Pictures From The Front Seat

[CWtheMan]

Just thought I’d start this and see where it goes. Those of us that do or have traveled full time with our RVs, have taken hundreds/thousands of pictures while meandering along the highways and byways of our vast USA.

I’m going to kick this off with a picture of the Penobscot River in my home state, just north of its entrance into the Atlantic Ocean. We were traveling north on US1 near Bucksport, Maine.

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[Cbrez]

Sunset over the Myakka River at Ramblers Rest Resort, Venice, FL

[Tbos]

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[GlampingHippie]

Does this count?

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[CWtheMan]

Does this count?

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That's what we're looking for.

[CWtheMan]

Traveling west on scenic NH highway 112.

https://www.keystoneforums.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1159&pictureid=6856

[notanlines]

Glamping, I have to ask, does the dogs head bob up and down as you drive along? ��

[CWtheMan]

Glamping, I have to ask, does the dogs head bob up and down as you drive along? ��

The one on my granddaughter's car dashboard does.

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[Northofu1]

Sitting in the truck, enjoying my coffee waiting for Serena to take off on a day trip. This is in Cheticamp, Nova Scotia Cabot Trail 2018

[SummitPond]

Along US-6 by the Cape Cod National Seashore near Eastham, MA

[Canonman]

Needles Eye Tunnel, 8ft 4 inches wide. Custer State Park, SD. South Dakota Hwy #87. Traffic travels in both directions, just not at the same time:facepalm:

[77cruiser]

Here's a few.

[GlampingHippie]

Glamping, I have to ask, does the dogs head bob up and down as you drive along? ��


That's why I had to pull over, I looked in the mirror and saw her & ended up laughing so much I was crying.:lol:

[GlampingHippie]

Needles Eye Tunnel, 8ft 4 inches wide. Custer State Park, SD. South Dakota Hwy #87. Traffic travels in both directions, just not at the same time:facepalm:


Awesome picture!

[JGEORGE]

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Horseshoe Bend Lake McClure, CA

[GaryUT]

San Rafael Swell, Flaming Gorge dam, Sunset at Knolls.

[CWtheMan]

Lake Champlain from US2, North Hero Island, VT

https://www.keystoneforums.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=40&pictureid=6858

[CWtheMan]

Here we are entering Alexandria Bay, NY for an Uncle Sam paddle boat ride in the 1000 Islands area of the St. Lawrence River.

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That’s a bridge across the St. Lawrence linking the USA to Canada.

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[tech740]

A few from a recent trip to Great Smokey Mountain National Park.

[Snoking]

Start down Shafer Hill in Moab. DW still has not forgiven me! We did the whole trail West to East. Having a really tight torque converter in the 2001.5 RAM was not the best for doing all the tight switchbacks going down. Chris

[Snoking]

Here are a couple stock pictures of the hill.
Chris

[B-O-B'03]

Black Bear pass, CO
https://www.keystoneforums.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1129&pictureid=6506

Santa Elana canyon entrance, Big Bend NP
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[CWtheMan]

The Foxwoods Resort * Casino is located at Mashantucket, CT.

There is a large RV parking area in one of the casino parking lots and they provide free van service to and from the casino. However, when we were last there it was strictly dry camping so we stayed down the road at the Odetah CG at Bozarah, CT.

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[Cbrez]

Needles Eye Tunnel, 8ft 4 inches wide. Custer State Park, SD. South Dakota Hwy #87. Traffic travels in both directions, just not at the same time:facepalm:

Been through there in a SRW truck. Pucker factor was off the charts. I’d have to measure my dually to see if it would fit. Great pic

[Snoking]

Been through there in a SRW truck. Pucker factor was off the charts. I’d have to measure my dually to see if it would fit. Great pic

We did it in 2007 in our 2001.5 RAM 2500 truck more clearance that this one in the Redwoods in California in 2006, on that same trip we did the Zion NP tunnels with our 29' 5th wheel to get to Bryce Canyon NP. Chris

[Canonman]

Been through there in a SRW truck. Pucker factor was off the charts. I’d have to measure my dually to see if it would fit. Great pic

It would fit. We saw a tour bus go through. Evidently he'd been there before as the bus had the "scars" to prove it

[CWtheMan]

A lot of our full time traveling was done on rural, state and US highways. For the most part they are not as intensive or nerve racking. For instance; on this trip north from Florida to the Michigan Up State we decided to go right up the middle of Indiana and Michigan.

