2023 Year in Review

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2023 was an amazing year of traveling for us. We started in Fredricksburg, TX on New Year's Day and ended up in Fairhope, AL where we purchased a lot that will allow us to spend our winters in a warmer climate. On May 2nd we left Fairhope, AL and our last stop before returning to Fairhope on October 24th was in Gatlinburg, TN. 


In those almost 6 months we:

  • Traveled over 13,000 miles
  • Traveled through 30 states
  • Visited 60 cities
  • Stayed at 14 Harvest Hosts
  • Visited 9 National Parks, Monuments, Historical Sites, National Reserves
    • City of Rocks National Reserve, Almo, Idaho
    • Devils Tower National Monument, Devils Tower, Wyoming
    • Glacier National Park, West Glacier, Montana
    • Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
    • Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Hagerman, Idaho
    • Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell, Massachusetts
    • Mammoth Cave National Park, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
    • Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Munising, Michigan
    • Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Empire, Michigan
We checked several things off our Bucket List:
  • Toured Mammoth Cave
  • Toured and visited several distilleries on the Bourbon Trail 
  • Went to see George Strait, Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town at Lumen Field in Seattle, WA
  • Visited the filming place of the hit show "Yellowstone" in Darby, MT
  • Visited Glacier Canyon
  • Visited Devil's Tower
  • Kayaked Lake Superior along Pictured Rocks National Park
  • Went to Mackinac Island and across the Mackinac Bridge
  • Visited Mari Vineyards (owner is star of the show "The Curse of Oak Island")
  • Toured the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum in Cooperstown, NY
  • Visited and went on a tour in Niagara Falls (this is not the first time we have visited)
  • We toured New England Patriots Hall of Fame
  • Attended horse races at Keenland Race Track in Lexington, KY
We were fortunate to see all of our children, most of our grandchildren, most of our siblings and we got to travel with our great friends Tom & Carol. We also visited friends in Utah and Wisconsin. This travel season is the last time we will travel in our Winnebago Forza. We are looking forward to making more memories in 2024 in our new Tiffin Allegro Red.

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