Geographical / Chronological Archive

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Maryland – July 30, 2017
- Departure
- Another Take on D-Day
Ohio / Cedar Point – early August
- Cedar Point and the Sandusky KOA
Michigan – early August
- Dawn Patrol to Michigan
- And Flight Goes to Do That Pilot Thing…
- Trouble in Motown
- …and It All Resolves
- Pushing North – Traverse City
- Great Lake #4
- Da U.P.!
- Van Riper State Park It Is!
- Six Days Gone
- How I Spent My Summer Vacation (without Flight)
Minnesota – mid August
- Feelin’ Minnesota
- Winter is Coming
South Dakota – mid August
- Rainy Day on the Prairie (in a Little House)
- Who’s in Charge Here?
Montana / Wyoming / Eclipse – mid August
- Close Encounter
- Some Great, Smoky Mountains
- Heading South for THE BIG EVENT
- This… is Getting Good
- Um, You Want Us Where?
- Moon Shadow, Moon Shadow
- 0700 – It’s Go Time
- The Eclipse
Montana / Wyoming Part 2 – late August
- Coming Back Down — West Yellowstone
- A Few More Notes on West Yellowstone…
- Hebgen
- Joining the 3%
- America’s Best Idea (aka There’s a Bison in the Road!)
- That’s a Pretty Large Teton
- The Other Side of the Grand Tetons
- Snake River Float
Utah – early September
- Off to… the Next Place! (Where is That Again?)
- This is SO NOT The Place
- Sin City
- Family Dinner
- The Angel Speaks
- Family Dinner (parts due et drie)
- Utah is not PC
- To Maryland, but not the One I Know
Idaho – mid September
- I Just Don’t Want to Break My Coccyx
Oregon – mid September
- Round the Bend We Go
- Blessed are the Hearts that Can Bend
- One Last Day in Paradise…
- Ocian in View! O! the Joy
- No Seals at Seal Rocks
Northern California – late September / early October
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night
- Everything Pumpkin Flavored (except Redwoods)
- What Was Patrick’s Point?
- Drivin’ and Cryin’ (The Mendocino Coast)
- Caspar Beach Treasures
- Fandamly
- The Bay Area
- Football / Farm
- The Cardinal
- Holding Tarantulas or Feeding Ponies?
- Collecting Flight in “The City”
- Best. Meal. Ever. * **
- The Single Thread
- The City
- Fleet Week, San Francisco Style
Southern California – mid/late October
- Sand Dunes and Tow Trucks and Clams (oh my)
- TACCO’s take on Pismo Beach
- Captain Crunch
- We Can Totally Fit – PSYCH!
- Carpinteria Turns the Corner
- Carpinteria Science Labs for All My Friends…
- Malibu Weekend (the Livin’s Easy)
- Malibu’s Underbelly
- Crystal Cove — The Beaching Will Continue Until Morale Improves
- Crystal Cove and the USO
- Where Garden Gnomes Lie in Wait
- Highs and Lows — San Elijo
- Righteously Goofy
- Stay Classy, San Diego
- Welcome to Paradise…
- Apotheosis (Coronado)
- Coronado Bliss
- Call the Ball…
- Gone Shootin’
- Lookin’ California
- A Very Merry Unbirthday to Me…
- Welcome, Princess, Happy Birthday!
- Another SWOtivational Day!
- This is Halloween…
California Desert / Nevada – early November
- Running to Stand Still
- Get Out
- The Meadows
- Hoover the Dam
- Veterans in the Valley of Fire
Utah Part 2 – mid November
- A Narrow Escape
- Another Hallelujah Morning
- Not Going the Extra Mile
California Part 2 – late Nov / early December
- The Valley of the Shadow…
- A Motivational 94 in Late November
- There is Unrest in the Forest
- Healing an Ache and Aching to Heal
- Down by the River…
- Giving Thanks in Grass Valley
- Mom’s Getting Better…
- Tentacles National Park
- Storing Davista with a Side of Distraction
Maryland for the Winter
- Bent (again)
- Plan Zulu Post Phase Two
- Interlude
- Re-launch!
California / The Desert Southwest – late March / early April
- Easing Back In (with the help of our favorite rocks)
- Welcome Home, now GET OUT
- Firebolt Checks in From J Tree (and tosses some shade)
- Musical Instrument Museum of Phoenix
- Those ARE My Rocks
- Days of Wine and… Wine
- Twice the Parks, Half the Scenery
Texas and Louisiana – mid April
- There Will Be Brisket
- Air Force Training, SIR!
- Tagging Out in Texas
- Low and Slow — Hill Country / Austin
- Houston, We Have A Problem…
- No Problem
- Le Vieux Carré
- Laissez Les Bon Temps… something?
- Lagniappe
Florida Gulf Coast – late April
- The Cradle of Naval Retrospection
- We Have Reached Peak Beach
- Tampa Fam
The Deep South – May
- Low and Slow Part 2 (Savannah)
- South Cackalacky
- Safety Standdown in Asheville
- San Francisco of the South
- Run to the Hills
- Sleuthing Sleuths and Driving Droves in Shaconage
- Number One?
- Overcome
- Hotlanta
- Davista Went Down to Georgia
- Confluence
- Aux Arcs
- My Mother’s Making Me Marry Meramac
Back to the Rockies – late May / early June ’18
- Transition
- Breezing through Kansas – for FREE!
- Ain’t No Downstream Family
- Further Up and Further In
- Epic
- Los Pollos (y Las Cabras) Hermanos
- Animas
- Cozy Cliffsides and Brilliant Corners
Utah Part 3 – June / July ’18
- Lake Powell for Everyone! (?)
- Apotheosis 2 — Moab
- Take Me to the River
- Canyons and Icons — Rounding Out Moab
- Progress!
Pacific Northwest – July / August / early September ’18
- Gremlins in the Hinterland
- Short Final on the Deschutes
- Fixing Our House
- Plan Charlie Foxtrot
- Go Around! Go Around!
- Diversion / Resolution
- Plan Charlie Whisky? Yes, Please!
- Sea/Sun/Sky-attle
- This Place
- A-Town Funk
- Closed
- And Now?
- Islands, Volcanoes, and Crabs
- Das Re-boot
California Coast (again) – September / October ’18
- Growing Up, Calming Down, Covering Ground
- I Saw a Shimmering Light
- Shorties
Northern Cal / Parents’ Driveway – October ’18 – February ‘ 19
- It’s My Birthday Too, Yeah
- Inflections
- Overwintering
- Freshies
Southern Cal+ – Spring ’19
- Southbound and Down
- Climbing Up the Walls
- Driftdown – A Coast (or two) Through Spring
Final Stretch
- Glideslope Captured
- Ease it Down Now
- Penultimate
- Touchdown
Random Posts
- Learning to Thrive on the Road
- Overheard from the Back Seat
- Two Months In
- Assessing our Flap at Three Months In
- Gear Assessment Three Months In…
- Three Month Map
- Crunch Fix
- Roadschooling — What That Looks Like at Three Months In…
- Phase One Complete — Map
- Oenophilia
- Five Months and a Lot of Change
- A Quick Word on Armadillos
- Six Point Five / Ten
- Plan Sun / Plan Moon
- A Year- Updated
- Our Biggest Mistake
- FAQs and Lessons Learned
- Final Map / Some Stats