Category: Travel
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Nebraska Trip–Days 2 and 3
We woke up to another day of wind and temps in the single digits. The wind chill was slightly below zero at sunrise. At 10AM the “real feel” temp was still only 3F. We moved the van from the RV park over to the McDonald’s on 3rd Street. The McDonald’s…
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DAY 1: Denver to Alliance, Nebraska
Ro, Sanni, and I left Broomfield at 11AM and headed north up I-25. We made a quick stop at Camping World in Longmont to get a water tank fill door key. We picked up a water pressure reducer, fill tank hose, and cassette toilet chemicals. It is with some trepidation…
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CamperVanWilder: Then and Now, an Origin Story
In November 2019, Ro ( @doggirl09 ) and I ( @DavidsTravelTales ) took a bucket list trip to New Zealand. Ro did a lot of research before we left. One of things she figured out was that traveling through New Zealand in a campervan was not only more affordable than…
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Birding Peru: December 2021 – January 2022
Day 2: Into the Amazon December 28, 2021 I wasn’t sure what to expect from an internal flight in Peru. Would it be modern and safe or would it be a white-knuckle, stomach-turning, prop plane transporting us over the Andes? To my pleasant surprise, LATAM Airlines operated the flight and…
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Birding Peru: December 2021- January 2022
Getting There and Day One December 26, 2021 The day after Christmas was a stressful departure from Denver International Airport for my longtime friend, David Leatherman and I. We had originally booked the flight out of Denver with several hours of leeway to make our connection in Atlanta less stressful.…