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I wrote a hiking blog from 2012 to 2015 when we were avid day hikers. We ventured all over the place exploring hiking trails and I would log and write about our hikes. In January, 2016 I broke my left leg in 3 places and was down for the count the entire summer of 2016. I struggled through 2017 and 2018 and was not able to hike on the rough terrain. 2019 came along and our granddaughter was diagnosed with leukemia and then I fell and tore my right knee and had to have surgery to fix it – torn medial meniscus, torn lateral meniscus, torn MCL and torn ACL. When I get hurt I do it right.
Surgery left my right leg numb from the knee down to the ankle. I believe my avid hiking days are over. Fast forward to April 2020 and I broke my right foot and big toe. I am walking decent today, but will probably always have a limp. I am determined to not let it get me down. I am working my way back up to hiking trails again.
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HIKING BLOG – Just in case you want a blast from the past.
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CAMPING BLOG
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AMERICAN SIGHTSEEING BLOG – Living Fulltime in an RV
America is Beautiful
The RV
Just the Basics
Day One and Two – Ohio to Missouri
Having a Plan?
The Olympic Peninsula & Olympic National Park – State of Washington
Olympic National Park – Day 2
Port of Allyn – Allyn Waterfront Park
Rich and I have done a lot of traveling in our lives. I wish I would have always written about each adventure, but sometimes life just gets too busy. We began full time RVing in April 2022, but I didn’t start writing about it regularly until December 2022. That’s when I started blogging regularly on Medium. Following is a list of the travel articles I have written on Medium.
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December 26, 2022 – Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins
December 26, 2022 – The Chassahowitzka Salt Marsh Trails in Florida
December 29, 2022 – Visiting Manatee Springs State Park in Florida
December 29, 2022 – Must See Fort Fanning Historical Park
December 29, 2022 – Visiting Fanning Springs State Park in Florida
January 4, 2023 – Visiting the USS Lexington WWII Aircraft Carrier
January 4, 2023 – Collecting Shells at Indian Point Park and Pier
January 6, 2023 – Visiting Padre Island National Seashore
January 6, 2023 – Visiting Mustang Island State Park
January 6, 2023 – Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture
January 7, 2023 – Visiting the Don Pedrito Jaramillo Shrine
January 8, 2023 – South to Palo Alto Battlefield
January 8, 2023 – Drifts on South Padre Island
January 8, 2023 – Visiting Port Isabel Lighthouse
January 9, 2023 – We Went Parking Today!
January 11, 2023 – The Last Land Battle of the Civil War
January 11, 2023 – What is STARBASE?
January 11, 2023 – I Think We Drove Too Far South
January 13, 2023 – Exploring the Not So Famous Beaches of Central Florida
January 13, 2023 – Another Tragic End to a Beautiful Life
January 14, 2023 – The Hans & Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge
January 15, 2023 – The Killer Bee Capital of the World
January 16, 2023 – Visiting the Old Hidalgo Pumphouse Nature Park
January 18, 2023 – A Trek to La Sal del Rey
January 18, 2023 – The Wildlife of Kings
January 18, 2023 – A Memorial Garden
January 19, 2023 – The Chachalaca Trail
January 19, 2023 – Visiting Port Mansfield, Texas
January 20, 2023 – Living on Baffin Bay
January 22, 2023 – The Largest Rattlesnake in the World
January 22, 2023 – The Ruins of Casa Blanca
January 27, 2023 – Abandoned and Left to Rot
January 27, 2023 – Estero Llano Grande State Park
January 28, 2023 – Crossing the Border
January 31, 2023 – A Testy Traveling Day
February 1, 2023 – We Found Judge Roy Bean’s Grave
February 2, 2023 – Traveling Day #2
February 3, 2023 – Amistad National Recreation Area in Del Rio, Texas
February 3, 2023 – Seminole Canyon Texas State Historic Park
February 3, 2023- Black Gap Wildlife Management Area
February 3, 2023 – The Pink Brinkley Mansion
February 4, 2023 – Who Was Nina Seawell Hannold
February 4, 2023 – The Fossil Discovery Exhibit at Big Bend National Park
February 4, 2023 – Panther Junction Visitor Center
February 4, 2023 – A Big Dark Sky at Big Bend
February 6, 2023 – Hiking the Trail to the Famous Healing Hot Springs of Big Bend
February 7, 2023 – The Ghost Towns of Big Bend
February 7, 2023 – Fort Leaton State Historic Site
February 7, 2023 – Visiting the Contrabando Movie Set Site
February 8, 2023 – The Many Terrains of Big Bend National Park
February 8, 2023 – Driving the Texas Mountain Trail
February 11, 2023 – Exploring Five Types of Mountains
February 12, 2023 – Visiting Niagara Falls State Park
February 13, 2023 – Visiting Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty
February 14, 2023 – New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
February 15, 2023 – Welcome to Alpine, Texas
February 15, 2023 – Visiting the Historic Town of Fort Stockton, Texas
February 16, 2023 – Hiking 3 Short Trails
February 16, 2023 – Abandoned Automobiles at Big Bend
February 17, 2023 – Visiting Fort Pulaski National Monument and Cockspur Island Lighthouse
February 17, 2023 – Visiting the Gateway Arch National Park
February 19, 2023 – Living on the Lake of the Ozarks
February 21, 2023 – Trekking Up the Stairs of Watkins Glen State Park
February 23, 2023 – A Day at Fort Davis and Davis Mountain State Park
February 28, 2023 – Seeing Some of the World’s Largest Things
March 1, 2023 – What a Dirty, Ugly, Trashy Road
March 4, 2023 – Touring the Living Desert Zoo & Gardens State Park
March 5, 2023 – Sitting Bull Falls Recreation Area
March 5, 2023 – Carlsbad Caverns National Park
March 7, 2023 – Exploring the Caverns of Carlsbad
March 8, 2023 – Abandoned Apache Canyon Trading Post
March 8, 2023 – Rattlesnake Springs
March 10, 2023 – Guadalupe Mountains National Park
March 10, 2023 – Visiting the Bataan Recreation Area & Veterans Memorial Park
March 11, 2023 – Getting Lost in the Backcountry Desert of the Guadalupe Mountains
March 14, 2023 – The Largest Piistachio in the World
March 14, 2023 – Visiting White Sands National Park
March 17, 2023 – Top 10 Places to See When Visiting Carlsbad, New Mexico
March 21, 2023 – Driving the Pacific Coast Scenic Byway
March 21, 2023 – Washington to Ohio – Travel Diary Day 1
March 22, 2023 – Washington to Ohio – Travel Diary Day 2
March 25, 2023 – Washington to Ohio – Travel Diary Day 3
March 27, 2023 – Washington to Ohio – Travel Diary Day 4
March 27, 2023 – The Tallest Waterfall in Oklahoma
March 27, 2023 – A Cement Igloo & a Magnetic Hill
March 28, 2023 – Washington to Ohio – Travel Diary Day 5
March 29, 2023 – Washington to Ohio – Travel Diary Day 6 and 7 and Home
March 29, 2023 – Chickasaw National Recreation Area Day 1
March 29, 2023 – Chickasaw National Recreation Area Day 2
April 1, 2023 – Home Sweet Home
April 7, 2023 – Exploring Van Wert, Ohio
This blog is a work in progress as we travel across the United States in our RV, so stay tuned and come back often. I may not have the time to write about every single place we visit, but I will try. Be sure to refresh the page regularly so the new updates come through.
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