My Summer 2003 Retirement Trip - 4/12/04 to 9/12/04
Date |
Nights |
Stayed in |
Nightly Cost |
Where (wv = water view, pa = Passport America 50% off) |
Activities |
Mi. to Dest |
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4/12 |
1 |
High Springs, FL |
$ 34.24 |
Ginny Springs, wv |
Left Crystal River with 18494 on rv and 25484 on the Saturn |
90 |
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4/13 |
1 |
Sneads, FL |
$ 13.14 |
Three Rivers SP, wv |
Viewed Ginnie Springs, did not swim |
179 |
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4/14 |
1 |
Perdido Key, FL |
$ - |
Florabama paring lot, wv |
Toured Florida Caverns; partied at Florabama |
193 |
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4/15 |
4 |
Bay St Louis, MS |
$ - |
Linda's front yard |
French Quarter Festival 4/18 |
159 |
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4/19 |
11 |
Kiln, MS |
$ 9.00 |
Mc Leod County Park, wv |
New Orleans Jazz Festival 4/23 |
16 |
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4/30 |
3 |
Bay St Louis, MS |
$ - |
Linda's front yard |
Beach bum |
16 |
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5/3 |
1 |
Waveland, MS |
$ 13.00 |
Buccaneer State Park |
19153-18494 = 659 rv miles, 26278-25484 = 794 car miles |
6 |
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5/4 |
1 |
Lakeshore, MS |
$ 15.00 |
Bayou Caddy RV Resort,wv, pa |
Beautiful beach front view |
2 |
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5/5 |
1 |
Slidell, LA |
$ - |
Walmart off I-12 |
Toured Slidell |
31 |
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5/6 |
1 |
Madisonville, LA |
$ 12.00 |
Fairview-Riverside SP, wv |
Toured the north shore |
24 |
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5/7 |
3 |
Abiti Springs, LA |
$ - |
Abiti Springs RV Resort, wv |
Free camping with 1 hour tour, Abita beer tour |
16 |
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5/10 |
2 |
Madisonville, LA |
$ 12.00 |
Fairview-Riverside SP, wv |
Drove across the worlds longest bridge to Nachez River Boat Cruise in New Orleans |
16 |
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5/12 |
1 |
Hammond, LA |
$ - |
Walmart off I-55 |
Rained like crazy |
32 |
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5/13 |
3 |
Holden, LA |
$ 10.00 |
Holden RV Rest Stop |
Blues in Denham Springs |
13 |
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5/16 |
1 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
$ 12.00 |
Farr Park parish CG |
Blues in Baton Rouge, Swamp Mama's |
40 |
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5/17 |
2 |
Lafayette |
$ 9.00 |
Acadiana Park CG, wv |
Two nights of cajun food and music |
63 |
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5/19 |
1 |
Beaumont, TX |
$ 15.00 |
Gulf Coast RV Resort, pa |
Crockett Street food, drink & music |
46 |
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5/20 |
1 |
Galveston, TX |
$ 20.00 |
Galveston Island RV Resort,wv |
Blues downtown |
107 |
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5/21 |
2 |
Galveston, TX |
$ 29.00 |
Dellanera RV Park, wv |
Ocean front campsite, blues on the beach |
4 |
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5/23 |
1 |
Galveston, TX |
$ - |
East Beach,wv |
Free beach parking area, live music on the beach, spent the nite |
12 |
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5/24 |
2 |
League City, TX |
$ 10.00 |
Safari RV Park, pa |
Toured Houston and the space center |
37 |
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5/26 |
3 |
Austin, TX |
$ 15.00 |
Oak Forest RV Park, pa |
3 nights of music on 6th Street |
198 |
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5/29 |
2 |
Ft. Worth, TX |
$ - |
Marty's driveway |
Golf with Marty |
216 |
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5/31 |
2 |
Mineral Wells, TX |
$ 18.00 |
Lake Mineral Wells SP, wv |
Bike ride, hale storm |
56 |
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6/2 |
1 |
Tye, TX |
$ 13.00 |
Tye RV Park, wv, pa |
Toured Abilene |
130 |
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6/3 |
2 |
Lamesa, TX |
$ - |
Forest Park, City Park |
Free electric & water too! |
175 |
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6/5 |
3 |
Carlsbad, NM |
$ 11.70 |
Windmill RV Park, pa |
