My Summer 2003 Retirement Trip - 4/12/04 to 9/12/04

Date

Nights

Stayed in

Nightly Cost

Where (wv = water view, pa = Passport America 50% off)

Activities

Mi. to Dest

4/12

1

High Springs, FL

$ 34.24

Ginny Springs, wv

Left Crystal River with 18494 on rv and 25484 on the Saturn

90

4/13

1

Sneads, FL

$ 13.14

Three Rivers SP, wv

Viewed Ginnie Springs, did not swim

179

4/14

1

Perdido Key, FL

$ -

Florabama paring lot, wv

Toured Florida Caverns; partied at Florabama

193

4/15

4

Bay St Louis, MS

$ -

Linda's front yard

French Quarter Festival 4/18

159

4/19

11

Kiln, MS

$ 9.00

Mc Leod County Park, wv

New Orleans Jazz Festival 4/23

16

4/30

3

Bay St Louis, MS

$ -

Linda's front yard

Beach bum

16

5/3

1

Waveland, MS

$ 13.00

Buccaneer State Park

19153-18494 = 659 rv miles, 26278-25484 = 794 car miles

6

5/4

1

Lakeshore, MS

$ 15.00

Bayou Caddy RV Resort,wv, pa

Beautiful beach front view

2

5/5

1

Slidell, LA

$ -

Walmart off I-12

Toured Slidell

31

5/6

1

Madisonville, LA

$ 12.00

Fairview-Riverside SP, wv

Toured the north shore

24

5/7

3

Abiti Springs, LA

$ -

Abiti Springs RV Resort, wv

Free camping with 1 hour tour, Abita beer tour

16

5/10

2

Madisonville, LA

$ 12.00

Fairview-Riverside SP, wv

Drove across the worlds longest bridge to Nachez River Boat Cruise in New Orleans

16

5/12

1

Hammond, LA

$ -

Walmart off I-55

Rained like crazy

32

5/13

3

Holden, LA

$ 10.00

Holden RV Rest Stop

Blues in Denham Springs

13

5/16

1

Baton Rouge, LA

$ 12.00

Farr Park parish CG

Blues in Baton Rouge, Swamp Mama's

40

5/17

2

Lafayette

$ 9.00

Acadiana Park CG, wv

Two nights of cajun food and music

63

5/19

1

Beaumont, TX

$ 15.00

Gulf Coast RV Resort, pa

Crockett Street food, drink & music

46

5/20

1

Galveston, TX

$ 20.00

Galveston Island RV Resort,wv

Blues downtown

107

5/21

2

Galveston, TX

$ 29.00

Dellanera RV Park, wv

Ocean front campsite, blues on the beach

4

5/23

1

Galveston, TX

$ -

East Beach,wv

Free beach parking area, live music on the beach, spent the nite

12

5/24

2

League City, TX

$ 10.00

Safari RV Park, pa

Toured Houston and the space center

37

5/26

3

Austin, TX

$ 15.00

Oak Forest RV Park, pa

3 nights of music on 6th Street

198

5/29

2

Ft. Worth, TX

$ -

Marty's driveway

Golf with Marty

216

5/31

2

Mineral Wells, TX

$ 18.00

Lake Mineral Wells SP, wv

Bike ride, hale storm

56

6/2

1

Tye, TX

$ 13.00

Tye RV Park, wv, pa

Toured Abilene

130

6/3

2

Lamesa, TX

$ -

Forest Park, City Park

Free electric & water too!

175

6/5

3

Carlsbad, NM

$ 11.70

Windmill RV Park, pa

Calsbad Caverns, golf, rv 20547 (2053) & saturn 27691 (2207)

176

6/8

2

Cloudcroft, NM

$ 11.00

Lincoln NF, Silver CG

9000', golf scramble - 2nd place!, toured White Sands

142

6/10

4

Ruidoso, NM

$ -

Lincoln NF, Eagle Creek CG

7700', stagecoach ride, chuckwagon dinner & show

54

6/14

4

Tijeras, NM

$ 11.71

Hidden Valley RV Resort, pa

Toured Albuquerque & mountains, cut nose on tree, 15 stitches

183

6/18

2

Albuquerque, NM

$ 13.76

Enchanted Trails Resort, pa

Blues at Summerfest

34

6/20

1

Tijeras, NM

$ -

Tunnel Canyon, 3.4 mi s on 337

Largest flea market in New Mexico

35

6/21

2

Tijeras, NM

$ 10.04

Hidden Valley RV Resort, pa

Finished hike of summit of Sandia, had stitches removed

10

6/23

2

Sana Fe, NM

$ 14.00

Hyde Memorial SP

8700', toured Santa Fe

96

6/25

1

Pagosa Springs, CO

$ 8.00

Ute Campground, 17 mi west

Leisurely all day drive

182

6/26

1

Mancos, CO

$ 15.00

Echo Basin Ranch, pa

Toured Durango, my planned forest campground was closed

72

6/27

2

Cortez, CO

$ 10.88

La Mesa RV Park, pa

Toured Masa Verde NP and four corners, bought $50 NP pass

22

6/29

2

Moab, UT

$ 11.99

OK RV Park, pa

Toured Canyonlands and Arches National Parks

114

7/1

1

Beaver, UT

$ 12.00

Little Cottonwood CG in NF, wv

Beautiful drive along I70

253

7/2

3

Hurricane, UT

$ 12.63

Brentwood RV Resort, pa

Three days of Zion National Park, hiked to Angels Landing, 1488'

