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Make a lighthouse tour part of your Florida RV trip

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If your RV travel plans include Florida, here's another item for your "bucket list": View each of Florida's 30 historic lighthouses. While the first navigational...

RV stop passing through Vegas

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There are some long stretches of dry country in Nevada, nevertheless, Vegas is one of those spots that you always wind up passing through...

Pendleton Round-Up arena, local history, picnic in the park

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 Pendleton Round-Up arena; Julianne G. Crane   Changes are if you don't have your tickets already for the endleton Round-Up, you are flat out of...

Mitchell, Oregon–Painted Hills Country

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Bridge Creek Cafe. (Julianne G. Crane ). A slow drive through Central Oregon, took us from Redmond along State Hwy 126 to Prineville. Once in...

Operate a real diesel locomotive at this hands-on museum

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The Western Pacific Railroad Museum is located in a former Western Pacific Railroad locomotive servicing facility in Portola, California, in the Sierra mountains about...

Little America: The only motel in America with its own Zip Code

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There isn't a whole lot of civilization between Evanston and Green River, Wyoming, on Interstate 80. One notable exception is Little America, a giant...

Bicycle the ‘Route of the Hiawatha’ trail in Montana, Idaho

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(Updated June 11, 2015) For active breaks from traveling through the Inland Pacific Northwest, there are three must-do bicycle trails -- The Spokane River Centennial...

For Father’s Day, navigate to annual ‘car show and shine’ in Kelowna, British Columbia

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The third weekend in June is always great fun in Kelowna, British Columbia. For the last dozen years, thousands and thousands of people have swarmed...

New campground at Colorado’s Elkhead Reservoir State Park

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Elkhead Reservoir State Park is located in the Yampa Valley in northwestern Colorado. Home to a 900-acre reservoir, this state park provides endless recreational...

Shady Dell where vintage trailers shine

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Julianne G. Crane at Shady Dell. (Jimmy W. Smith) The Shady Dell, in mile-high Bisbee, Ariz., is a place where "midcentury Modernism is alive and...

Hog Island Country Store on Michigan’s UP

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Camper outside Hog Island Country Store. (Julianne Crane). If you're hungry for a traditional 'pasty' while touring through Michigan's Upper Peninsula this camping...

Floyd (Virginia) Country Store = Traditional Appalachian music every Friday night

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Crowds line up early on Friday night. (Floyd Country Store) (Updated Aug. 19, 2015 by Julianne G. Crane) If you find yourself traveling through the...

Mike the Headless Chicken Festival coming next month in Colorado

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Mark your calendars for May 20 and 21 for the Mike the Headless Chicken Festival in Fruita, Colorado. Mike was a chicken who lived for...

Historic Frenchglen Hotel in Oregon

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Lance camper park outside of Frenchglen Hotel Historic Site. Julianne G. Crane Kelly Everhart and John Ross. ( Julianne G. Crane ) The Frenchglen...

Maryhill Museum of Art

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Sam Hill was a dreamer, and also rich. This allowed him to purchase thousands of acres of parched dry land in the east end...

Airstream Ranch – a Florida Roadside Attraction – see it before it disappears in 2017

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Since 2008, travelers along I-4 between Tampa and Plant City in Florida have been getting an eyeful of the "Airstream Ranch," an unusual display...

Batter up for ‘Cactus League Spring Training’ baseball during March in Arizona

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Cactus League Spring Training game.  Julianne G. Crane Where do Snowbird RVers kick back for a few hours on warm March afternoons in Metro Phoenix?...

Learn about the American Revolution at Minute Man National Historic Park

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Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord, Mass., is a great place to learn about the American Revolution including the famous 1775 ride...

Lockhart — Barbecue Capital of Texas

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Kreuz Market German style BBQ in Lockhart (Julianne G. Crane) (Updated: 5/30, 2016)  Texans take their barbecue seriously -- very seriously--especially in Lockhart, a small...

Fallingwater – a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece to see before you die

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Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. (Updated Sept. 6. 2016) "Fallingwater," one of Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpieces, is a perfect place to spend an afternoon at one...

Bishop’s Castle — Quirky RV Short Stop in Colorado

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Bishop's Castle is one man's monumental creative obsession, more than 50 years in the making. Jim Bishop began his solo project in 1969 on land...

BLM Hot Spring – a brief soak or longer stay

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By Julianne G. Crane Hot Spring BLM sign. (Julianne G. Crane) For those traveling to, or from, Quartzsite -- a funky, and oh-so-relaxing, short stop...

Tour America’s Oldest Brewery — D. G. Yuengling & Son in Pottsville, Pa.

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By Julianne G. Crane In 1829, David G. Yuengling, a young German immigrant, pulled his first draft and someone in the family has been brewing...

