Travel

Highlights of Twelve Years' Travel in an RV

Alaska

Missouri & Maine

Northwest USA

Atlantic Coast

California

Florida and the Gulf Coast

Texas and Oklahoma

DC, NYC and Ontario

Kansas,New Mexico and California

Virginia and Alberta

Utah, Arizona and Southern California

In 2007 we purchased a motor home and began a life of frequent travel in retirement. We made a month-long trip to West Virginia in 2007 and spent five months on the road in 2008 going to and from Alaska. In 2009 we spent another five months traveling to Missouri and then Maine and New England. Since then we've done the Pacific Northwest, the Carolinas, California, most of the rest of the USA (except Hawaii) and major parts of Canada. We've had a ball and we're sure others are looking forward to doing the same thing. This series of books passes along what we learned and communicates some of the fun we had.

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Travel Catalog
Title	Length	Price
Highlights of Twelve Years’ Travel in an RV	167 Pages 67.3 MB	Digital $9.95 Print $66.95
I traveled extensively when I was working but, like many road warriors, never got to see anything but airports and conference rooms. So after I retired, my wife and I bought a motor home and began a series of extensive trips. In total, over more than eleven years, we traveled for 1,410 days in forty-nine states and five Canadian provinces, drove 71,540 miles in the RV and 41,437 more in our tow car, stayed at 484 different campgrounds, and saw 1,122 different attractions. I have written annual travelogues about our individual trips; this book summarizes and lists the highlights from all of them: unusual and interesting roads, campgrounds that stood out from the rest, towns that we thoroughly enjoyed, places where we ate unforgettable meals, tourist attractions that stood out from the crowd, national parks that we would (and sometimes did) visit multiple times, and other places worth remembering. Several on-the-road incidents are also recounted giving flavor to the stew. The book includes one hundred twenty-four full-color photos. Click here to buy online as a printed book. Click here to buy online as a downloaded pdf file.
Alaska by RV	152 Pages 23 Mb	Digital $9.95 Print $33.95
My wife and I had long dreamed of traveling to Alaska. I retired in 2006, we purchased a motor home in 2007, and in 2008 we made our dream come true. You can too! This book recounts our 5-month long, 8,700-mile trip from Milwaukee to Fairbanks and back in day-by-day detail. It tells of the amazing sights we saw and the surprises we found, both positive and negative. It includes several humorous tales of the road and describes some mistakes we made and things we wish we had done better. It is, in summary, the book I wish I had been able to read before we left home. The book provides maps that show where we went and includes over 230 full color photographs of our journey. It discusses the preparations we made and discloses not only our budget for the trip, but the amounts we actually spent and what we spent them on. And at the back, it lists the places we went and the campgrounds we used together with available addresses, phone numbers, websites and geo coordinates. Click here to buy online as a printed book. Click here to buy online as a downloaded pdf file.
Missouri and Maine by RV	119 Pages 16 Mb	Digital $9.95 Print $33.95
I traveled extensively when I was working but, like many road warriors, never got to see anything but airports and conference rooms. So, after I retired, my wife and I bought a motor home and began a series of extensive trips. This book recounts our 2009 travels: a short one-month trip through central Missouri and a much longer trip through New York and New England and then down the east coast to Washington DC, with special emphasis on Maine. It tells of the sights we saw and the surprises we found, both positive and negative. It includes several humorous tales of the road and describes some mistakes we made and things we wish we had done better. The book provides maps that show where we went and includes over 160 full color photographs of our journey. It discusses the preparations we made and discloses not only our budget for the trip, but the amounts we actually spent and what we spent them on. And at the back, it lists the places we went and the campgrounds we used together with available addresses, phone numbers, websites and geo coordinates. Click here to buy online as a printed book. Click here to buy online as a downloaded pdf file.
Northwest USA by RV	96 Pages 8.5 MB	Print $44.95 Digital $9.95
This book recounts our 2010 travels through the Dakotas and Montana to Washington and Oregon, returning through Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska. It tells of the sights we saw and the surprises we found, both positive and negative. It includes several humorous tales of the road and describes some mistakes we made and things we wish we had done better. The book provides maps that show where we went and includes over a hundred thirty full color photographs of our journey. It discusses the preparations we made and discloses the amounts we actually spent and what we spent them on. And at the back, it lists the places we went and the campgrounds we used together with available addresses, phone numbers, websites and geo coordinates. Click here to buy online as a printed book. Click here to buy online as a downloaded pdf file.
Atlantic Coast by RV	74 Pages 6.0 MB	Print $35.95 Digital $9.95
In 2011 we went south and east, through Tennessee, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas. This book tells of our travels including stops in Louisville, Montgomery, Atlanta, Savannah, Hilton Head, Charleston, Raleigh, Asheville, and more. We also made a second and shorter trip to Batavia, New York and Philadelphia and that trip is included. The book describes what we saw and did including roads, campgrounds and attractions. It includes more than sixty photos of our travels in full color and features an appendix listing available addresses, phone numbers, web sites and geo coordinates for our stops. Click here to buy online as a printed book. Click here to buy online as a downloaded pdf file.
California by RV	83 Pages 15.6 MB	Print $42.95 Digital $9.95
This book recounts our 2012 travels through the central USA to Colorado, Utah, Nevada and Oregon on our way to and from California. We visited numerous federal parks including Mesa Verde, Arches, Bryce, Zion, Sequoia, Yosemite and others. We also saw the California State Capitol, the Golden Gate Bridge, and several major railroad and auto museums. We drove US 50 -- the loneliest road in America -- across the Nevada desert, drove the Schafer Trail in Canyonlands National Park, and drove through Phantom Canyon, south of Victor, Colorado. The book recounts all of this and more, illustrated with almost a hundred-fifty full color photos and with maps that show where we went. It features an appendix listing available addresses, phone numbers, web sites and geo coordinates for our stops. Click here to buy online as a printed book. Click here to buy online as a downloaded pdf file.
