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Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area Wetland Enhancement near Reedsport, Ore.

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Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area. (Julianne G. Crane) Jimmy and I are lucky enough to spend many months each year in Oregon State.  Our very...

Harmony Inn in Pennsylvania is said to provide a haunting historic experience

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Harmony Inn, Harmony, Pa. (Julianne G. Crane) Located in rolling hills of western Pennsylvania, the historic Harmony Inn entices visitors with 30-some craft brews and...

Stop by McJerry’s Route 66 Gallery in Chandler, Oklahoma

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Jerry McClanahan, author and artist. Anything that combines seeing America, RVing and art, I love, love, love. That's what 'EZ66 Guide for Travelers' by Jerry McClanahan...

Arizona’s Kartchner Caverns’ Star Party

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Kartchner Caverns State Park near Benson, Arizona, is one amazing adventure -- below and above ground. For solar viewing during the day and "celestial amazement...

Basque Museum … Boise, Idaho

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Basque Center in Boise, Idaho. Basque Museum & Cultural Center is the only museum in the United States dedicated to preserve, promote, and perpetuate Basque...

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum

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  New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. (NMFRHM) If you are a history buff and traveling along the I-10 east-west route between...

A visit to Annie Oakley’s grave

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Old West sharpshooter Annie Oakley was born just north of Greenville, Ohio, and lived her final days there. She's buried alongside her husband Frank...

Free things to do around Perry, Georgia

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Old Downtown in Perry, Georgia (City of Perry, Georgia) The Family Motor Coach Association returns to Perry, Georgia, March 15 -18 for the group’s 97th...

Lucy the Margate Elephant lives on

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Lucy The Elephant and Lucy's Beach Grille from the Atlantic Ocean (LucyTheElephant.org) (This item was first posted in April 2011.  It was updated Jan. 31,...

Historic Savannah is a Snowbird’s perfect RV Short Stop

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Historic Savannah, Georgia's First City, is (almost) a year-round RV destination because of its culture, amazing architecture and ghosts. And, in between the often unpredictable...

Plains, Ga: Pres. Jimmy Carter’s hometown; plus Americus, Koinonia Farm

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Downtown Plains, Georgia "Located in Southwest Georgia among the pine trees, peanut fields, magnolias, and gnats is Plains, Ga," hometown of James Earl "Jimmy" Carter,...

Fort Davis National Historic Site and the Davis Mountains State Park Campground

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Fort Davis National Historic Site's Officers Row in southwest Texas. (NPS.gov) One of the biggest surprises to this snowbird was the Davis Mountains in Southwest...

Fun, low-cost winter activities for RV Snowbirds in Tucson area

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Warm days, magnificent sunsets and free natural beauty surrounding Tucson, Arizona. There are also numerous fun and low-cost Tucson activities entice tens of thousands...

Afternoon Cream Tea in Florence, Oregon

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Lovejoy's Restaurant & Tearoom, Florence, Ore. (Julianne G. Crane) Recently Jimmy and I were attending an RV Rally in Florence, Oregon, with longtime RV friends...

Ketchikan offers history, shopping, kayaking all within easy reach of Alaska Ferry dock.

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Ketchikan, Alaska, harbor. (Julianne G. Crane) Ketchikan, the southeastern most city in Alaska, is located in the midst of "the Tongass National Forest, a 17-million...

Stroll Sitka, Alaska, “Paris of the Pacific”

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Sitka Sound from Castle Hill. (Julianne G. Crane) Sitka, Alaska, is a beautiful quaint small seaside city. Like most southeast Alaska communities, part of its...

Let National Geographic lead you to 125 wacky attractions

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By Julianne G. Crane It is not always just the national parks that are remembered at the end of a long family RV trip. Often...

An afternoon in historic downtown Juneau

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It's getting toward the end of the RV travel season in Alaska; however, many visitors still crowd the streets of Juneau's historic district. (RVers...

Cottage Grove historic district’s public murals near I-5 in western Oregon

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'Buster Keaton' mural (Howard Tharpe, 2002) in Cottage Grove's Historic District. Large-scale public paintings are "the people's art works." Everyday ordinary traveling families don't...

RV through the parks that built America

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As exploring becomes possible, point your RV's GPS towards some of America's lesser-known national parks, national monuments and other sites that tell a story...

LeMay – America’s Car Museum in Tacoma

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The popular 1966 Mustang at the LeMay America's Car Museum in Tacoma, Wa. LeMay America's Car Museum (ACM), is a sprawling four-story, 165,000 sq.-ft. facility...

Need a break on I-40, pull off when you see the ‘World’s Largest Spinach Can’

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I-40 is an incredible interstate ... it cuts through the south-central portion of the United States and is the fastest route from the...

Bluegrass, VW buses head for Chantilly Farm in Blue Ridge Mountains near Floyd, Virginia

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Chantilly Farm's performance stage near Floyd, Va. (Chantilly Farm) Whenever traveling through the Blue Ridge Mountain area, Floyd, Virginia, is at the top of our...

Summer festivals in Oxford County, Ontario

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For RVers making their way to Canada's Maritime Provinces this summer, consider going through Oxford County in the southwest section of Ontario. It is...

National Parks’ ‘free entrance days’ offer hundreds of family RV Short Stops

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National Park Week weekend April 22–23 is the perfect time for a family outing to one of the National Parks and Monuments to take advantage...

