Photography, Fun, and Adventure in the U.S.
We made it to West Virginia… the 48th and final state we are visiting on this journey. (Alaska and Hawaii will come in future trips.) We had planned to spend a bit more time traveling through the state and exploring more of its beauty, but Covid-19 and the fears and
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:
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
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
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;
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
With the seasonal camping deadline of Columbus Day looming (when RV parks close), we left Maine with the goal of completing a quick sweep through Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut… starting with a camping base in Gloucester, the main city on Cape Ann, and the oldest fishing port in New
From Michigan, we did a counterclockwise circle of Indiana and Illinois, stopping first in Bluffton, just outside Fort Wayne, Indiana. Indiana, the 26th state we have visited, means Land of the Indians (though not anymore) and is known as the “Crossroads of America,” because of the importance of waterways, railroads,
This stop had no national significance (though we did spend some time in the Colville National Forest and the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area), but we may have found our EmpoweringSites.com HQ… in the tiny town of Loon Lake. (You can learn more about our search for a new #HQ