Florida and the Gulf Coast by RV	97 Pages 11.7 MB	Print $46.95 Digital $9.95
In 2013 we made two trips: first to New Orleans, along the Gulf Coast to Key West and then up the Florida coast to Jacksonville, and second through Michigan to Pennsylvania and back. We saw and did many things including gorgeous beaches, plantation homes, Disney World (of course), both the Stennis and Kennedy space centers, Castillo de San Marcos and lots more. The Michigan trip included some back woods travel in the Upper Peninsula, Mackinac Island, and the Ford Museum / Greenfield Village. The book recounts all of this and more, illustrated with over a hundred full color photos and with maps that show where we went. It features an appendix listing available addresses, phone numbers, web sites and geo coordinates for our stops. As a special bonus, a chapter lists and describes our all-time favorite campgrounds. Click here to buy online as a printed book. Click here to buy online as a downloaded pdf file.
Texas and Oklahoma by RV	74 Pages 9.7 MB	Print $34.95 Digital $9.95
In 2014 we headed south again, but this time southwest passing through Arkansas on the way to Texas. From Texarkana we continued south all the way to Brownville passing through Waco and San Antonio. Returning north, we followed the coast through Corpus Christi to Galveston and then inland through Houston and Dallas into Oklahoma. In Oklahoma we visited Oklahoma City, Enid, Tulsa and other places before going into northwest Arkansas where we stopped at Eureka Springs before moving on to Branson, Missouri. Highlights of the trip included the Alamo and the Riverwalk in San Antonio, three state capitol buildings and three Presidential museums, both North and South Padre Island and lots more. The book includes more than eighty full color photos and a map that shows our route. It also features an appendix listing all our stops including both campgrounds and attractions. Click here to buy online as a printed book. Click here to buy online as a downloaded pdf file.
DC, NYC and Ontario by RV	70 Pages 10 MB	Print $34.95 Digital $9.95
In 2015 we went east on a large-city tour that covered Washington DC, New York City, Ottawa, Toronto and many places in between. Big-city campgrounds can be hard to find, but we succeeded and managed to deal with the traffic and with public transportation. Highlights of this trip included the US Capitol, the Smithsonian, the Jefferson Memorial and other sights in Washington; Times Square, the 9/11 Memorial, Fifth Avenue and more in New York, the Canadian Capitol in Ottawa, the CN Tower in Toronto, several interesting sights in Niagara Falls, and more in Detroit and through southern Michigan. The book includes ninety full color photos and a map that shows our route. It also features an appendix listing all our stops including both campgrounds and attractions. Click here to buy online as a printed book. Click here to buy online as a downloaded pdf file.
Kansas, New Mexico and California by RV	73 Pages 24 MB	Print $34.95 Digital $9.95
This book recounts our 2016 travels from Wisconsin west through Kansas to New Mexico and California and our return through Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota and Minnesota. The book tells of the sights we saw, the campgrounds we found, and the surprises, both positive and negative. It provides a map that shows where we went and includes numerous full color photographs of our journey. The desert southwest can be hot and uncomfortable so we traveled south in the spring and moved north as summer approached. Some of the amazing sights we saw included Carlsbad Caverns, the Very Large Array (a radio telescope twenty-odd miles wide), Canyon de Chelly National Park, Yosemite, Mount Rushmore and dozens of less famous places. Our visits to these sites are recounted in the book together with a detailed listing of more than fifty other attractions we visited and the forty-one campsites where we stayed. The book includes ninety-four full color photos and a map that shows our route. Click here to buy online as a printed book. Click here to buy online as a downloaded pdf file.
Virginia and Alberta by RV	66 Pages 35.8 MB	Print $34.95 Digital $9.95
This book recounts our 2017 travels from Wisconsin east through Virginia across the Great Plains to the Canadian Rockies and Banff. Our relatively unusual and lengthy trip was occasioned by our fiftieth wedding anniversary and a desire to celebrate it in Wisconsin, the fact that we had not previously toured Virginia, and the fact that we had missed Banff in 2008 when we had traveled to Alaska. Some of the gorgeous and delightful things we saw included Virginia's Natural Bridge, Colonial Williamsburg, Luray Caverns, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Glacier National Park and the Canadian national parks near the town of Banff. Our visits to these sites and dozens of others are recounted in the book together with a detailed listing of more than sixty attractions we visited and the forty-five campsites where we stayed. The book includes seventy full color photos and a map that shows our route. Click here to buy online as a printed book. Click here to buy online as a downloaded pdf file.
Utah, Arizona and Southern California by RV	76 Pages 34.2 MB	Print $39.95 Digital $9.95
This travelog recounts our 2018 travels from Wisconsin south and west through Utah into Arizona and Southern California and our return by way of Salt Lake City and Yellowstone. The book tells of the sights we saw, the campgrounds we stayed at, and the surprises, both positive and negative, that we found. It provides maps that show where we went and includes numerous full color photographs of our journey. Some of the amazing sights we saw included Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef and Grand Canyon National Parks, Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon Dam, Monument Valley, the desert southwest in general, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona and several interesting and unusual museums across numerous states. Of special interest were the J Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, California, the Nethercutt Collection in Sylmar, California, and the Orange Empire Railroad Museum in Perris, California. Our visits to all of these sites are recounted in the book together with a detailed listing of more than fifty other attractions we visited and the forty campsites where we stayed. The book includes more than a hundred full color photos and a map that shows our route. Click here to buy online as a printed book. Click here to buy online as a downloaded pdf file.