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    Stop 130: Kentucky’s Cows, Caves… and Covid-19

    March 25, 2020 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    Per our usual travels, we crisscrossed through Kentucky — state #47, the second-to-last state in our quest to visit all 48 continental states on this part of the adventures — starting in Paducah, located in the southwestern part of the state, at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio

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    Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge

    Stop 129: Tennessee Travels

    March 16, 2020 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We started our exploration of state #46, Tennessee, in the Chattanooga area. (Technically, we actually were in Tennessee briefly when we visited the Great Smoky Mountains National Park a few weeks ago.) Tennessee became the 16th state of the United States in 1796, and later left the Union to join

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    Stone Mountain, Georgia

    Stop 127: The Highs and Lows of Our Second Trip Into Georgia

    March 2, 2020 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    Our return to Georgia started out uneventfully, with a wonderful visit to Columbus, the third-largest city in the state and located near the west-central border of the state — along the Chattahoochee River (a tributary of the Apalachicola River) — about 100 miles southwest of Atlanta. Fun and crazy fact:

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    Lagoon Park, Alabama

    Stop 126: Interesting Adventures in Alabama

    February 10, 2020 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    Alabama marks the 45th state in our JenRanAdventures across the United States… with our first stop in Robertsdale, one town away from the Buc-ee’s #42 in Loxley. What is a Buc-ee’s? For some, it is a destination… but officially it is a travel center chain with a mascot that’s a

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    St Marks National Wildlife Refuge

    Stop 125: Fun in Florida… Part Four: Panhandle

    January 31, 2020 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    While we were sad leaving Cedar Key, we were also excited to continue the exploration of Florida… moving into our final phase by exploring areas of the Florida Panhandle, which is a strip of land roughly 200 miles long and 50 to 100 miles wide, lying between Alabama on the

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    Big Cypress National Preserve

    Stop 123: Amazing Adventures in Big Cypress National Preserve

    January 13, 2020 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We stopped in Naples in southwest Florida so that we could spend some time exploring what some consider should be the fourth national park in the state… Big Cypress National Preserve, established in 1974. This 729,000-acre preserve protects the freshwaters of the Big Cypress Swamp — which is essential to

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    George LeStrange Preserve

    Stop 119: Fun in Florida… Part One

    January 2, 2020 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We returned to Florida almost exactly two years since we last visited the state when Jen was attending a residency for her master’s degree. It is still hot and humid — but better than being caught in a blizzard with our travel trailer! Florida is amazingly state #44 for us;

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    Lake Brandt, Greensboro

    Stop 115: Nothing But North Carolina

    November 27, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    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

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    Cash Lake, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

    Stop 114: Quick Forays into Maryland and Virginia

    November 21, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    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

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    Statue of Liberty

    Stop 112: Conquering New York City and New Jersey

    November 12, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    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

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