Video and article: RVing beautiful Iceland

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By Chuck Woodbury EDITOR, RVTRAVEL.COM What a surprise this country is to anyone who visits. I visited six years ago. I don't think anything has changed...

Animal Adventure Park – Home to ‘April the Giraffe’ & others

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By Julianne G. Crane 'April the Giraffe' and her new born calf, Tajiri, are huge YouTube stars. April and her suitor, Oliver,  captured the hearts, imaginations...

What don’t you know about the Grand Canyon?

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Courtesy of U.S. Department of the Interior For more than a century, tourists from all over the world have visited the Grand Canyon to experience...

RVing the Oregon coast is a delight

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By Chuck Woodbury EDITOR The Oregon coast is one of the most beautiful places in America and easy to explore with an RV. The pavement is...

USS Lexington, Corpus Christi, Texas

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RVer Jimmy Smith walks the beach by USS Lexington  (Julianne G. Crane) The USS Lexington aircraft carrier rests majestically next to the North Beach of...

Brazos Bend State Park’s gators, trails

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Brazos Bend State Park is less than an hour from downtown Houston and is one of America's top state parks, according to National Geographic...

Lutes Casino in Historic Downtown Yuma

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If you want to gamble, this is not THAT kind of Casino. Lutes Casino Restaurant is a fun historic destination in Old Town Yuma...

Meandering through Napa Valley

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Miles of vineyards along Hwy 128/29 in Napa Valley (Julianne G. Crane) If you occasionally prefer the slow lane, rather than speeding along on the...

Wildlife Safari near I-5 in southern Oregon year-round family RV Short Stop

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Cars meander through the 600-acres of the Wildlife Safari (Julianne G. Crane) I'm not a big fan of zoos.  In a perfect world all living...

Battery Point Light – Crescent City, Calif.

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Battery Point Light, (LighthouseFriends.com) The Battery Point Light may not be the most dramatic or breath-taking lighthouse on the Pacific Northwest coast; it is, however,...

Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash’s Hideaway Farm, open to public in Tennessee

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The Man in Black's Hideaway Farm in Bon Aqua, Tenn. (Storytellers Museum)  Country legend Johnny Cash once called his 107-acre farm in Bon Aqua, Tenn.,...

Charleston, Ore. – a working fishing village

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Charleston Marina is the heart of "a working fishing village."  (Julianne G. Crane) Summer is the perfect time to explore small fishing communities along Oregon's...

Cape Arago Light near Coos Bay, Oregon

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Cape Arago Light from viewpoint on Sunset Bay State Park trail. (Julianne G. Crane) Cape Arago Light is perched on a small three-acre island a...

Shore Acres State Park blooms year round

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Aerial view of Shore Acres State Park. (Oregon State Parks) Shore Acres State Park is a jewel in the crown of the Oregon State Park...

A visit to George Washington, home of largest cherry pie

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By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com George is a little town in Washington. The proper way to write its name would be George, Washington. But some people...

Look below the surface to find “travel jewels”

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By Greg Illes Trekking across the featureless desert south of Death Valley, traveling dancer/artist Marta Becket got a flat tire. The year was 1967, and...

Susanville in northeast California celebrates its ranching, logging traditions; good ale

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Downtown Susanville, Calif. (City of Susanville website) Many RVers travel along US 395 on their way to and from Arizona and the Pacific Northwest or...

Pioneer photographer Evelyn J. Cameron, one of immigrant ‘women brave enough, sturdy enough’ to live on Montana’s frontier

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Photographer Evelyn J. Cameron with wolf pup. (Montana Historical Society)  Evelyn Jephson Cameron was among the thousands of women who immigrated from Europe in the...

New National Monuments — see the largest, Mojave Trails

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Of the three newly created national monuments, the largest is the Mojave Trails National Monument. Chances are you may have already driven through part...

New national monuments — here’s the scoop on the first of three — Castle Mountains

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Castle Mountains, David Lamfrom, wikimedia.org For some folks, their first knowledge of Devils Tower was the ancient sci-fi film Close Encounters of the Third Kind....

Sedona: awesome views, special places

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Sedona, Arizona, is Red Rock Country (Source: VisitSedona.com)  There is a special uniqueness about Sedona. It’s partly the natural beauty in this Red Rock...

‘Nellie E Saloon’ – aka the Desert Bar – near Parker, Ariz., worth a side trip

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The ' Nellie E Saloon' (aka Desert Bar) is five miles down a windy, rocky and dusty dirt road and definitely worth the bumpy...

Lake Havasu City, Arizona, offers RV snowbirds free sun, low cost fun

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When you're finished boondocking and shopping at Quartzsite and are looking for the next stop on your Snowbird circuit, check out Lake Havasu City...

Celebrate ‘History in Lights’ during holidays in Goliad, Texas

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Goliad Mission Espiritu Santo (Julianne G. Crane) Mission Espiritu Santo in Goliad State Park, sits on prime grasslands along the San Antonio River in the South Texas Plains. RVer Jimmy...

Whooping Cranes and The Big Tree on Texas Gulf Coast

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By Julianne G. Crane While I have seen "bigger" trees, this Coastal Live Oak is pretty darn impressive. It is estimated to be more than...
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