On January 17, 2023 we left Central Florida and began another 10 months of travel across the United States.
During the course of those 10 months (and November and December of 2023 back in Central Florida) we spent at last one night (our criteria for counting it as a state visit) in the following 29 states (8 more than 2022. An * indicates our first time camping in that state):
Florida
Mississippi
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois*
Iowa*
South Dakota*
Wyoming
Montana
Washington State
North Dakota*
Minnesota*
Wisconsin*
Indiana
Ohio
New York*
Vermont*
New Hampshire*
Maine*
Massachusetts*
Connecticut*
New Jersey*
Pennsylvania*
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
In addition, we camped at the following during 2023:
National Parks/National Forest – 4
State parks – 23
Corps of Engineers parks – 16
RV resorts – 4
City/County parks – 4
Bureau of Land Management – 1
As well as various Cracker Barrel and shopping center parking lots, rest stops and Harvest Host businesses.
We put approximately 29,000 miles on Voyager and spent more money on gas than I want to think about, lol.
We saw such great sites as:
Natchez Trace
Camped on a Texas Beach
Reddy Vineyards
Visited with friends in Santa Fe, NM
Billy The Kid’s Gravesite
Annual Superman Celebration
Graham Caves
Custer State Park
Moose in our campsite in Wyoming
Visited with Cindy’s son, his wife, and our two youngest grandchildren
A Little Slice of Heaven at Exit 307
Visited with Cindy’s cousins in Minnesota
Paul Bunyan Statue
Cady Cheese Factory
Visited with friends in Buffalo New York
Niagara Falls
Visited with our friend in Albany New York
Star Trek Original Series Set Tour
Vermont Maple Syrup Factory
Visited friend in Vermont
Various New Hampshire Waterfalls and Covered Bridges
New Hampshire Moose Expedition
Fall Leaves Changing in Northeast
Stephen King’s House
Stayed at Northeastern-most Campground in U.S.
Campobello Island and Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Visited Bar Harbor, Maine
Salem Witch Trials
Freedom Trail in Boston
Cheers in Boston
Hopewell Furnace in Pennsylvania
Visited with friends in Virginia
Shenandoah Heritage Market
Green Valley Book Fair
Mount Pisgah, NC
Visited a friend in Maggie Valley
And many more attractions, activities and fun pastimes.
We have another year of travel ahead of us where we’ll be re-visiting some places we’ve already been, seeing some new places, and getting to see friends we haven’t had a chance to visit with in several years. We hope you’ll follow along with us in 2024!