These pictures were taken on the flat as a flounder, straight as an arrow Indiana highway 3. It's a great rural road with ample pull-offs and great pavement. Traveling along at a comfortable 55 MPH the views can be watched without much interface from traffic. Very relaxing and even found an inland Portland.

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[CWtheMan]

These were taken from the a Nevada observation location.

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[JGEORGE]

Cant wait to be able to hit some of our favorite spots again. Pismo Beach, CA and Half Moon Bay

[Alpine]

Somewhere in Wyoming... Jan was fixing lunch and I took a lil' hike up the hill for a photo op!

[Alpine]

We did it in 2007 in our 2001.5 RAM 2500 truck more clearance that this one in the Redwoods in California in 2006, on that same trip we did the Zion NP tunnels with our 29' 5th wheel to get to Bryce Canyon NP. Chris

Cool photo for sure! We gave it a go in 2018.

[CWtheMan]

Somewhere in Wyoming... Jan was fixing lunch and I took a lil' hike up the hill for a photo op!

Did you get a picture of that monument behind the trailer?

[Alpine]

Did you get a picture of that monument behind the trailer?

Well now you made me go back through my photos. This was taken June 23, 2014. We had spent a few days in Gillette, WY visiting friends. I believe it was on Hwy 28. Now my brain hurts, LoL

[B-O-B'03]

These were taken from the a Nevada observation location.

Nice pictures.

The last time we were at the hoover dam all the traffic was still using it, we took the dam tour and our dam guide was very knowledgeable ;)

-Brian

[CWtheMan]

If you’ve traveled through SC on I-85 in the day time you’ve probably seen this iconic Peach. It’s also mentioned frequently in the TV series “House of Cards”.

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[roadglide]

I seen where the op posted the same drive through tree . 2016 September a big storm push us to the east and 3 months latter that drive through tree was knocked over by wind .

[CWtheMan]

You can find this little attraction East of El Centro, CA just before you get to the Sand Dunes Recreation Area on I-8. They even have a post office.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity,_California

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[vampress_me]

Well now you made me go back through my photos. This was taken June 23, 2014. We had spent a few days in Gillette, WY visiting friends. I believe it was on Hwy 28. Now my brain hurts, LoL

Did you also go to Sinks Canyon? It’s fun to see the river disappear underground and come back up a ways down the road, and used to be fun to feed the huge trout that can’t go farther upstream. It’s also outside Lander a little ways. Tent camping in the Shoshone National Forest was a blast in college too, except for the chipmunk who insisted on sitting IN my bag of Doritos and eating them while we set up the tent...

[Alpine]

Did you also go to Sinks Canyon? It’s fun to see the river disappear underground and come back up a ways down the road, and used to be fun to feed the huge trout that can’t go farther upstream. It’s also outside Lander a little ways. Tent camping in the Shoshone National Forest was a blast in college too, except for the chipmunk who insisted on sitting IN my bag of Doritos and eating them while we set up the tent...

Oh noooo…. we missed it! Next time!

[CWtheMan]

These pictures were taken from I-5 on the northern side of the Grape Vine. They show the plumbing used to get the mighty California Aqueduct water over the mountains and into LA County.

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[77cruiser]

A few pics from Glacier last summer.

[dutchmensport]

In all the travels we've done, as far as taking photos from the "front windshield" these are the ones that stand out:

https://i.imgur.com/MRFln3G.jpg

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[CWtheMan]

Here we were driving up and down streets in Las Angles trying to find the right street for the Hollywood picture.

