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2013 Road Trip – Part 1

First, we stopped off at Caddo Lake to look for Squatches as a good friend of ours grew up there and told us about his experiences.  What a spooky place and clearly a great spot for Sasquaticus to live and play.  We are pretty sure we saw a couple or they were just really hairy humans that do not shower much.  You look at the pics and you be the judge.

Some sasquatch stole my dads shirt.
Some sasquatch stole my dads shirt.
I hope a sasquatch does not fall for me.
I hope a sasquatch does not fall for me.
Walk like a Sasquatchian.
Walk like a Sasquatchian.

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At Lake Ouachita State Park, we went swimming in the lake every day. We also went on a four mile hike and that was really cool. It felt amazing temperature wise so I slept in my hammock every night. We were in site t7 in the walk in section and the view was awesome. We also had silver turtles as usual and tried s’mores bananas.  The weather was great and the breeze out on the peninsula was really helpful.  Check out the pics below.

Finally the hike is over
Finally the hike is over
I didnt know creepers could hike
I didnt know creepers could hike

See you in Paris!

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Summer Camp and Road Trips

This summer is no exception the road tripping for kids crew will head out and see some amazing American sites.
First stop this year is Camp Alexander in Lake George, Colorado.
From there, it is off to Arkansas, Kentucky, Virginia, Connecticut, and Maine just to name a few.
DaRoad Tripper will be blogging the whole way and providing lots of information about cool places.
There will also be some gear posts as we try out some really cool gear.

Have a great Summer!

Auburn to Morganton Point, Georgia

We spent a somewhat interesting week in Auburn.
Not as much to do in Auburn in we had expected.
The Montgomery Zoo was cool as was a city pool with nice diving boards.

We arrived at the Morganton Point Recreation Area late on Friday night .
The Recreation Area is in northern Georgia on Lake Blue Ridge.
What a beautiful camp site – #11 is isolated away from the others – you have to walk in to the site.
It is literally right on the water with easy access to fishing and swimming.
We were there June 21-23rd.

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On the way to Pensacola, Florida – 2012

On our first day on the road we went through an amazing tunnel in Alabama.
We are still trying to find the picture of the tunnel.
After leaving the tunnel, we came out the other side to find a battleship!!!

USS Alabama
USS Alabama

It was an area of land full of military weapons and stuff.

We loved visiting the U.S.S. Alabama and all of the other cool vehicles on the site.

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Onward to Auburn!

It is June 16th, 2012.

On the way to Fayetteville, AR

The second leg of the 2011 road trip has begun.  We are headed to Fayetteville, AR and will see lots of sights there. So far, we stopped off at Caddo Lake in Northeast, Texas.  What a great spot to hang out if it was not so HOT! The lake and Cypress trees are amazing.  A daddy long legs hitched a ride on my dad’s leg and those spiders are huge. We saw Cypress knees that were bigger than we are, but the mud was really deep getting there!  We are pretty sure that Squatchs live in these woods and the BFRO needs to investigate.  We looked for Squatchs in Flo-ridah, but just did not have time to look for them at Caddo Lake.  Click our ads to the right – make us millionaires!

Cado Lake Trail
Cado Lake Trail
Cado Lake View
Cado Lake View
Cado Lake Sunset
Cado Lake Sunset

2011 Road Trip Videos

Well, this is our first attempt at video production and we think it came out pretty good for two little kids.  We used Windows Movie Maker and it worked out okay.

We will be posting our videos as we get them cleaned up.  This is the first one and we hope you enjoy it.
Ben saw these hawks at Monument Rock in Kansas.  He used his Jedi animal powers to get close to them.

Destin to Baton Rouge to Houston

Well, the mighty 30 day road-trip challenge is over and we all survived.
We hit 16 states in roughly 30 days and had a great time doing it.
We camped and hiked all over the greater United States.
We are glad to be home, but our feet are already getting itchy.
Hiking the Appalachian Trail is starting to take shape as a future adventure.

On our way to Destin, we took a tip from Drive-ins, Diners, and Dives and hit the Metro Diner in Jacksonville, Florida.  It was goooooood and we are glad we took time to stop.

We also took the Man vs. Food advice and hit Deanie’s Seafood in Bucktown – just north of  New Orleans.  It was very good and well worth the stop.  We did our own little Man vs. Food using the lunch special – the mate platter.  Sam and Ben tried their hardest to eat it all in 45 minutes and just could not do it.  The mate platter had the option of shrimp, catfish, and/or oysters.  We all had a bit of all of it.  In the end, food won!

We are working on a few wrap-up posts for some of the spots where we spent the most time, like the Black Hills.  We will post overviews of the locations and what to do in each spot and such.  Videos and pictures are on the way as well.

Winter Springs, Flo-ridah

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Flo-ridah is awesome, but it is a bit hot – much like Texas.
We made the trek from North Carolina down to Florida and it just kept getting hotter.
Harry Potter land is on the radar, but it apparently on the radar of everyone else as well.