wolf Flats, ID. Stop by the Craters of the Moon, get the first Jr. Ranger Badge!
July 16: Drive to Gros Vente campground in GTNP. Only stay one night (wish we had 2 nights!)
July 17-18: Camp at Colter Bay RV park, before leaving South GTNP we left the RV at extra parking at the campground and explored Jackson (and get a flat fixed on the truck), saw a bear at the ranger talk on the 17th, hiked Jenny Lake inspiration point, saw a bear at the swimming beach, real showers finally!
July 19-21: Camp at Colter Bay Campground. Swan Lake hike, down day for some school work and laundry, explore south Yellowstone: Lewis Lake waterfall and Old Faithful area.
July 22-23: Fishing Bridge campground in Yellowstone. Explore the area, visitor center is all about birds, bike to Natural Bridge, do the Storm Point hike with a ranger. Very informative! West Thumb Geyser Basin...not as crowded as Old Faithful.
July 24: Stay at Rocky Mountain RV park in Gardiner. We want to go to Mammoth Campground and it is first come first serve. So, instead of getting up super early, we decided to come here for a night so we can do some grocery shopping and have a down day for the kids. They were asking for a day to just hang out. We did stop at Canyon on the way up and explore the Visitor Center (all about volcanoes, glaciers) and have lunch. Explored Gardiner a little, had pizza and played mini golf.
July 25-27: Mammoth Campground, YNP.
July 28: Buffalo, WY. Walmart parking lot. There were about 8-10 other RVs and motorcycle campers here. We got our shopping done!
July 29-Aug 2: Fort Welikit Campground, Custer, SD.
Aug 3: Plankinton, SD. Hill's RV Park. Stopover with a pool on our way to Minneapolis.
Aug 4-6: Vadnais Heights, Minnesota. Meet and visit members of the Bezdek clan!
Aug 7-8: Rapid River, MI. Explore the northern tip of Lake Michigan
Aug 9-11: Brimely State Park, Brimley, MI. Upper Penninsula. Visit Painted Rocks National Lakeshore (Lake Superior), go into Canada for the day, swim and more swimming
Aug 12-13: Monocle Lake, MI: Not far from Brimley. visit Tahquamenon Falls, Whitefish Bay, Iroquois Point
Aug 14-18: Kampvilla, Bear Lake, MI. Visit Sleeping Bear Dunes and do all the cool things there, U-pick blueberries, Arcadia beach
Aug 19: Harvest Host near Lansing, MI. Play with the animals!
Aug 20: Sterling State Park,Monroe, MI. On the way, go to Henry Ford Greenfield Village. Great way for the kids to learn some history!
Aug 21-22: Clyde, OH. On our way traveling to a Harvest Host in Geneva, OH, we have a fire on the Ohio Turnpike. Cop and mechanic direct us to this town for the RV center and now we wait to see what happens next.
Aug 23-24: Tiffin, OH. Still waiting to see what will happen with the RV, but a cheaper hotel! Great YMCA and park in town
Aug 25: Mechanicsburg, PA. Traveling to Aunt Marice's. Got stuck in Pittsburg traffic! Good thing we aren't pulling the trailer! (It's staying in OH to get fixed and won't be ready until around the 15th)
Aug 26-28: Kennett Square, PA. Staying with Aunt Marice. Nice, quiet neighborhood and lots of kids for the kids to play with! Getting some school work done!
Aug 29-Sept 1: New York City! Doing all the touristy things and just being in the city to experience what big city life is like
Sept 2-10: Back at Aunt Marice's. This will be home base until the RV is done. We'll explore all the Philadelphia history and the surrounding areas.
Sept 11-16: Wshington DC. Stayed with Devry and explored lots of the DC area.
Sept 17-20: Kennett Square, PA. Back at Marice's getting ready to get back to the Tortuga
Sept 21: Gettysburg, PA. Explored the battlefield and earned Jr Ranger badges
Sept 22: Warren, OH. Overnight stop while on our way to get Tortuga. Best Holiday Inn Express ever! Hot cookies, ice cream sandwhiches and 25c drinks!