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[Alpine]

[QUOTE=CWtheMan;383484]Here we were driving up and down streets in Las Angles trying to find the right street for the Hollywood picture.

You found it.... mission accomplished!!!

[CWtheMan]

During our more than 30 years of active duty we lived in CA about seven of them; from San Francisco to San Diego. During our RV traveling years we were there two more times.

We have always enjoyed traveling the CA costal highways. During off peak times of the year they are easy to travel and very picturesque - any time of year.

Here is a brief glimpse of Morro Bay.

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[CWtheMan]

This Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) farm was seen on CA-159 near Ogilby, CA

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[maccam1]

snoking
were you towing a camper there!!!!

[CWtheMan]

A glimpse of farming, Amish style. These were taken near Lititz, PA, from highway PA-50.

The woman does the driving and the man does the maintenance.

Click to enlarge.

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[Northofu1]

Loved my trip to Cali in 2014. Drove the PCH from San Diego to San Francisco. Beautiful!
Put 2000 miles on the rental car, made decent use of it travelling the state. Itching to go back there, with a trailer next time. So much more to see.

[CWtheMan]

Here, we were heading south out of town on a rural road. Our destination was Lake Tahoe.

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[Alpine]

Our first time visiting Devils Tower in Wyoming! June, 2013

[CWtheMan]

Florida Welcome area on I-10 near Pensacola.

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[Hblick48]

#1 - I-10 in Marianna, FL 10/27/18 just after the hurricane
#2 - LA from Mulholland Drive
#3 - Redwood Monument, Redwood National Park

[Alpine]

Our stay in Winterset, Iowa... where the movie Bridges of Madison County was filmed.

[sourdough]

Florida Welcome area on I-10 near Pensacola.

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Cal, you know we go by that place lots. I've always thought it was cool but anymore I just don't take the time to pull out a camera and take shots of where we are and what we are doing....and I've got a closet full of cams and equipment of all descriptions. You (I) just don't realize how cool the things are you miss when someone else snaps a picture of it. Thanks.

[CWtheMan]

Cal, you know we go by that place lots. I've always thought it was cool but anymore I just don't take the time to pull out a camera and take shots of where we are and what we are doing....and I've got a closet full of cams and equipment of all descriptions. You (I) just don't realize how cool the things are you miss when someone else snaps a picture of it. Thanks.

Before it was easy to post pictures in RV forums I wrote a lot of blogs. In the beginning I wasn't very good at cataloging them and lost track of some of them. Then I did journals and kept lots of my picture files at storage sites on the internet.

My last three desktop computers have huge picture storage capabilities, even my lap top can store thousands of pictures. So I've gone back into the internet storage places and brought them home, so to speak.

Now we have cell phones with huge picture storage capabilities that generally take quality pictures.

Some day we may be able to look and blink and record that blink. Until that day comes I'll carry a camera or cell phone but probably both. I wish I had started much younger. I missed a good 40 years of pictures.

At least my mom took some. Linda and I have been married 61 years. This is a picture of us three months before we got married.

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[Alpine]

Before it was easy to post pictures in RV forums I wrote a lot of blogs. In the beginning I wasn't very good at cataloging them and lost track of some of them. Then I did journals and kept lots of my picture files at storage sites on the internet.

My last three desktop computers have huge picture storage capabilities, even my lap top can store thousands of pictures. So I've gone back into the internet storage places and brought them home, so to speak.

Now we have cell phones with huge picture storage capabilities that generally take quality pictures.

Some day we may be able to look and blink and record that blink. Until that day comes I'll carry a camera or cell phone but probably both. I wish I had started much younger. I missed a good 40 years of pictures.

At least my mom took some. Linda and I have been married 61 years. This is a picture of us three months before we got married.

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Now that is a fantastic photo of you and the missus! Congratulations on 61 years!

[CWtheMan]

Now that is a fantastic photo of you and the missus! Congratulations on 61 years!

Thank you.

Here we were all dressed for dinner with family and friends on our 61st.

