Here’s the rundown of the summer 2025 excursion; we traveled through twenty-one of the of the forty-eight contiguous states and camped in all but four of them (Illinois, Maryland, Tennessee, Texas). We enjoyed much scenery, local culture, oddities, skyscapes and other interesting landmarks. The map below shows the states in which we traveled and/or camped.
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We won’t get into all of the details about the numerous places visited and all that, but will summarize by saying that we visited the resting places of several ancestors and visited the birthplaces of some of them and their ancestors. We were gratified to enjoy the changes in climate, vegetation, livestock and other interesting flora and fauna along the way.
Here’s the specific itinerary of each leg of the trip; not mentioned is the duration of each stop, but you will get the idea of the magnitude of our travels on this trip. We left home on July 8th and returned on August 12th, a total of five weeks.
- Wickenburg to Monument Valley, Utah
- Monument Valley to Grand Junction, Colorado
- Grand Junction to Cañon City, Colorado
- Cañon City to Limon, Colorado
- Limon to WaKeeney, Kansas
- WaKeeney to Lawrence, Kansas
- Lawrence to Poplar Bluff, Missouri
- Poplar Bluff to Paducah, Kentucky
- Paducah to Salt Lick, Kentucky
- Salt Lick to Sutton, West Virginia
- Sutton to Morgantown, West Virginia
- Morgantown to Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
- Shenandoah Valley to Greensboro, North Carolina
- Greensboro to Wilmington, North Carolina
- Wilmington to Charleston, South Carolina
- Charleston to Kingsland, Georgia
- Kingsland to Tallahassee, Florida
- Tallahassee to Montgomery, Alabama
- Montgomery to Starkville, Mississippi
- Starkville to West Memphis, Arkansas
- West Memphis to Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas
- Horseshoe Bend to Eureka Springs, Arkansas
- Eureka Springs to Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma
- Lake Eufaula, to Elk City, Oklahoma
- Elk City to Tucumcari, New Mexico
- Tucumcari to Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Albuquerque to Holbrook, Arizona
- Holbrook to Wickenburg, Arizona
Even though we have most of the comforts of home in our motorhome, there is something to be said about being at home and enjoying the good retirement life without the chores of setting up and tearing down while on the road and the sometimes tedious driving between campsites in the various weather conditions. It’s good to be home.