We can’t believe we have been traveling in our camper for two whole years! We’ve done so much that it feels like a lot longer. As we reflect on our experiences over the past year, there are a few things that stand out.
Friends
We were worried that we would feel isolated while traveling the country. While researching what living and traveling full-time in an RV would entail, we had heard that meeting people is difficult. That has not been our experience. We meet people at just about every campground – some we just have short-term connections with and others we keep in contact with. Some we have even traveled with. Some have become life-long friends.
We are so grateful for the group of people pictured below. We call them our Friend Family. And while we are all currently in different parts of the country, we stay in touch and we have supported each other through new jobs, injuries and illness, and the zaniness of life.
Volcanoes
We had no idea that volcanoes played such a big part of the landscape in the west. In fact, New Mexico is a top place in the world to study young volcanoes. Who knew?! We’ve seen black basalt (lava) just randomly scattered all over the western part of the country. We’ve been in lava tube caves and have seen basalt in unexpected places.
Geology
We have learned so many cool things about the land. This year we learned about the Mega Floods which occurred 15,000-18,000 years ago and had a huge impact on the land from Idaho to western Washington to the coast of Oregon. We loved seeing the giant ripples from 70 mph rushing flood waters along the Columbia River and imagining water 400 feet over our heads as we looked at Dry Falls in Washington.
It is impossible to stay clean when camping
Daniel and I have had a hard time keeping our clothes and shoes clean on the west side of the country. I felt like everything was dusty all the time. The dogs, Peter and Marcel, became so dirty just from the walks we took. The west is just a dirty place. Beautiful but dirty.
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