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[notanlines]

Cal, Brenda and I looked older than that youth picture when we were 13...:D My gosh, y'all look like you're 15 and 13 in that photo.

[CWtheMan]

While driving around town.




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[CWtheMan]

These pictures were taken while traveling north from Las Angeles, CA to Las Vegas, NV on I-15.


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[Alpine]

[QUOTE=CWtheMan;387348]These pictures were taken while traveling north from Las Angeles, CA to Las Vegas, NV on I-15.


Great memory photos CW. Have lost count of how many times we have traveled that stretch (with and without the 5vr). Now to the left as you drop down into Primm, there is an ocean of solar panels!

[Alpine]

A raise of hands... who has been through Buffalo, Wyoming?

[notanlines]

Jeff, we have 'been there,' but the best I could do is pry the name of the campground out of my wife. We were traveling from Sturgis to Buena Vista, Colorado and we didn't unhook. We stayed at Big Horn Mountains Campground. It was average I guess. I didn't deal with them in the office, but because we were triple-towing they did guide us to our site. It is right outside of town. So technically 'yes,' but in actuality 'no.' Damn, this got to be a long answer...:eek:

[CWtheMan]

While wintering at Yuma we decided to make a day trip to Quartzsite for the huge annual RV show. It’s a very easy trip up US-95 and we left early as the dew was lifting out of the mountains along the way. While we were there the unusual winter weather was moving in and by the time we got back to Yuma it was in a down pour.

Seeing is believing, we have been to RV boondocker heaven.


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[Alpine]

How about Carhenge, in Alliance, Nebraska? How many cars do you recognize, owned or rode in?

[Snoking]

My first wife and I had a Vega hatch back, parents had a Valiant 2 door, I had a 54 Plymouth two door, and uncle had a jeep pickup.

[travelin texans]

When we were growing up in the Texas panhandle the "Cadillac Ranch" was very cool with recognizable Cadillacs, now it's just a bunch of junk sticking out of the ground for visitors to vandalize, can barely tell that they are cars, with the dumpster vandalized along with everything else from the parking area to the junk cars & empty spray paint cans thrown all over, don't even look that way when driving by any longer.
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This is an old picture, they are not in that good of shape now.

[77cruiser]

A raise of hands... who has been through Buffalo, Wyoming?
Stayed at the Super 8 in Buffalo one night about 10 years ago. Does that count? Never saw the other stuff though.

[gkainz]

A raise of hands... who has been through Buffalo, Wyoming?

Drove through a few times on my way to the Bighorns for fishing.
Flew in and out a couple of times doing AngelFlight (http://www.angelflightwest.org) trips.

[CWtheMan]

Christmas lighting on the Hotel Del Coronado.


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[gkainz]

The Del at Christmas - probably on the top 5 of my wife's favorite places and seasons.

We did spend a long weekend there during the Christmas season a number of years ago as a former employer's Christmas Party/end of year bonus.

[CWtheMan]

Exploring the streets of Duluth, MN.


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[Snoking]

Christmas lighting on the Hotel Del Coronado.


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May 2018. Largest wood structure. Chris

[Cbrez]

Gotta love Texas. Trains roar thru Panhandle, TX at 70 mph. Fortunately you can keep up with them because the speed limit on the country road is 75 mph.

[Cbrez]

When we were growing up in the Texas panhandle the "Cadillac Ranch" was very cool with recognizable Cadillacs, now it's just a bunch of junk sticking out of the ground for visitors to vandalize, can barely tell that they are cars, with the dumpster vandalized along with everything else from the parking area to the junk cars & empty spray paint cans thrown all over, don't even look that way when driving by any longer.
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This is an old picture, they are not in that good of shape now.

Stopped by there recently. Agree with your assessment. Not what we expected. No trash in your pic, but not what it looks like today.

[CWtheMan]

It was late in the summer season and we were still in WY. In these pictures we were traveling west on I-80 heading for a one week visit to Salt Lake City and then dead south for the winter months.

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[CWtheMan]

While roaming around on US-53 near Superior, WI we found some of the wealth of the Walton family.


