Logwood Farms

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Cross Country Trip 2008

We "planned" our trip for the last five years but, there was no plan. Our method of travel was a general direction with zero specifics. As a result, we stayed in some "Motel 6" campgrounds as well as some "Five Star" campgrounds. We got stuck a few times and even spent some nights in a WalMart parking lot. The places we've seen, the people we've met, and the fun times we've had gave us GREAT memories of our 13,282 mile, two month journey across our beautiful country. We'll always remember trying to outrun the remnants of Gustav, "learning" the ins and outs of setting up and breaking down camp (we must have been very entertaining to other campers the first few weeks), eating dinner out of a garbage pail lid, Yargo the "unhappy camper", the beginnings of Pony Express, Roseman covered bridge, Dick disrupting cable service at a Wyoming campground, Custer's Last Stand, Georgia beating South Carolina, doing laundry, the Four Presidents, three days of no phone service, no Internet, no TV in Yellowstone National Park, geysers, mud pools, buffalo, elk, mountain goats, Dick's experiment on the Continental Divide, the edge of Logan Pass, Georgia beating Arizona, Yargo riding the ferry, fight over $20 in quarters to do more laundry, beautiful Vancouver Island, amazing beauty of Butchart Gardens, Neil Diamond concert, forests on the Olympic Peninsula, sand dunes and seals on the Oregon coast, elitist Oregonians, Pearson candy bars, reports of no gas in Atlanta, Georgia having "their ____ handed to them" by Alabama, $4.39/gallon for gas, walking across the Golden Gate bridge, same China town restaurant 30 years later for Dick, dinner with Sarah, Yargo starting to like camping, Sonora Pass at 9600 ft in the snow and pitch black dark, Estie, Estie, Estie, rainbows on Lake Tahoe, steaks, park ranger escort through tunnels, HooDoos, getting sick from drinking water in Arizona, finally getting it that petrified trees really are like ceramic, listening to Rush when we were on the move, dead battery, blowing all over the road in northern Arizona, Georgia beating Tennessee, Sudoku puzzles, great food in Santa Fe, Bonny's ranch, Yargo being chased by horses, Texas BBQ for dinner SEVEN days in a row, adding states to our camper sticker map, German food, $2.21/gallon for gas, Georgia beating Vanderbilt, Purple Pig, Yargo finally having fun swimming in the lake, Happy Hour at Betty's RV Park with homemade gumbo and great political debates with the other RVers, no campground bathrooms means having to use the camper toilet and shower..., eating Cajun food until we were going to bust, Live Oak trees, Georgia beating LSU, beauty of Santa Rosa beach, seeing the "Welcome to Georgia" sign on our return, visiting Gerald in Thomasville, and of course, our arrival back to our log house. It was bitter sweet returning - great to be home but already missing our fun adventures. Time to start planning our next trip. We are DEFINITELY doing this again!


Cross Country Route Map 2008

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Yargo

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