Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Getting Ready To Go
The Fourth of July is Independence Day. The fifth of July is travel day!
Carol and I are in the final stages of loading the motorhome for our long-awaited summer trip. We begin with a couple of days in Branson, Missouri, then attend our first Winnebago Grand National Rally (GNR) at the Winnebago factory in Forest City Iowa. This will be a week-long event with about 1600 RVs in attendance. Activities will include meals, shows, factory tours, visiting vendors, etc.
After the GNR, we will travel up the Minnesota coast with about 10 other couples that we met on last summer's Atlantic Canada caravan. One of the couples is from Minnesota and has mapped out an ambitious agenda for a two-week trip.
Leaving Minnesota, we will have a month to get to Moab, Utah, where we will travel with the WIT club's Grand Circle Caravan visiting many national parks in Utah, Arizona and Colorado. On our way to Moab to join the caravan, we plan see as much as we can of North and South Dakota.
When the caravan ends, we will return home via Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico, Carlsbad Caverns, Big Bend National Park, San Antonio, and the Gulf Coast.
Assuming we have good internet connections, I expect to update this blog about once a week. Keep watching for news (and a few pictures) of our 2007 journey.
Carol and I are in the final stages of loading the motorhome for our long-awaited summer trip. We begin with a couple of days in Branson, Missouri, then attend our first Winnebago Grand National Rally (GNR) at the Winnebago factory in Forest City Iowa. This will be a week-long event with about 1600 RVs in attendance. Activities will include meals, shows, factory tours, visiting vendors, etc.
After the GNR, we will travel up the Minnesota coast with about 10 other couples that we met on last summer's Atlantic Canada caravan. One of the couples is from Minnesota and has mapped out an ambitious agenda for a two-week trip.
Leaving Minnesota, we will have a month to get to Moab, Utah, where we will travel with the WIT club's Grand Circle Caravan visiting many national parks in Utah, Arizona and Colorado. On our way to Moab to join the caravan, we plan see as much as we can of North and South Dakota.
When the caravan ends, we will return home via Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico, Carlsbad Caverns, Big Bend National Park, San Antonio, and the Gulf Coast.
Assuming we have good internet connections, I expect to update this blog about once a week. Keep watching for news (and a few pictures) of our 2007 journey.