Sept 23-25: Tiffin, OH. Back to the Holiday Inn while we wait for Tortuga on Monday. Catch up on homeschooling, go to the movies to see Storks, and swim lots!
Sept 26-27: Gotta Getaway RV park, Bellevue, OH. We wanted to stay close in case anything didn't work. We also needed to re-oganize the rv since we were pulling things out in a hurry when we left it. We also needed to restock the fridge!
Sept 28-29: Evergreen Lake Park, Connault, OH. Fishing in the pond and catching up on school work. Rainy days here
Sept 30-Oct 7: Four Mile State Park, Niagara, NY. Niagara Falls, the Canadian side, Fort Niagara and everything in between!
Oct 7-8: Harvest Host Baldwinsville, NY. They had a harvest carnival going on, so the kids had a blast!
Oct 9: Cabela's parking lot in Hudson, MA
Oct 10-14: Timberland Acres RV, Trenton, ME. Explored Acadia NP this week.
Oct 15: Harvest Host in Boothbay, ME. Brewery food was delicious!
Oct 16-17: Winter Island Park, Salem, MA. Didn't realize Salem is so popular the month of Oct! Saw lots of witches and other costumes around town!
Oct 18-23: Scussett Beach State Park, Bourne, MA. Explored Cape Cod, Plymouth and Boston. Also had a trick or treat in the campground
Oct 24: Travel day to Harvest Host in Bethlehem, CT. Yummy apple cider donuts and blueberry muffins.
Oct 25: Travel day to Silver Valley Campsites in Saylorsburg, PA. Took the scenic route through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Very pretty!
Oct 26-Oct 31: Aunt Marice's house in Kennett Square. Spending Halloween with the neighborhood kids!
Nov 1-4: Asseteague National Park, Asseteague Island, MD. Wild horses in our campground, shore fishing with new friends and playing at the beach!
Nov 5: Eastern Shore of Virginia Welcome Center overnight stop. There is wildlife refuge behind here too.
Nov 6-9: Chippokes Plantation State Park, Surry, VA. Visited Historic Jamestowne, Yorktowne Battlefield, and Historic Wilmington.
Nov 10-14: Flanners Beach, Neuse National Forest, NC. Quiet campground with a small private beach and surrounded by forest!
Nov 15-18: Holden Beach, NC. Turtle Shack house owned by the Bhamanis. School catchup, RV cleaning and fixing, and some beach time!
Nov 19-29: Charlotte, NC. Spending Thanksgiving with Dan's sister. Lots of cousin time and Christmas shopping!
Nov 30-Dec 3: Dahlonega, GA. Spent time with Kim's sister. Went to Atlanta Zoo, hiking and going to a gold mine!
Dec 4-6: Stop over at Watkinsville, GA to see Kim's aunt. Great little craft fair and learned all about making pottery. Then traveled on to Sharon, SC to see friends that moved there from Redmond.
Dec 7-8: Charlotte, NC. We had to pick up all the presents we bought and ordered! Also brought Lily to the dentist.
Dec 9-Jan 5 : Holden Beach, NC Sandy Feet house, courtesy of the Bhamani's again. Dan's side of the family will be arriving during Christmas week so we can spend it with them. Catching up on homeschool before everyone comes!
Jan 6-7: Charlotte again so the kids and Dan can go to a Monster truck show.
Jan 8-9: Holden Beach, NC to get the trailer and packed up to leave
Jan 10-14: Lake Aire RV park, Charleston, SC. to start learning about the south and plantations!
Jan 15-22: Camp Lake Jasper, Savannah, GA. Tornado warning on the last day so we stayed an extra day!
Jan 23-25: Faver Dykes SP, St Augustine, FL. Visit the beaches and the forts
Jan 26-28: Lazy Days, Tampa FL. Visit Legoland and Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Jan 29-Feb 1: Fort de Soto county park, Fort De Soto, FL. Beach time!
