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dougsmith51
Jul 21, 20193 min read
Tahoe and Lassen
At the end of our last blog post, we were leaving Mono Lake and Yosemite and heading north. Our next stop was Lake Tahoe, a place we had...
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dougsmith51
Jul 10, 20193 min read
Dodging a Bullet
After spending the month of June back home in Virginia, we flew to Las Vegas, got the Ciaowagen and the Fittata out of storage, and...
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dougsmith51
May 31, 20193 min read
Utah's Big 5, Plus 2
When last we blogged, we were leaving Page, Arizona. On May 16th (our son Tory's 31st birthday, incidentally) we drove to the small town...
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dougsmith51
May 18, 20192 min read
Turning The Page
After leaving Tucson, we drove to the outskirts of Phoenix, where we'd found an RV technician who could reinstall, onto Fittata 2, all...
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dougsmith51
May 12, 20193 min read
Tucson
We arrived in Tucson on Monday, April 29, and settled in at Desert Trails RV Park outside the city. During the winter, Desert Trails is...
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dougsmith51
May 10, 20192 min read
Fit to Be Tied
We are still in Tucson (our next blog post will highlight our time here), about a week longer than expected, because we experienced...
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dougsmith51
May 2, 20192 min read
In the High Desert
When last we blogged, we had just arrived in Sante Fe, New Mexico. After so many days of cross-country driving, it was great to just...
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dougsmith51
Apr 19, 20192 min read
Bookin' West
As we noted in our last blog entry, our departure from Virginia was delayed by some last minute repairs required on the Ciaowagen. We...
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dougsmith51
Apr 10, 20191 min read
And We're Off...
After months of planning (and some delays with last minute repair work), we left Northern Virginia on April 10 for our year-long travel...
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dougsmith51
Apr 4, 20192 min read
Introducing Our New (Old) Car
There are many places (e.g., downtown Chicago) where you don't want to be driving your RV. You need a more reasonable way of getting...
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dougsmith51
Apr 2, 20191 min read
Packing Up
April is now here, and we'll be leaving very soon. We have one final repair to be made - to our auto-leveling system - and that should be...
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dougsmith51
Dec 2, 20181 min read
Countdown to April
We will be leaving for our yearish-long trip throughout North American in April 2019. Our plan is to post travel entries every week or...
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