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[SummitPond]

Portland Road, Kennebunk ME

[CWtheMan]

The Salton Sea, 232' below seal level. A very stinky place.


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[Snoking]

Lombard St San Francisco. First major road trip after retiring in 2006. In 1965 while in USCG boot camp in Alameda I went to Navy fire fighting school for a week at Treasure Island in the distance view to the left in the top picture.


Bottom picture on 17 mile drive Pacific Grove.

[CWtheMan]

What a nice clear day. Is that Treasure Island in the background?

Linda and I lived in Oakland for a year, 59&60.

Treasure Island was my very first stop at a naval installation out of boot camp. It was March of 1957 and still very cold there until midday. I was there for two weeks waiting for transportation to my first duty station at NAS Barbers Point on the island of Oahu, TH.

[Snoking]

What a nice clear day. Is that Treasure Island in the background?

Linda and I lived in Oakland for a year, 59&60.

Treasure Island was my very first stop at a naval installation out of boot camp. It was March of 1957 and still very cold there until midday. I was there for two weeks waiting for transportation to my first duty station at NAS Barbers Point on the island of Oahu, TH.

Yes Cal that is TI and I edited the post to say I went to Navy fire fighting school there while in USCG boot camp in Alameda. Chris

[CWtheMan]

One of the premier fresh water fishing sites in Florida.

Shallow draft boats can cross the lake from the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico.


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[CWtheMan]

These pictures are of a section of the CA Imperial Sand Dunes recreational area on I-8 just west of El Centro, CA.


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[CWtheMan]

Canola fields near Devils, Lake, ND.

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[CWtheMan]

Causeway across Devil's Lake, ND. The road across the causeway is ND 20.

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[CWtheMan]

On our day to go to town (Sunday) we found the streets in Philadelphia very easy to drive, shutter-bug and rubber-neck.

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[flybouy]

On our day to go to town (Sunday) we found the streets in Philadelphia very easy to drive, shutter-bug and rubber-neck.

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Sunday, yes. Friday or Saturday night on South Street, not so much.:lol:

[CWtheMan]

When traveling north on US-11 and entering Champlain, NY, it’s going to take you right through downtown all the way to the waterfront. To get into Vermont you have to cross the bridge in the background of these pictures.

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[CWtheMan]

The famed LA traffic at a non rush hour pace.

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[KimNTerry]

The famed LA I-5 with non rush hour traffic.

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You must mean the I-405. Skirball and Getty center are along the 405 (sometimes referred to as the 4 or 5 referring to the top speed during rush hour. I don't miss that place one bit.

[notanlines]

Just this past week-end DW and I spotted the seldom seen 'fairy ring' just outside Shiloh Military Park. Remember the ring in the end of 'Where the red fern grows?'

[Bill-2020]

Just this past week-end DW and I spotted the seldom seen 'fairy ring' just outside Shiloh Military Park. Remember the ring in the end of 'Where the red fern grows?'

Wow... you just brought back some serious memories of that book. Haven't gone there in decades. Great story.

[CWtheMan]

Maid of the mist - is a must ride.

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[CWtheMan]

This picture was taken while passing through the Wyoming Great Divide Basin. We were heading west into UT on I-80.


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[notanlines]

I'm not sure where this trucker found the time (and money) to light up his rig like this, but it looked like an early Christmas. US 40 and US 53, Bloomer, Wisconsin.

[BrooksFam]

This picture was taken while passing through the Wyoming Great Divide Basin. We were heading west into UT on I-80.


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Just went through there a couple of weeks ago on our move from SC to Oregon.

[CWtheMan]

The Hacienda Hotel & Casino have an address in Boulder City, NV. However, the Hacienda is located on US-93 but is not within the incorporated city limits where gambling has long been prohibited.

It’s just a short drive to the Lake Mead recreational lands where there is a CG for all types of campers from tents to FHU RV parking.

