sdianel wrote: We like history, museums, Native American, factories (Corvette Factory in Bowling Green KY & Boeing in WA, etc), scenic drives, bridges, waterfalls, caves, mountain tops, locks and dams, and weird things.
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sdianel wrote: We like history, museums, Native American, factories (Corvette Factory in Bowling Green KY & Boeing in WA, etc), scenic drives, bridges, waterfalls, caves, mountain tops, locks and dams, and weird things.
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Hey you guys - have you seen the Croton River Dam??? Built in 1896 - to create a reservoir for NYC.
And a view from the top looking towards the Hudson River:
We are still working (7 more years until retirement!), so many of our trips are scheduled over long holiday weekends and during the summer. We are amusement park freaks so our camping trips usually revolve around that. We also have a DD who's a college student in NC, so some of our trips involve dropping her off in August and going down to visit her over Easter weekend. Our DS is starting to look at colleges now (first visit is NC State in a week or so), so our camping trips will be revolving around that for the next two years (he's a sophomore in high school but there are 7 colleges he wants to look at and they're all over the place!)
We Rv for a variety of reasons ranging from going to Events (Calgary Stampede, family weddings, concerts) to visiting friends and just getting away from home and relaxing.
We do plan some trips around eating, especially Herbies Drive In in Cache Creek BC. Gotta stop and have the fried chicken and a quencher.
We all love to swim and fish, so being near water is important to us.
We both work long hours some weekends all we want to do is pull into a Provincial Park, buy some wood, start the fire and sit and relax.
We do not usually over plan, just have lots of time to relax and go with the flow.
Definitely prefer secondary highways, unless it is a long haul to the destination in which case we will spend some time on major highways to make good time.
Hope in 3-4 years to travel across Canada, then head down to NH to visit family.
DutchmenSport wrote: We purchased a book some time ago called "Weird Indiana". There's an entire series of these books, "Weird Ohio," "Weird Kentucky" ... quite a few states. They do have some really oddities in them, strange, bizarre, unexplained, mysterious, historical things in them about different "things" in the state. We're starting to collect these books and as we travel, try to find these different places. Some are very easy to locate (like the pink gigantic elephant on Pendleton Pike - Highway 67 in Indianapolis, or the Indianapolis Masonic Lodge 666), others are harder to find, like the house of blue lights, which since has been demolished. Still, when traveling, we are making it a habit to try to find these things along the journey. It's amazing how many "weird" things are located right near home too I had no clue even existed, and some that are considered "weird" that I grew up with that I thought were just a part of life! Little did I realize they are considered "weird."
Look for the book for your state. Sold in most book stores or on-line. Just do an Internet Search "Weird Ohio" or "Weird Indiana" and you'll find it!
Hey Dutchman, just curious, I wasn't listed in that weird Indiana somewhere was I???
We try to search out good hiking trails or bike trails for our camping destinations.
What we want to do once I retire (1.5 years, but who's counting), we want to visit historic sites and places (Alamo), museums (Museum of the Pacific War), places of natural beauty (Death Valley/Yosemite), any other sites that peak our interest while traveling.
Currently, we RV at college football games. RV's make great places to tailgate all weekend. Over exuberant celebrating after a big win, or drowings one's sorrows after a heartbreaking loss, no worries. You are not on the road until after sleeping all night and then getting on the road.
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I will echo what theoakman said I also geocache while traveling in fact that is the only time I geocache anymore I now have 31 states trying for all 50 of course but I might stop at 49 because we do not have any plans to go back to Hawaii. Most rest stops have a cache in them which is good because it allows you to get out and stretch your legs some, unfortunately most federal parks will not allow them.
A few years back we were looking for things to do while we travel. Saw an article about geocaching so went to their website "geocaching.com" and we have been hooked ever since.
Most geocaches are some type of weatherproof container with a logbook and often some trinkets for trading. Some are large, some are small, some are very small, and some are virtual. You can get the co-ordinates where they are located on geocaching.com, then with a handheld GPS or a smart phone with GPS capability or even an automotive type GPS unit you can go out and look for those that seem interesting to you. Some are easy to find, and some are very cleverly hidden.
They are all hidden by local people and are usually in places the average tourist will never get to. When you find a cache you can sign the log book, then post a brief note about your find for each cache on the website. The site will keep track of how many caches you find.
Caches are rated by size, by how difficult they are to find, and how difficult the terrain is where they are located. The most difficult ones to find may be on a mountain top, underwater so you will need a boat and/or scuba gear, or they may be in a tree you would have to climb......or an easy one can be in someone's mailbox.
If you are looking for a virtual cache or an Earthcache you will go to a specific location, gather some information and send an answer(s) to the cache owner.
There are well over a million caches hidden world wide, and it is difficult to find an area where someone has not placed a cache within a few feet or a few miles of where you are.
We have been caching since 2007 and now usually only cache while we are out in the RV. We have logged over 2000 "finds". An acquaintance in Texas has found over 30,000.....so you can spend as much or as little time hunting as you wish.
Cya l8r,
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