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September 29: Sleepy Hallow New York , Tapan Zee Bridge.
October 1: Maine Visited a dear friend and enjoy a trip to the lake!
October 2: More of New England and Hyde Park in New York
October 4: Letchworth State Park in New York the "Grand Canyon for the East"
October 7: Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota - Driving fast so I had to skip a lot but it was a nice drive
October 9: South Dakota, Black Hills, Wyoming Dead presidents, Alien Ships rest areas and SNOW!
October 10,12 and 13: Yellowstone! , Yellowstone, and one more Yellowstone
October 14: Arches National Park in Utah - Beauty beyond compare
October 16: Portland to Portland! From Portland Maine to Portland Oregon in one piece! mostly.
October 19: Oregon, Crater Lake and I learned about "trail magic"
October 21: Lava Fields, Redwoods and made into California
October 24: Glass Beach California, Coastal California, Sustainable Farming in California
October 26: Virginia City, Ghost towns, and Lake Tahoe!
October 30: Yosemite National Park
November 1: Dia de Los Muertos in Puerto Vallarta Mexico
November 8: Looking for Dory at Monterrey Bay
November 19: Big Sur and Death Valley
November 23: Hoover Dam and Lake Mead
November 24: Zion National Park
November 26: Santa Fe, New Mexico
December 1: Savannah Georgia and a little bit of New Orleans
December 4: Virginia Beach area

My first two posts, where I share why I am doing this:

When Life Gives you Lemons...

How an idea grew into a wonderful experience

These are the posts regarding all the prep work:

From August: https://chinitaswanderlist.blogspot.com/2018/08/

From September: https://chinitaswanderlist.blogspot.com/2018/09/

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"Best ... bartender from Timbuktu to Portland, Maine - or Portland, Oregon...” -Jack Torrance

My own westward expansion is accomplished! Portland to Portland! All 4000K miles of the journey! DONE! "… You were always the best of 'em. Best ... bartender from Timbuktu to Portland, Maine - or Portland, Oregon for that matter.” -Jack Torrance, in The Shining. T he exterior of the 'Overlook Hotel' is the Timberline Lodge , Mount Hood in the Hood River area of Northern Oregon. One of my "Wander List" Items that I am proud to check off is coming to Portland Oregon. The idea of all those explorers making it “out west” and crossing the vastness of the continent to “see what is out there” has always been appealing. Perhaps because I am the child of immigrants. I am an immigrant. The image of all those people taking the chance and picking up all that they could to make it “all the way” to Portland… Leaving everything behind and carving a life in a new place. I identify with all of that… the sense of adventure, the search for something...

Savannah Georgia - All I hope for

“If you go to Atlanta, the first question people ask you is, "What's your business?" In Macon they ask, "Where do you go to church?" In Augusta they ask your grandmother's maiden name. But in Savannah the first question people ask you is "What would you like to drink?” ― John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil And you can take your drinks to go too! I made it to Savannah! What a gem to finish the grand tour with! I have to come back with my significant other some day! First a quick stop on New Orleans: Then Savannah:

Virginia Beach- Being a tourist in your own backyard

Visiting my own back yard! I am also going to try to visit Shenandoah to complete the loop. Visited a friend in Virginia Beach and she was kind to drive me around and making sure I visited Mount Trashmore to complete my experience.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. – Leonardo Da Vinci

South Dakota, the Black Hills, Wyoming and a Sad Anniversary After spending my first night at a Cracker Barrel parking lot in Sioux City I had a nice breakfast and (wisely) decided to find me a heavier coat. I underestimated the cold during the “fall” season up here. I am glad I went with my gut feeling. On the way west I stumble onto the Louis and Clark expedition welcome center and had a date with Dignity! She is beautiful! I made it to the Badlands National Park! It was a bit cloudy and rainy but it the park was as beautiful as I ever picture it!! Someday I may come back and spend a couple of days exploring! The silence! The wind blowing through the canyons… Of course I had to stop at Wall Drugs... hey is a tourist trap but coffee was only 0.05 cents!! From there I headed west to the Black Hills area. When I arrived to the welcome...

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