Déjà Vu

On the 14th of May, 2007, we departed Houston, TX, for a trip to Anchorage, AK, to deliver Tracy and Jeff's motor home.  This trip and preparations were reflected in the initial blog entries we posted and you can review these here if you are interested.  At that time, we would never have guessed that this (traveling by RV) would soon become our way of life, a decision that was reached within days of beginning this first adventure.  The following month we found an RV that suited our needs and in October of that year we started moving around the country.  As most of you know, much of our travel has been represented in our blog through narratives and photos ever since.

In the next week or so, on or about the 7th of May, 2015, we will begin somewhat of a repeat of our first adventure when we will depart PA for a trip to AK where we intend to spend the entire Summer at various locations.  Our route through Western Canada and Alaska will be pretty much the same as we traveled in 2007 (options are somewhat limited) and the trip from PA to MT will pretty much follow the first part of a trip we made with Mary and Bill in the Summer of 2009 when we visited the Badlands of SD and other locations in that part of the country.

You can be sure that we will be sharing some commentary and pictures as time and WiFi permit as we make our way along the Ultimate North American Road Trip, a general, preliminary route of which can be seen here.

Bass Lake

After spending three nights at Bass Lake in Dillon, SC, we headed a bit further North to Emporia, VA, where we are staying for two days as we continue our slow crawl toward PA.  The road trip, at this point, continues to be the typical drive along I-95, seeing not much more than trees and traffic along the way; however, thanks to timing and weather conditions, we did make one unusual observation when what appeared to be a fog or smoke, was actually the heaviest pollen floating through the air that we have ever seen as our black car turned to a yellow color.

While at the lake, Mary, Bill and Deb tried some fishing, but mostly not catching while I roamed about the area.  Along a stream near the lake, I spotted a beaver dam that was creating a level change of about 1.5 feet as you can observe in one of the photos available here.

The Golden Isles

We visited the Golden Isles area of Georgia during our first extensive stay in one location when we started our RV adventures during October/November of 2007.  This time we added another island to our list of locations, St. Simon's Island which is just a bit to the North of one of our favorite sites, Jekyll Island.  Of particular note here (and you'll see lots of photos) is the lighthouse, built in 1810, replacing the original which was destroyed during the Civil War.

Click here for this year's photos.

For more information about our visits to this area, you are invited to view the blogs and photos that we published in 2007.  Click here for the first entry and here for the second.