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We're not mountain climbers. HELP!
Our next destination was Incline Village, Nevada on Lake Tahoe. There's a reason it's called "Incline" Village - it's at an elevation of...
The road trip continues. Be on the lookout for cattle rustlers, wild horses and a really cool town.
Leaving Laramie, Wyoming, we continued west to our next destination: Park City, Utah. Reminding ourselves of the old adage, "It's not the...
Say “Hi” to the cowboy town of Laramie, WY. Bart (pictured) wanted to be a cowboy when he was a kid.
Bart Russell (Circa 195?) We left Colorado and headed to Wyoming, looking forward to experiencing our first “Frontier Town” - Laramie. On...
We got stoned and really high in Colorado. Well, maybe not stoned. More like “Bouldered”
The Tour set up a “basecamp” outside of Boulder. A woman we met told us that locals go to Nederland to experience one of the coolest...
Here’s a flash from the past. Read on to find out why “We Like Ike”, the 34th President of the U.S.
Our destination on this leg of the Tour was the Boulder, Colorado area. We knew the next few days would give us some thrilling scenery to...
Yes, Virginia, there is a city called Virginia…in Nevada
Rorie recently met up with her family in Nevada to take a road trip to California to celebrate the marriage of their niece and future...
Shhh. Can you keep a secret?
The small town of Los Alamos, NM (population 12,019) was the ultimate travel secret for many years. If you worked and lived there, it...
From AZ to El Paso to Abilene…a whole lot of nuthin’ going on, except ghosts and snakes
We left the comfortable surroundings of our beautiful Scottsdale, AZ digs for the last 2 days with some uncertainty and trepidation about...
Scottsdale’s Old Town Has Great Public Art & Food “To Die For"
When we’re on the road we prefer to support small town, locally owned businesses, including Airbnbs, etc. If none are available we like...
The Tour heads East, but first: coyotes, cakes and cookies…
Before leaving sunny CA to make our way 3,oo0 miles plus to New England (the next BIG leg of the Tour), we got up bright and early for a...
Bart & Rorie are on the road again – from Cambria to Old Town Pasadena. Join us!
Small town America road trippers need fuel to power not only their vehicles, but also their bodies. We found ours at Sandy’s in Cambria...
Rorie & Bart discover CA’s central coast towns. Say “hi” to Cambria’s li
“Bart the Navigator” mapped out today’s journey. Given the beauty of our surroundings, he didn’t have to work too hard on our itinerary....
San Fran is more than hills, carbs and crabs. But, ya gotta start somewhere…
As an East Coast kid, Bart grew up thinking San Francisco was only known for the jingle “Rice A Roni…the San Francisco treat” from the...
From the town with a thousand oaks to one with a thousand Jelly Bellies…nice!
Heading north on our way to Fairfield, CA we took a few “we’ve got to stop here” stops. First place up was the small town of Gilroy, the...
It’s “wine o’clock” somewhere…The Tour heads to Sonoma and Napa towns
Our 70 mile drive north from Fairfield to our first stop Healdsburg, took us past the amazing Sears Point Tidal Restoration Project on...
Beach boys, beach bunnies, beach bums & boogie boards abound in SoCal towns
After a great and sorely needed night of sleep in an amazing beachside condo (“Thank you” to Rorie’s brother Jeff and sister-in-law Pam,...
The Tour takes a detour for a Thousand Oaks, CA family gathering
Leaving the southern CA beaches behind, we headed North for a break from backroads and a long overdue visit with family in Thousand Oaks....
From the mountains, to the prairies, to the ocean, white with foam…
Day 16 of the Tour proved to be both exhilarating and exhausting. It was the last segment of our east-west, cross country journey. We...
Wildcats, poutine, a gangster named Dillinger and Santa? Tucson has it all
Yup, we know Tucson isn’t a small town but…we wanted to get out of the car, stretch our legs, and do some sightseeing on foot. After...
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