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[CWtheMan]

One day when pulling into a Cracker Barrel for lunch this rig was leaving. I had just enough time to get out and take this picture. It's the only one I got but came-out pretty clear.

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[CWtheMan]

This beautiful old bridge spans the Susquehanna River from Columbia, PA to Wrightsville, PA.

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[CWtheMan]

ND.... Here we come!

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[CWtheMan]

I took this picture while on a Charleston Harbor Tour Boat. The bridge has a couple of names; I’ll use Cooper River Bridge. In the foreground is Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum. Its Icon is the aircraft carrier; USS Yorktown, a WWII carrier.

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[Bill-2020]

I saw this passing by it, turned around and went back into their parking lot. A small engraving business on Ford Ave. in Richmond Hills, Ga. I loved it.

[jasin1]

Hey CW ( may I call you CW ?) I really enjoy threads like this one you started. The naval aviation one was equally enjoyable.
We’re you responsible for making training films in the military? I enjoy the narration that goes along with each set of pictures you post.
It has a calming and hypnotic pace to it
I always picture in my mind the 1950s era US travel films with the narration playing along behind the scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT3M9Jyvo7I

[CWtheMan]

Hey CW ( may I call you CW ?) I really enjoy threads like this one you started. The naval aviation one was equally enjoyable.
We’re you responsible for making training films in the military? I enjoy the narration that goes along with each set of pictures you post.
It has a calming and hypnotic pace to it
I always picture in my mind the 1950s era US travel films with the narration playing along behind the scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT3M9Jyvo7I

I was a certified Naval Instructor and did that on a shore assignment for 4 years. During that time I was a stand deliver classroom instructor, instructor supervisor and ended my tour as the division supervisor. So, yes I did a little of everything.

[jasin1]

I was a certified Naval Instructor and did that on a shore assignment for 4 years. During that time I was a stand deliver classroom instructor, instructor supervisor and ended my tour as the division supervisor. So, yes I did a little of everything.

Well that explains your delivery to me....pretty cool and also I know it wasn’t a great example of films I chose but not a lot to choose from. I have a film in my memory that I can’t quite recall all of the details.
Anyway thanks for the response!

[flybouy]

Hey CW ( may I call you CW ?) I really enjoy threads like this one you started. The naval aviation one was equally enjoyable.
We’re you responsible for making training films in the military? I enjoy the narration that goes along with each set of pictures you post.
It has a calming and hypnotic pace to it
I always picture in my mind the 1950s era US travel films with the narration playing along behind the scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT3M9Jyvo7I

I watched that video and had laugh. Now my parents were no "June and Ward Clever" as my mother didn't own pearls and the only time my dad wore a suite was for a funeral or wedding.

My childhood recollection of long car trips was different that the video ..

1. at least one flat tire or one stop to refill the radiator (and yes, my dad did maintain the car very well).
2. The games played in the back seat were my 2 older sisters tormenting me so I'd yell and conversely get yelled at from the front seat.
3. Typically there was about the same amount of arguing going on up in the front seat as there were in the back seat.
4. The part where mamma was driving at night and get's out of the car to read the sign? Are you kidding? She wasn't getting behind the wheel as long as my father was breathing!
5. Stopping at a gas station was like a NASCAR pit stop. Everybody run to the bathroom and make it back before the old man pumped in 10 gal and he got those S & H green stamps in hand.

I think that family was the same one's from the "Duck and cover" movies. I think the A Bomb movies of the houses blowing up in the AZ desert finally took them out. Thanks for the memories!

[jasin1]

I watched that video and had laugh. Now my parents were no "June and Ward Clever" as my mother didn't own pearls and the only time my dad wore a suite was for a funeral or wedding.

My childhood recollection of long car trips was different that the video ..

1. at least one flat tire or one stop to refill the radiator (and yes, my dad did maintain the car very well).
2. The games played in the back seat were my 2 older sisters tormenting me so I'd yell and conversely get yelled at from the front seat.
3. Typically there was about the same amount of arguing going on up in the front seat as there were in the back seat.
4. The part where mamma was driving at night and get's out of the car to read the sign? Are you kidding? She wasn't getting behind the wheel as long as my father was breathing!
5. Stopping at a gas station was like a NASCAR pit stop. Everybody run to the bathroom and make it back before the old man pumped in 10 gal and he got those S & H green stamps in hand.

