After rushing through Maryland and Virginia, it was nice to know we would be spending about two weeks traveling through North Carolina — the 41st state we have visited on this trip! North Carolina, the Tar Heel State, was another of the original 13 colonies — and was the FIRST
Month: November 2019
Stop 114: Quick Forays into Maryland and Virginia
Trying to make tracks down further south before the frigid temperatures and icy weather hit, we made quick stops in Maryland and Virginia… on our way to the Carolinas. We plan to come back and spend more time in Virginia during Spring 2020, near the end of this 2.5-year road
Stop 113: History Lessons at Valley Forge and Gettysburg
We made a quick dash back to Pennsylvania so that we could visit two historic sites — one related to the Revolutionary War and the other to the Civil War… settling in at a very small, but interesting campground in York. We started this adventure in Valley Forge, located about
Stop 112: Conquering New York City and New Jersey
This stop in our adventure was focused on three key elements: visiting some key sights in the towns where Ran spent time as a kid growing up; reconnecting with some of Ran’s New Jersey relatives; and being tourists in one of the iconic cities in the U.S. Our main camping
Stop 111: Dropping into the Hudson Valley and Delaware Water Gap
As we closed in on our week-long visit to New Jersey and New York City, we decided to veer west from our last location in Connecticut and spend a week in nature in the Hudson Valley region of New York and the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania. Ironically, our first