
Dates:
October 12, 2023 to
October 16, 2023
Mileage:
37,400
Location:
Naval Base
Groton CT
We finally made it to the long planned commissioning ceremony!


Itinerant RVers traveling the Turquoise and Chisholm Trails
Dates:
October 12, 2023 to
October 16, 2023
Mileage:
37,400
Location:
Naval Base
Groton CT
We finally made it to the long planned commissioning ceremony!
Dates:
September 29, 2023 to
October 04, 2023
Mileage:
37,400
Location:
The Vineyards
Grapevine TX
We rented two spaces at the Vineyards Campground, one for Lee and Patty and another for us.
Dates:
September 2, 2023 to
September 29, 2023
Mileage:
37,400
Location:
3010 Nottingham Dr
Denton TX
After the breakdown in Kansas, we drove back to Denton in the car. Cracked windshields seem to be the order of the day, both the RV and the Jeep.
Dates:
August 20, 2023 to
September 1, 2023
Mileage:
37,059
Location:
Cheney State Park
Wichita KS
This was the week before Labor Day, and our next to last stop before Denton TX. As we drove in, we heard something fall off the RV.
It’s been since the George W Bush Museum that I created a page devoted just to a museum, but the Arabia Steamboat Museum was just too cool. This history museum in Kansas City, Missouri, houses artifacts salvaged from the Arabia, a steamboat that sank in the Missouri River in 1856.
Dates:
August 27, 2023 to
August 29, 2023
Mileage:
36, 860
Location:
Kansas City West KOA
Kansas City MO
Our first choice campground had maintenance issues, but Lawrence KOA turned out to be great.
Dates:
August 24, 2023 to
August 27, 2023
Mileage:
36, 682
Location:
Winterset City Park
Winterset IA
We wanted to see the John Wayne and Iowa Quilt Museums.
Dates:
August 22, 2023 to
August 24, 2023
Mileage:
36,576
Location:
Sioux City KOA
Sioux City SD
This was mostly a R&R stop – we had been here before. We ate in Iowa, went to Walmart in Nebraska, and slept in South Dakota.
Dates:
August 20, 2023 to
August 22, 2023
Mileage:
36,333
Location:
New Frontier
Presho SD
We had been to Presho before in 2019, but ElizaBeth wanted to stop and see the Dignity Statue.
Dates:
August 18, 2023 to
August 20, 2023
Mileage:
36,109
Location:
Spearfish City Park
Spearfish SD
We stayed at the Spearfish City Park.