Across the US

Last modified by Richard Johnson on 2022/09/16 16:14

Our big trip across the US from San Diego to Charleston, SC and back again!

  1. Leaving San Diego (actually La Mesa), going to Brendan & Tigra's place in Tucson
  2. Leaving Tucson, going to Vado, NM
  3. Leaving NM, going to Big Spring, Texas
  4. Leaving BS, going to Bardwell Lake, Texas
  5. Going to Lake Tawakoni, TX
  6. Visiting Lake Tawakoni State Park
  7. Crossing Louisiana, all of the way to Vicksburg, Mississippi
  8. Crossing Mississippi and into Cropwell, Alabama
  9. Crossing almost all of Georgia, to Augusta
  10. Cross South Carolina and arriving at Charleston, SC

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Here's a speeded up video from our dashcam, showing the trip there!

Some more pictures, etc, around Charleston

On the road again (I know, but I like The Who better 😀)

  1. Left Charleston and went to Townsend, GA
  2. Second day at McIntosh Manor [new pics 15 may]
  3. Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge [new pics 15 may, warning, photo-heavy]
  4. Left McIntosh Manor and arrived at Jekyll Island [new pics 26 may]
  5. Second day at Jekyll Island
  6. Last day at Jekyll Island
  7. Okefenokee Swamp, GA [no internet or cell] [updated w/ pics 17 may]
  8. DeFuniak Springs, FL [updated w/ pics 30 may]
  9. The Big Easy
  10. The Big Hard - Mud Pit
  11. Indian Creek Rec. Area & RV Park (fixing things!)
  12. Goodbye Louisiana, hello Texas!
  13. Austin, here we come!
  14. Westward, ho! (Mertzon, then Van Horn, TX)
  15. Rockhound Park, NM
  16. Visiting with our friend Ellyn in Belen, NM (6/4-6/5)
  17. Petrified Forest (6/6-6/7)
  18. Visiting Kelly's Dad in Prescott Valley, AZ (6/8-6/10)
  19. Visiting with our friends Bart & Arian in Phoenix, AZ (6/11-6/12)
  20. Homeward bound! (6/13)

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Long after we got back home, I notified Garmin that their map tried to lead us over a bridge which has been burned out for many years!  They gladly accepted my update and now I see their map is correct:

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I'm so glad to know that we have saved some other people from making this same mistake!

 

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