Calsbad Caverns, golf, rv 20547 (2053) & saturn 27691 (2207) |
176 |
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6/8 |
2 |
Cloudcroft, NM |
$ 11.00 |
Lincoln NF, Silver CG |
9000', golf scramble - 2nd place!, toured White Sands |
142 |
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6/10 |
4 |
Ruidoso, NM |
$ - |
Lincoln NF, Eagle Creek CG |
7700', stagecoach ride, chuckwagon dinner & show |
54 |
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6/14 |
4 |
Tijeras, NM |
$ 11.71 |
Hidden Valley RV Resort, pa |
Toured Albuquerque & mountains, cut nose on tree, 15 stitches |
183 |
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6/18 |
2 |
Albuquerque, NM |
$ 13.76 |
Enchanted Trails Resort, pa |
Blues at Summerfest |
34 |
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6/20 |
1 |
Tijeras, NM |
$ - |
Tunnel Canyon, 3.4 mi s on 337 |
Largest flea market in New Mexico |
35 |
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6/21 |
2 |
Tijeras, NM |
$ 10.04 |
Hidden Valley RV Resort, pa |
Finished hike of summit of Sandia, had stitches removed |
10 |
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6/23 |
2 |
Sana Fe, NM |
$ 14.00 |
Hyde Memorial SP |
8700', toured Santa Fe |
96 |
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6/25 |
1 |
Pagosa Springs, CO |
$ 8.00 |
Ute Campground, 17 mi west |
Leisurely all day drive |
182 |
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6/26 |
1 |
Mancos, CO |
$ 15.00 |
Echo Basin Ranch, pa |
Toured Durango, my planned forest campground was closed |
72 |
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6/27 |
2 |
Cortez, CO |
$ 10.88 |
La Mesa RV Park, pa |
Toured Masa Verde NP and four corners, bought $50 NP pass |
22 |
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6/29 |
2 |
Moab, UT |
$ 11.99 |
OK RV Park, pa |
Toured Canyonlands and Arches National Parks |
114 |
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7/1 |
1 |
Beaver, UT |
$ 12.00 |
Little Cottonwood CG in NF, wv |
Beautiful drive along I70 |
253 |
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7/2 |
3 |
Hurricane, UT |
$ 12.63 |
Brentwood RV Resort, pa |
Three days of Zion National Park, hiked to Angels Landing, 1488' |
107 |
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7/5 |
1 |
Las Vegas, NV |
$ 18.01 |
Hitchin Post |
Vegas, rollercoaster ride at New York, New York |
128 |
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7/6 |
1 |
Beatty, NV |
$ 16.35 |
Space Station RV Park |
Death Valley National Park |
123 |
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7/7 |
1 |
Bishop, CA |
$ - |
Horton Creek CG |
Beautiful drive into California, biked Bishop |
165 |
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7/8 |
4 |
Yosemite, CA |
$ 18.00 |
Tuolumne Meadows CG |
Yosemite NP, climed 850' up a steeper side of Lambert Dome, golf in NP, hiked 10 miles and 4000' down to the valley via Yosemite Falls after 5 mile bike ride to get to Yosemite CG trail head |
82 |
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7/12 |
2 |
Yosemite, CA |
$ 8.00 |
Porcupine Flat CG |
More Yosemite, 2.4 mile hike to May Lake, left early because of smoke from a fire |
16 |
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7/14 |
2 |
Jamestown, CA |
$ 12.00 |
Lake Tulloch CG - Marina, wv, pa |
Toured Modesto, got unplugged |
93 |
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7/16 |
2 |
Lathrop, CA |
$ 20.00 |
Dos Reis Park |
On the San Joaquin River, toured Stockton |
51 |
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7/18 |
5 |
Olema, CA |
$ 16.00 |
Olema Ranch CG, wv, pa |
Lunch on the warf in San Francisco, dinner with cousin Nancy & Tom, lunch with uncle Aino |
135 |
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7/23 |
2 |
Jenner, CA 5 mi north |
$ 16.00 |
Ocean Cove CG, wv |
50 mile drive looking for cell service, beautiful coastline |
63 |
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7/25 |
1 |
Elk, CA |
$ 15.00 |
Navarro Beach CG, wv |
Rght on the beach at the mouth of the Navarro River |
62 |
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7/26 |
2 |
Westport, CA |
$ 15.00 |
Union Landng State Beach, wv |
On a cliff looking at and listening to the raging ocean |
45 |
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7/28 |
2 |
Garberville, CA |