Feb 2-4: Club Naples RV, Naples, FL. Celebrate birthdays, beach time!
Feb 5-6: Collier-Seminole SP, Naples FL. Visit Shark Valley in the Everglades
Feb 7-12: Markham County Park, Sunrise, FL. Visit Teagan, Biscayne national seashore, airboat ride in the Everglades
Feb 13-17: Fort Wilderness, Disneyworld, Orlando, FL. DISNEY!
Feb 18-21: RoadRunner RV park, Fort Pierce. Aunt Jeri 100th bday
Feb 22-25: Alexander Springs, Ocala NF, FL: See Peni in The Villages, hang out at the spring
Feb 26-28: Arnett's Trail Rides and Stables, Santa Rosa, FL. Lily gets a trail ride, beautiful beach
Mar 1: Mississippi Welcome Center, Hancock County, FL. Stop over has RV parking for overnight!
Mar 2-3: Winnie-Stowell County Park, Winnie, TX. 2 nights boondocking in the little town. Relax days
Mar 4-14: Braunig Lake, San Antonio, TX. Friends from OR visit, missions, SeaWorld, Riverwalk exploring
Mar 15-16: Fort Clark Springs, Bracketville, TX. Explore the fort, swim in the spring
Mar 17: Marathon RV and Hotel, Marathon, TX. Stop over to Big Bend
Mar 18-22: Rio Grande Village Campground Big Bend NP, TX. Explore the park and go to Boquillas, Mexico
Mar 23-24: Walmart parking lot 1 night, Hilltop RV 1 night, Fort Stockton, TX. High winds so can't drive
Mar 25-26: Guadalupe Mountains NP, TX. Visit Guadalupe and Carlsbad Caverns in NM.
Mar 27-28: Siesta RV, Las Cruces, NM. Visit White Sands NM
Mar 29-30: Faywood Hot Springs, Faywood NM. Visit City of Rocks SP
Mar 31-Apr 6: Voyager RV Resort, Tucson, AZ. Visit Saguaro NP, Sabino Canyon, Sonora-Arizona Museum
Apr 7-10: Cottonwood, AZ. Visit Jason and family, Tuzigoot NM, Montezuma's Castle NM, Red Rock Crossing
Apr 11-12: Grand Canyon boondocking, Tusuyan, AZ. Visit the Grand Canyon!
Apr 13: Williams, AZ boondocking. Visit Williams town, Route 66
Apr 14-25: Duck Creek RV, Las Vegas, NV. Visit Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, the Strip, Fremont St, Container Park, Wetlands Park
Apr 26-29: Zion NP Campground, UT. Hike the park
Apr 30-May 2: Ruby's RV park, Bryce City, UT. Visit Bryce NP
May 3: Boondock Henrieville, UT. Hike Willis Canyon slot canyon trail
May 4-6: Capitol Reef NP. Torrey, UT. Hike the park!
May 7: Natural Bridges NM, UT. Boondock at the old airstrip MP 87. Do scenic drive
May 8: Boondock Comb Wash, UT. Hike Natural Brides trails. In the afternoon hike House on Fire trial
May 9-10: Harvest Host, Blanding, UT. Visit the Dino museum, Edge of the Cedars SP, Hovenweep NM, Four Corners
May 11-13: Mountain View RV park, Monticello, UT. Visit Needles area of Canyonlands, Newspaper Rock
May 14-15: Seven Mile Parking, Moab, UT. Visit Arches NP and Island in the Sky in Canyonlands NP.
May 16: Hike Arches then late afternoon travel day to Santaquin, UT Harvest Host site. Too much wind to risk driving in the morning!
May 17: Woke up to snow! Kids loved it. Traveled to Jerome Fairgrounds, Jerome, ID. Stop over on our way to Boise!
May 18-: Meridian with the Boyds again!