From Oklahoma, we made our way northeast to Missouri. First stop in this Midwestern state was to Walnut Grove, home to our old Afghanistan contractor buddy, Tom Tipton. We hadn’t seen him since 2005 so we had a lot of catching up to do. The next day, Tom took us on a tour of the…Continue reading USA – Midwest (Missouri & Kansas)
USA – West South Central (Texas & Oklahoma)
After our weekend getaway to Los Angeles, we were back to our camper van to continue our road trip. From New Orleans, we drove to Houston, Texas where we spent time reconnecting with old friends – Mike and Andrea from our Antarctica trip, Charlotte from 141 Signal, and Brent from West Point. Our first impression…Continue reading USA – West South Central (Texas & Oklahoma)
USA – South Atlantic (Florida & Georgia)
We flew down to Daytona to pick up our new home on wheels (a compact Class B Roadtrek 190 camper van) from Quality RV Sales in Melbourne. It was such a hassle free and pleasant experience purchasing the vehicle online and the RV was in even better condition than we could have hoped for. What…Continue reading USA – South Atlantic (Florida & Georgia)
Belize – San Ignacio & Caye Caulker
Belize was our last Central American country to visit and we budgeted a total of 11 days here. Partly because we found the prices for everything in Belize to be prohibitively expensive and party because we were both tuckered out at the end of a 3.5 month trip, we decided to take it easy in…Continue reading Belize – San Ignacio & Caye Caulker
Guatemala – Antigua, Lake Atitlan, Semuc Champey & Flores
Other backpackers on the Central America trail have longed raved about Guatemala so we had high hopes for this country as we flew in to the capital. We immediately made a beeline to Antigua via private shuttle which was a genius move as we arrived late afternoon Sunday in time for the Lent religious parades…Continue reading Guatemala – Antigua, Lake Atitlan, Semuc Champey & Flores