$ 11.00 |
Richardson Grove CG, pa |
Viewed the redwoods on the Avenue of the Giants |
40 |
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7/30 |
2 |
Eureka, CA |
$ 19.00 |
EZ Landing, wv |
Toured Eureaka, ate at the Somoa Cookhouse |
77 |
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8/1 |
1 |
Trinidad, CA, 7 mi n |
$ 14.00 |
Stone Lagoon CG, pa |
A herd of elk in the campground |
51 |
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8/2 |
1 |
Crescent City, CA |
$ 11.00 |
Sunset Harbor RV Park, pa |
Redwood NP |
48 |
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8/3 |
5 |
Smith River, CA |
$ 13.50 |
Salmon Harbor Resort, pa, wv |
Golf, county fair, Oregon Cave NM |
21 |
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8/8 |
1 |
Ophir, OR |
$ 19.95 |
Honey Bear CG, wv |
Oregon coast with sister Christine |
54 |
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8/9 |
1 |
Port Orford, OR |
$ 16.00 |
Cape Blanco SP, wv |
Cape Blanco Lighthouse |
29 |
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8/10 |
1 |
Coos Bay, OR |
$ - |
Mill Casino, wv |
Bandon Lighthouse, bought replacement TV |
69 |
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8/11 |
1 |
Florence, OR |
$ 21.00 |
Honeyman SP |
BIG dune buggy ride on Oregon Dunes |
50 |
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8/12 |
1 |
Yachats, OR |
$ 30.24 |
Sea Perch RV Park, wv |
Sea lions and seals |
24 |
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8/13 |
1 |
Waldport |
$ 9.00 |
Beachside SP |
FAST dune buggy ride on Oregon Dunes |
13 |
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8/14 |
1 |
Lafayette, OR |
$ 10.00 |
Sleepy Hollow RV Park, pa |
Lunch buffet and Bite or Oregon festival with Chris and Richard |
104 |
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8/15 |
1 |
Vancouver, WA |
$ - |
Walmart parking lot |
Blue Angles |
64 |
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8/16 |
4 |
Underwood, WA |
$ - |
Sister Christines front yard |
Visited with Chris, Richard and Ken |
68 |
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8/20 |
1 |
$ - |
Gifford Pinchot NF, FR 25 & 93 |
Tire blow out in the middle of nowhere |
65 |
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8/21 |
2 |
Randel, A |
$ 8.76 |
Shady Firs RB Park, pa |
Mt. St. Helens |
43 |
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8/23 |
1 |
Lacey, WA |
$ - |
Emily's front yard |
Visited with neice Emily |
98 |
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8/24 |
1 |
Renton, WA |
$ - |
Walmart parking lot |
Fry's, picked up dad at the airport |
56 |
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8/25 |
11 |
Deer Harbor, WA |
$ - |
Bill's meadow |
Helped Bill on shop, ate too much with Bill, Francie, dad, Grace, Elizabeth, Johnathan, Rick, Ann, Ken, Chris, Joey, Lopa |
108 |
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9/5 |
2 |
Eastsound, WA |
$ 16.00 |
Moran SP, wv |
Sunday Reggae, photo outing on Monday |
17 |
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9/7 |
1 |
North Bend, WA |
$ - |
FR 5800 near exit 47 of I 90 |
Ferry ride and drive to Mt Baker-Snoqualmie NF |
153 |
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9/8 |
1 |
Hagerman, IA |
$ 10.60 |
High Adventure River Tours, pa |
Drove towards Salt Lake City to store RV |
566 |
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9/9 |
1 |
Brigham City, UT |
$ - |
C & D Storage |
Put RV in storage |
199 |
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9/10 |
1 |
Lexington, NE |
$ 36.96 |
Gable View Inn |
Hurricane coming, drove the car towards Florida |
771 |
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9/11 |
1 |
Calvert City, KY |
$ 37.43 |
Fox Fire Motor Inn |
Drove the car towards Florida |
801 |
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9/12 |
Home |
Home at last, hurricane Ivan turned west |
754 |
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Totals |
$1,512.08 |
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6,337 miles on the RV |
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8,118 driven + 6,337 towed = 14,455 miles on the car |
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$ 1,987 |
Approximate total for gas given 8 mpg on the RV, 32 mpg on the car and $1.90 per gal |