Follow the adventures of Andrea and Randy Goodell as they retire, leave the Rat Race, move to Tomar, Portugal, and continue to explore the world.
August 24 – 27, 2020 After our great day in Zion National Park, it was off to see Bryce Canyon National Park. This was a bit of a drive as it was over 2 hours away from our base in Hurricane, UT. However, Tin Tin (our RV) was up to the challenge and got us …
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August 24 – 27,2020 After leaving Moab with Arches and Canyonland National Parks; we head south west to Hurricane, UT to visit Zion National Park. We stayed at the Willow Wind RV park in Hurricane, UT. This was a pretty nice place, but still kind of close together and packed in. By the way, notice …
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August 21 – 24, 2020 Our second day in Moab we decided to explore Canyonlands National Park and then nearby Dead Horse Point State Park. Both parks feature very deep and complex canyon systems that were formed by water and erosion millions of years ago. The entire area was once desert and sand dunes with …
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August 21 – 24, 2020 We left Salt Lake City and headed south east for Moab, UT. Moab is home to the Arches National Park, the lesser known Canyonlands National Park, and still lesser known Dead Horse Point State Park. Arches National Park gets all the attention and glory, and rightly so to some degree. …
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August 18 – 21, 2020 After leaving Carson City, we head pretty much straight east, heading for Salt Lake City, UT. As this is a pretty long drive, we broke it up by staying in Battle Mountain, NV for a night along the way. We stayed in the Clark Park RV park. This is the …
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August 15 – 18, 2020 After seeing the splendor of Crater Lake we are off to see another fantastic lake; Lake Tahoe in Nevada. This lake is famous not only for its beauty, but also the access to gambling and a bit of partying in the surrounding area in the great state of Nevada. Hey, …
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August 13 – 14, 2020 We reached Crater Lake from Florence, OR by driving pretty much straight west from the Pacific Coast into the mountains of Crater Lake National Park. We planned to spend 2 nights in this gorgeous park. One night in the campground and one night in Crater Lake Lodge. We are meeting …
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August 12, 2020 After leaving the great little town of Astoria, OR we wanted to visit Crater Lake, OR. As it is a bit of a drive from Astoria to Crater Lake, we broke up the trip and spent the night in Florence, OR. As we headed south towards Florence, we took Highway 101, or …
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August 9 – 11,2020 After visiting Mt. St. Helens, it is time to travel south a bit more and enter Oregon. Yeah! We pick up another state for Tin Tin’s (our RV) map on his backside. We originally planned to visit this quaint little town because a friend of Andrea’s has lived here for many …
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August 9 – 10,2020 After Mt. Ranier, it was off to see another mountain. Or, at least part of a mountain. We headed south on I-5 to Kelso, WA, just outside of Mt. St. Helens. If you recall, back in 1980 this mountain blew up. It blew off 1,300 feet of mountain peak and 3.4 …
Andrea and Randy Goodell explore Europe, Asia, United States, the Caribbean, and then move to Portugal!