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| Summer 2004 - On the Road Around N.America |
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| In April 2004 we hauled the boat in San Carlos, Sonora,
Mexico for the summer hurricane season and took to our car for a long tour
of North America. Our intention was to visit family, friends, and as
many National Parks and Monuments as we could. We headed north into
Arizona and spent a couple of weeks visiting puebloan cultural sites
before zooming north to Juneau. [Gallery
14] After three weeks in Juneau we
headed north to Skagway and then down the Alcan Highway and on to Calgary. [Gallery
15] From there we headed to Spokane, WA and then on to Glacier National Park, Great Falls, Bozeman, and then
Livingston, Montana.
After a break in Livingston we headed across Montana and Wyoming. [Gallery
16] From there we headed east into South Dakota for visits to the
Black Hills and Laura Ingalls Wilder Country. Onward then to the
Apostle Islands of Lake Superior, Green Bay, and Madison Wisconsin before
heading south through Chicago. From Chicago we headed due south to
Nashville and relatives. [Gallery
17] From Nashville we headed to Ohio and Michigan for visits to
family and friends. From there we headed into Virginia for a visit
to the Blue Ridge and friends, then on to Baltimore, Hyde Park, NY, and
finally Lexington (just outside of Boston for a visit with Chris' mother. [Gallery 18]
During our month staying in Lexington we made four trips around the New
England area. Chris made two hiking trips and we made a trip to
Maine to visit Heather's uncle and another to Stowe, Vermont for an
agility trial. [Gallery 19]
Leaving New England we headed down the east coast shoreline until we were
forced to detour inland to avoid tropical storm Gaston. We made it
to Heather's relatives in Florida just in time for the arrival of
hurricane Frances. [Gallery 20]
After dodging Hurricane Ivan too, we headed back for the Pacific Northwest
on a long diagonal across the country with stops in Atlanta, St. Louis,
and Kansas City. We carried on across the plains with stop at Scottsbluff
and Craters of the Moon NM before pulling into Seattle. [Gallery
21] From Seattle we headed for the Oregon coast for the
Portuguese Water Dog National Specialty for a week. We left the coast and
headed for Crater Lake National Park and Lassan Volcanic National Park and
a stop for the night at South Lake Tahoe. From there a "drive-by" of
Yosemite and on down to San Diego. From San Diego we headed for Phoenix
for an agility trial and then back to the boat in San Carlos, Sonora,
Mexico. [Gallery
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highlight traces our route. The links take you to the gallery of detailed
maps and photos for that section. Some statistics from our trip: Days away from the boat: 197 Nights in hotels: 51 (25.9%) Nights camping: 54 (27.4%) Nights with family, friends, or other: 85 (43.1%) Nights in Montana cabin: 7 (3.6%) States visited: 41 Canadian Provinces visited: 4 National Parks visited: 12 National Monuments, Historical Sites, etc.: 44 Dogs competed in 10 trails Water trails: 2 Agility trials: 5 Rally trials: 3 Mileage covered: approx. 25,000 miles |
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| Updated 11/14/2006 |