Crazy like a fox: Did miner Burro Schmidt uncover riches in hand-dug tunnel?

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William Henry Schmidt, born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island in 1871 possessed none of the qualifications to become a high desert prospector, but having a...

See the wild ponies of Virginia’s Grayson Highlands State Park

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Virginia's Grayson Highlands State Park is a popular place to camp, but it's also popular for its wild ponies. They were brought to...

Mission San Xavier del Bac

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If you are a history buff, you know that in the west, unlike along the eastern seaboard or New England, you don’t see many...

Transport yourself to Vulcan–Alberta, that is.

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Seems like many RVers are likewise Star Trek fans. Now here's a place that's off the beaten path, and out of this world.The good...

McTrain Car? McDonalds at Barstow is truly an original

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You've seen one McDonalds, you've seen them all? Evidently there is at least one Mc-Restaurant that breaks the typical mold: Barstow, California off the...

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Ready to Roll

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With its antique steam engines stoked, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad kicks off a season-long celebration of train rides and special events on...

Connecticut’s RV-Friendly Welcome Centers

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As an RV-friendly welcome to the state of Connecticut, the Department of Transportation has extended the welcome mat to self-contained RVers. Visitors to the...

Lake Erie Prehistoric Forest & Mystery Hill

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If you fondly remember when family entertainment was simpler, the days before CGI sci-fi movies like Avatar and expensive video games that mesmerize the...

Pioche: The true Wild West

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The law in remote Pioche, southeastern Nevada's richest mining town in the 1870s, was often determined by the fastest gun. The nearest population...

Look up, it’s the world’s tallest thermometer

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The number One Hundred And Thirty Four carries weighty significance to travelers passing through Baker, California, even though they may not know it. Add...

South of the border fun unlimited: Puerto Penasco

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It may be Margaritaville to the college set, but it is also a winter escape for snowbirds, a dose of salt and sea air,...

Discover the ancient puebloans at the Lost City Museum

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Long before Howard Hughes and Bugsy Siegel, before sevens were rolled out on felt covered tables, Native Nevadans were casting dice of bones onto...

Beauvoir: At home with Jefferson Davis

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Serving as both Mississippi Senator and Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce, Jefferson Davis staunchly supported slavery and states rights, though he opposed...

See a giant mammoth in Waco, Texas

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Point that RV of yours toward the just opened Waco Mammoth Site in Waco, Texas, where you can see a giant Colombian Mammoth from...

Visit the World’s Shortest River in Oregon

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Maybe you seek a claim to fame -- something you can brag about at all those cocktail parties you attend. A good claim to...

Cabela’s fantasy outdoors stores

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As you cross the limitless plains of the American midwest and find yourself drifting off into dreams of challenging exploits, tracking grizzlies through the...

Vinyard hopping near Jerome, Arizona

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This time of year, as more RVs flock to the warmer climates, some wonder, "What's to do?" If you're a vino fancier, the red...

Ash Springs: A little known Nevada desert hot spring

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We were boondocking at Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge, about 15 miles to the south of Ash Springs, which we knew had a natural hot...

Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

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Overshadowed by its neighbors, upscale Palm Springs to the south and Joshua Tree National Park to the north east, Big Morongo Canyon Preserve is...

Nook Farm: Home of 19th century liberal thinkers

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Women's rights and the abolitionist movement, controversial and emotional subjects in the Victorian nineteenth century, sparked lively discussions at Nook Farm, an exclusive enclave...

Out of the way places: Lee’s Ferry Campground, Arizona

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Legend has it that when one of the wives of a Mormon settler came west to this spot on the Colorado River, she declared,...

Rest stop at the end of the long Interstate 70 to Colorado

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There's a long, pretty stretch of highway that many RVers find themselves on. It runs from Nevada, across Utah, and on into Colorado. But...

Powerful waterfalls showcased at newest national park

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Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park on the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey is America's newest national park. It features the second-most-powerful waterfall...

Bryce Canyon Hoodoos Never Fail to Intrigue

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To the Piaute, they were the "Legend People." Ages ago, men and women who acted offensively were punished for their misdeeds by being turned...

Arizona’s Kartchner Caverns a Great Summer Cool Spot

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Traveling through the Arizona hot country? It's seemingly endless desert landscape can tire the patience of even the most sainted RVer. Will this hot...

Utah rock shop housed in big ‘rock’ is good stop

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Mickey Davis and her husband Don operate The Rock Shop in Orderville, Utah., along lonely U.S. 89 east of Zion National Park.The shop attracts...

The friendly, hungry, ugly carp of Lake Mohave, Arizona

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A short drive from Oatman, Ariz., and Laughlin, Nevada is the Lake Mohave resort of Katherine Landing. Visitors, including those who stay at the...
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