After a quiet night in the petrified forest, we headed towards Vicksburg, Mississippi. An overlook, just outside the city provided views of barge traffic on the mighty Mississippi. Boats, trains, and automobiles pass on this Mississippi River crossing. If you peek through the bridges you might be able to see a barge. Level parking is…

Thunderstorms overnight did let water into the window, but towels kept it from running down the inside of the wall. As the sun rose at the Gator Ranch, it revealed pooling water in the parking lot. The waters of the bayou were creeping a little too close to us for comfort. A plus for self-contained…

After an early morning stroll on the boardwalk we left Manatee Springs heading for Tallahassee. The 128 mile morning drive was very different from South Florida. Traffic was minimal and there were thirty mile stretches without a gas stations or store. Arriving in Tallahassee, we were fortunate to find shaded on-street parking. The Historic Florida…

This marks the beginning of a trip that will take us from Florida, up the spine of the continent in the Rocky Mountains and around the North Shore of Lake Superior over four months before returning home to North Carolina.  The map shows a few of the places we stopped since turning on tracking in…