I think that family was the same one's from the "Duck and cover" movies. I think the A Bomb movies of the houses blowing up in the AZ desert finally took them out. Thanks for the memories!

Lol my childhood memories with car trips are

1.Windows rolled up except stepfathers window cracked a little
2. Stepfather chainsmokes benson and hedges gold 100’s
3. Three kids in back seat get car sick and develop 2 pack a day habit


I did notice that they had a checklist in the movie before starting out.
I need to make one up for my rig

[jasin1]

31282Delaware seashore state park. One of my favorite places

[flybouy]

We were there In Sept.18-21!

[jasin1]

We were there In Sept.18-21!

Aug 29-31 and then again sept 13-16 and nov 7-9. I love this place
Already booked next year

[flybouy]

Just missed ya. We were in site 267 on the end. There was a "Nor'Easter" when were were there. Ridiculous winds. My niece opened the door, our Brittany Spaniel got loose and what a time it was chasing him down. I think 1/2 the cg was chasing him. Finally corralled him under the bridge. I was ready to kill him.

[jasin1]

Just missed ya. We were in site 267 on the end. There was a "Nor'Easter" when were were there. Ridiculous winds. My niece opened the door, our Brittany Spaniel got loose and what a time it was chasing him down. I think 1/2 the cg was chasing him. Finally corralled him under the bridge. I was ready to kill him.

I’ve driven by that place a hundred times and never given a second look. Until I got an rv .It really is a nice campground. Love how you have the ocean on one side,the bay and hiking paths on the other.
Nice little restaurant by the marina and just nice watching the boats come in and out of the inlet

[notanlines]

Marshall, about $100 wortth of dog training will make a new dog out of that spaniel. No, I'm not kidding. It is one heck of a lot more enjoyable owning a dog that actually obeys. We have no use for a dog that does what it wants to, not what you want it to.

[roadglide]

We were there In Sept.18-21!
It looks like the bridge from Alton St. Louis.

[flybouy]

It looks like the bridge from Alton St. Louis.

It does, there's one in Boston, MA that looks similar also.

[jasin1]

It looks like the bridge from Alton St. Louis.

What’s nice is there is a state park campground on both sides of the inlet.
You can get to each one by a bike path that goes over the bridge,it’s completely self contained behind a concrete barrier. We like to take a bike ride at night while the bridge is lit up over the inlet.
Makes for a nice end to the day

[CWtheMan]

From our two week stay at Trenton we made numerous side trips up into northern Maine. This picture was taken, on a hazy day from atop Cadillac Mountain in the Acadia National Park.


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[CWtheMan]

One of the main attractions that can't be avoided at Antelope Island SP are the Bison. They are everywhere.

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[CWtheMan]

We were exploring Lake Mead from Bolder Boulevard and park frontage roads.

We stopped at a rest area near a large boat ramp and there wasn’t a single rig in the parking lot, boat or otherwise.

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[CWtheMan]

Here’s a picture of the Colorado River and the little gambling town of Laughlin, NV. The picture was taken from Bull Head City, AZ just before crossing the bridge into NV.

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[CrazyCain]

Was up to the trailer in East Tawas, Mi this past weekend. The moon was incredible....

[JRTJH]

Nice photos, Tom...

We try to set up camp on Lake Huron just north of Alpena every year for a couple days. If it's a full moon while we're there, the moon rising over the lake is always "spectacular".... Even more so, if there's 4-6 foot waves on the lake.

