Description: Places to Visit and Things to See Camping in an RV Across America
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It was late June 2008, and Chelle’s final school term was coming to an end, after more than thirty five years of teaching in the New York City public schools. I was winding up plans to transfer my responsibilities at the NYC Department of Health while building a new entertainment center in our fifth-wheel trailer.
We had put our house up for sale and hoped to set out on “Our Big Adventure”… a cross-country camping trip we had been talking about since before we got married in 1982.
We had hoped to hit the road before the end of summer, head slowly toward California, stop to visit Chelle’s family in Santa Barbara for a week or two, and then continue our travels to parts unknown. We had both lived in New York our entire lives, and we looked forward to a whole new chapter, albeit with some apprehension. At the same time, we were wary of the looming turmoil in the New York financial markets, and sick of the unnecessary, endless wars the country had been plunged into.