107

7/5

1

Las Vegas, NV

$ 18.01

Hitchin Post

Vegas, rollercoaster ride at New York, New York

128

7/6

1

Beatty, NV

$ 16.35

Space Station RV Park

Death Valley National Park

123

7/7

1

Bishop, CA

$ -

Horton Creek CG

Beautiful drive into California, biked Bishop

165

7/8

4

Yosemite, CA

$ 18.00

Tuolumne Meadows CG

Yosemite NP, climed 850' up a steeper side of Lambert Dome, golf in NP, hiked 10 miles and 4000' down to the valley via Yosemite Falls after 5 mile bike ride to get to Yosemite CG trail head

82

7/12

2

Yosemite, CA

$ 8.00

Porcupine Flat CG

More Yosemite, 2.4 mile hike to May Lake, left early because of smoke from a fire

16

7/14

2

Jamestown, CA

$ 12.00

Lake Tulloch CG - Marina, wv, pa

Toured Modesto, got unplugged

93

7/16

2

Lathrop, CA

$ 20.00

Dos Reis Park

On the San Joaquin River, toured Stockton

51

7/18

5

Olema, CA

$ 16.00

Olema Ranch CG, wv, pa

Lunch on the warf in San Francisco, dinner with cousin Nancy & Tom, lunch with uncle Aino

135

7/23

2

Jenner, CA 5 mi north

$ 16.00

Ocean Cove CG, wv

50 mile drive looking for cell service, beautiful coastline

63

7/25

1

Elk, CA

$ 15.00

Navarro Beach CG, wv

Rght on the beach at the mouth of the Navarro River

62

7/26

2

Westport, CA

$ 15.00

Union Landng State Beach, wv

On a cliff looking at and listening to the raging ocean

45

7/28

2

Garberville, CA

$ 11.00

Richardson Grove CG, pa

Viewed the redwoods on the Avenue of the Giants

40

7/30

2

Eureka, CA

$ 19.00

EZ Landing, wv

Toured Eureaka, ate at the Somoa Cookhouse

77

8/1

1

Trinidad, CA, 7 mi n

$ 14.00

Stone Lagoon CG, pa

A herd of elk in the campground

51

8/2

1

Crescent City, CA

$ 11.00

Sunset Harbor RV Park, pa

Redwood NP

48

8/3

5

Smith River, CA

$ 13.50

Salmon Harbor Resort, pa, wv

Golf, county fair, Oregon Cave NM

21

8/8

1

Ophir, OR

$ 19.95

Honey Bear CG, wv

Oregon coast with sister Christine

54

8/9

1

Port Orford, OR

$ 16.00

Cape Blanco SP, wv

Cape Blanco Lighthouse

29

8/10

1

Coos Bay, OR

$ -

Mill Casino, wv

Bandon Lighthouse, bought replacement TV

69

8/11

1

Florence, OR

$ 21.00

Honeyman SP

BIG dune buggy ride on Oregon Dunes

50

8/12

1

Yachats, OR

$ 30.24

Sea Perch RV Park, wv

Sea lions and seals

24

8/13

1

Waldport

$ 9.00

Beachside SP

FAST dune buggy ride on Oregon Dunes

13

8/14

1

Lafayette, OR

$ 10.00

Sleepy Hollow RV Park, pa

Lunch buffet and Bite or Oregon festival with Chris and Richard

104

8/15

1

Vancouver, WA

$ -

Walmart parking lot

Blue Angles

64

8/16

4

Underwood, WA

$ -

Sister Christines front yard

Visited with Chris, Richard and Ken

68

8/20

1

$ -

Gifford Pinchot NF, FR 25 & 93

Tire blow out in the middle of nowhere

65

8/21

2

Randel, A

$ 8.76

Shady Firs RB Park, pa

Mt. St. Helens

43

8/23

1

Lacey, WA

$ -

Emily's front yard

Visited with neice Emily

98

8/24

1

Renton, WA

$ -

Walmart parking lot

Fry's, picked up dad at the airport

56

8/25

11

Deer Harbor, WA

$ -

Bill's meadow

Helped Bill on shop, ate too much with Bill, Francie, dad, Grace, Elizabeth, Johnathan, Rick, Ann, Ken, Chris, Joey, Lopa

108

9/5

2

Eastsound, WA

$ 16.00

Moran SP, wv

Sunday Reggae, photo outing on Monday

17

9/7

1

North Bend, WA

$ -

FR 5800 near exit 47 of I 90

Ferry ride and drive to Mt Baker-Snoqualmie NF

153

9/8

1

Hagerman, IA

$ 10.60

High Adventure River Tours, pa

Drove towards Salt Lake City to store RV

566

9/9

1

Brigham City, UT

$ -

C & D Storage

Put RV in storage

199

9/10

1

Lexington, NE

$ 36.96

Gable View Inn

Hurricane coming, drove the car towards Florida

771

9/11

1

Calvert City, KY

$ 37.43

Fox Fire Motor Inn

Drove the car towards Florida

801

9/12

Home

Home at last, hurricane Ivan turned west

754

Totals

$1,512.08

6,337 miles on the RV

8,118 driven + 6,337 towed = 14,455 miles on the car

$ 1,987

Approximate total for gas given 8 mpg on the RV, 32 mpg on the car and $1.90 per gal