Meandering the USA

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Going out looking for Humpback whales from Bar Harbor, ME.

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When you’re up in northern NY and exploring the scenic route along the St. Lawrence River; you may want to take a boat tour. It’s one of the best ways to see a lot of the 1000 islands in that that section of the river.

There are about a half dozen boat tour companies. Still, there is ample parking. The little town is loaded with places to eat and there are trinket shops everywhere.

The boat tours are very reasonably priced as are the hot dogs, chips and a drink while on the tour.

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This PIX was taken at the Barnyard RV Park just off US-1 in Lexington, SC.

Identical twin brothers were traveling in these identical twin MHs.

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One of our pastime adventures while full timing was to visit country/rural yard sales. It’s a great place to meet the locals and find interesting things to buy. While riding up and down back streets in Rawlings, WY we spotted this dwelling with a sign above the front entrance. We thought for sure it was a local museum and stopped to visit. Well, it turned-out to be a private dwelling and the sign above the front entrance introduced the people that lived there.

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We wintered twice at Yuma, AZ and took all sorts of side trips. On this one we had gone out to Lake Martinez for a stern wheel boat ride on the Colorado River. On the way back we decided to stop at the US Army’s Desert Breeze CG at the Yuma proving grounds. The CG is always full in the winter, partially because of all the amities offered at the Proving Grounds. We wanted to check-out the CG – very nice – and get an early dinner at the CG Cactus Café.

While driving through the proving grounds we spotted some parachutists free falling and I took these fuzzy pictures.

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The L.L. Bean outlet.

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Driving around on the campus of the University of Maine on a cloudy summer day.

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Just returned from there. Visited the zoo which was very nice and the free market on the weekend. Park has nice sites and are decent size with full hook up.

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A must see; the San Diego Zoo.

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There are lots of things to do at Branson. We took a dinner/show ride on the Branson Belle - The Oak Ridge Boys.

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An 1880s train ride from Keystone, SD to Hill City and return. We had lunch at the Hill City turnaround.

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At Bryson City you'll find the Great Smokey Mountains Railroad. Booking a trip on it will get you free passes to their model train museum. Here are a couple of pictures I took while at the museum.

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We found this quaint little - best name – shopping mall - with multi levels just off the water in this village. It’s just a short drive from St. Petersburg.

We visited with our traveling companions, the Doole’s. There are all kinds of sea food restaurants, including Bubba Gumps, plus trinket shops galore.

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This picture was taken on our way to the Buffalo, NY downtown River Walk Park.