[CrazyCain]

John, Because of the way East Tawas sits, we can watch the sun rise and set overthe bay.. Confused me until the DW explained it to me a million times, something like North is actually east......LOL :(:eek::banghead:

[JRTJH]

Tom,

We've lived in this house for almost 12 years now. The front door opens "directly north" and when standing on the front porch, looking out, into the yard, you're facing "due north".... That means (at least to me) that my right side is east and my left side is west. That ONLY leave my butt to be facing south... My DW (bless her heart) has NEVER figured that out. We'll be sitting on the porch, watching birds in the bird bath and she'll make a comment about something "in Gaylord" and point in any direction except west, or she'll talk about the sun rising tomorrow, and point any direction except east.....

I gave up trying to teach her to look at moss on the trees if she's lost in the woods. It's easier to just tie a rope around her waist when we go for walks in the forest than it is to try to find her if she "heads west"....

Yep, she also "almost always" turns the wrong direction to get to the truck when we walk out of WalMart......

Some (many) people designate the front passenger seat as the "navigator"... If I did that, I'd be in New York rather than North Dakota on our trip to the Bad Lands and Yellowstone.....

But, she only packs 4 pairs of shoes for a trip, so she's a "keeper" for sure !!!!

[flybouy]

My DW is OK with the compass rose but lousy at map reading. On the first trip together she looked at the map and said "Let's go to XYZ it's just a little ways off the route." I made the turn and after about 1/2 hr I pulled over and looked at the map. I said I thought this was close? Her reply ...."it's only about an inch away on this map". She was looking at a map of the "Eastern United States" and I politely (I'm not STUPID) said honey, look at the scale on the bottom of the map one inch = 100 miles.:banghead:

She packs for a weekend like the first class passengers did on the Titanic. But in twenty days we'll celebrate our 41st. wedding anniversary so I guess I'll try to hold on for the duration.:)

[CWtheMan]

A unique well maintained rest area on Texas I-10.

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[CWtheMan]

University of Arizona Sport Dome at Glendale, AZ.

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[CWtheMan]

We found that throughout AZ, highway dressing is very popular. When we were entering Tucson there is this huge highway crossover that looks just like a snake.

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[CWtheMan]

We very seldom make advance reservations. However, on a trip out west we made reservations at the Circus Cricus RV Resort on the Vegas strip. Our friend’s daughter was getting married and a lot of long time friends and their families were going to be there.

We made our reservations while in WY. We then spent a week at Reno and decided to take US-95 south to Vegas. It’s a great highway, but looking like we were on a trip to nowhere. Early in the trip we passed Walker Lake with a smallish recreation area and thought there might be other places like it along the way (a pipe dream). We did find a RV park at Tonopah with tight back-in parking. I didn’t get any pictures because it was dark. We ate at a smallish casino, played a few slots, went to bed and left early.

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[Canonman]

Some roads are just meant to be driven. Others are meant to be enjoyed!
Either way, the world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page!

[CWtheMan]

CA highway 41 - Wine country.

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[CWtheMan]

Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino, Uncasville, CT.

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[RK1978]

I had a picture but by the time I got it squeezed down to fit the limits, the view was no good. It was a beautiful day crossing the Mackinac bridge northbound, stopped for construction and it was an actual shot through the windshield.
Someone mentioned Sinks canyon in Wyoming, we were there for our honeymoon in 1978, long trip to Oregon from Indiana in a Datsun pickup.
Someone else had a picture from Wolf creek pass, we've over it twice, substantial snow both times.
I guess I need to learn a better way to reduce jpg file size than cropping.

[bsmith0404]

We did it in 2007 in our 2001.5 RAM 2500 truck more clearance that this one in the Redwoods in California in 2006, on that same trip we did the Zion NP tunnels with our 29' 5th wheel to get to Bryce Canyon NP. Chris

Been there, done that. I think that was 2012

[bsmith0404]

Twin Falls Idaho, Moab, Oceanside California, and Pikes Peak

[CWtheMan]

A nice drive along CA coastal highway 1 at Morro Bay.

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[CWtheMan]

Williams, AZ

Driving west on I-40 heading to the Grand Canyon Railway RV Park at Williams, AZ where we parked and rode the train to the Grand Canyon.


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