2014XC: Day 35, July 16 – West Memphis, Arkansas to Nashville, Tennesee (KOA)
Watched a few more barges go by before leaving our campsite… and driving into Tennessee but heading to Nashville this…
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2014XC: Day 34, July 15 – West Memphis, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee
Beautiful morning – blue sky with a few clouds, below normal temp (which meant perfect…) and breakfast beside the river!…
2014XC: Day 33, July 14 – Spadra Lake, Arkansas to West Memphis, Arkansas
Awesome view this morning when I woke – right out of our camper bedroom window we could see the river.…
2014XC: Day 32, July 13 – El Reno, Oklahoma to Spadra Lake, Arkansas
I should add how many miles we went each day just for the record. I don’t remember how we did…
2014XC: Day 31, July 12 – Amarillo, Texas to El Reno, Oklahoma
We left our campsite and waved goodbye to our favorite steakhouse on this trip. There is a place famous for…
2014XC: Day 30, July 11 – Albuquerque, New Mexico to Amarillo, Texas
Enjoyed the rest of the drive through New Mexico and into the Texas panhandle. Hot outside but not like Nevada-hot.…
2014XC: Day 29, July 10 – Grants, New Mexico to Albuquerque, New Mexico
Another sunny day as we left our campsite and hit the highway for the days next adventure… Short drive day…
2014XC: Day 28, July 9 – Meteor Crater, Arizona to Grants, New Mexico
Packed up to leave our campground and headed for the “Meteor Crater”. We heard it was cool but it was…
2014XC: Day 27, July 8 – Las Vegas, Nevada to Meteor Crater, Arizona
Not much planned for today, just driving. So, last dip in the pool at the campground – Morgan wanted to…
2014XC: Day 26, July 7 – Las Vegas, Nevada
Breakfast and then right over to the pool. Gabriel was doing even better swimming without his floaties – he even…
2014XC: Day 25, July 6 – Boulder City, Nevada (Lake Mead/Callville Bay) to Las Vegas, Nevada
Nothing on the agenda today except to go to Las Vegas. We had checked out two places that we wanted…
2014XC: Day 24, July 5 – Boulder City, Nevada – Hoover Dam (Callville Bay Trailer Village, Lake Mead)
I sat on the doorsteps of the camper around 4:30am to try and get some of the only breeze available…
2014XC: Day 23, July 4 – Seligman, Arizona (Rte.66 KOA) to Boulder City, Nevada (Callville Bay)
A little more time at the pool this morning before checking out, including Gabriel without his floaties and doing awesome…
2014XC: Day 22, July 3 – Grand Canyon, Arizona (Mather Campground) to Seligman, Arizona (Rte. 66 KOA)
Another beautiful morning – thankful for the devotion time while in one of God’s beautiful creations. Leaving the campground, we…
2014XC: Day 21, July 2 – Grand Canyon, Arizona (Mather Campground)
Since the temperature easily seems to hover near 100 where we are, we wanted to get up and out early…
2014XC: Day 20, July 1 – Grand Canyon, Arizona (Mather Campground)
Last night we slept with the windows open and just the screen door closed, without closing and locking the trailer…
2014XC: Day 19, June 30 – Glendale, Utah (Bauer Canyon RV) to Grand Canyon, Arizona (Mather Campground)
Once again, the ride seems way longer in the car than it looks on the map. We started out missing…
2014XC: Day 18, June 29 – Capital Reef NP, Utah (Thousand Lakes RV) to Glendale, Utah (Bauer Canyon RV)
The popular route going from this campground to Bryce Canyon was Route 12. 100% WORTH IT!!! I shot off about…
2014XC: Day 17, June 28 – Moab, Utah (Arches) to Capital Reef NP, Utah (Thousand Lakes RV)
Steve and I got up early and let the kids sleep while we took a quick look at the rest…
2014XC: Day 16, June 27 – Provo, Utah (Springville KOA) to Moab, Utah (Arches)
We stayed at a KOA in the middle of the city. It was perfect – we all got up early,…
2014XC: Day 15, June 26 – Idaho, Bear Lake to Provo, Utah (Springville KOA)
It was a bit overcast again the next morning but we still felt like we lucked out staying there. The…
2014XC: Day 14, June 25 – Wyoming, Grand Teton (Colter Bay) to Idaho, Bear Lake (State Park)
I could have taken a gazillion pictures of the Teton mountains…they really were something to see. We continued through Wyoming…
2014XC: Day 13, June 24 – Wyoming, Grand Teton (Colter Bay)
We started our day out renting a small motorboat and going out on the lake. The lake was calm and…
2014XC: Day 12, June 23 – Yellowstone (Madison) to Grand Teton (Colter Bay)
Even though we didn’t have electric hookups at this campsite for the past 3 days, it actually worked out ok.…
2014XC: Day 11, June 22 – Yellowstone (Mammoth Hot Springs & various Falls)
It’s Sunday, so God provided us with a little church service overlooking the valley. It was cool to sing praise…
2014XC: Day 10, June 21 – Wyoming (Yellowstone – Old Faithful)
I think I was the only one in this family, but I could have done days touring geysers and hot…
2014XC: Day 9, June 20 – Wyoming (to Yellowstone)
So many things that I am enjoying on this trip. One of the things I like though is thinking, as…
2014XC: Day 8, June 19 – Wyoming (Devil’s Tower)
Pretty awesome, and super blessed to wake up in a campground where you open your camper door to one of…
2014XC: Day 7, June 18 – South Dakota to Wyoming
Pancakes and OJ to start the day, then off to a long day of driving. Looking at the map, we…
2014XC: Day 6, June 17 – South Dakota (Mt. Rushmore)
Today was our planned day to visit Mt. Rushmore. We took the route that went through the Badlands so that…
2014XC: Day 5, June 16 – South Dakota (Badlands)
We couldn’t tell how close to the Badlands our campsite was the night before, other than what it looked like…
2014XC: Day 4, June 15 – Iowa to South Dakota
Up and out kinda early. We left the campground in Waterloo at about 9:30am and continued up through Iowa to…