We hope you enjoy our travels!
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Big Cypress National Preserve
December 14 – December 16 You will find this blog much more appropriate in length based on words and pictures but huge on quality. You will also note a tone of exhaustion and fatigue as we struggled to find our happy spot in this camp. However, as we prepare to post this blog entry, now…
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Florida: Southbound & Down to Key West
11/20/2020 – 12/14/2020 Note from the TWT Team: We are currently sitting in Ortona Lock Campground, east of Fort Meyers enjoying a cool, brisk, sunny Christmas. In fact, the temperatures were forecasted as the same here as they were for Golden, Colorado. You will read about this place in this blog and as it worked…
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The Okefenokee Swamp
11/16/2020 – 11/20/2020 We left Savannah eager to continue our journey, heading south on coastal Highway 17 where we weaved over and under I-95 committed to stay off the interstate and keep it slow. Highway 17 is also a road where my great great grandmother and namesake, Blanche Kempner Nussbaum, lost her life when she…
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Savannah Bananas
10/27/2020 – 11/16/2020 Note: We decided to create an Instagram account so we can post more real time status of our journey. As you know, our blog which takes more time to create is running up to a month behind. We hope you find this enjoyable. Toohey (@travelswithtoohey) • Instagram photos and videos Savannah is…
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Tybee: A Beach Vacation
October 22 – 27 Travel Journal We left South Carolina traveling through the low country along highway 17, over the Savannah River Bridge that locals still refer to as the Talmadge Bridge, which was actually an old metal bridge that has since been scrapped. We drove through the Savannah downtown historic district then south to…
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In My Mind I’m Gone to Carolina: The Carolinas
10/15/2020 – 10/23/2020 The North Carolina mountains hold a special place in my memories. One of the earliest trips was with my mom and dad to the High Hampton Inn after dropping my sister off at camp for two weeks. We stayed there for a few nights enjoying time with my grandparents who made their…
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Almost Heaven: West Virginia
10/7/2020 – 10/13/2020 West Virginia was an intriguing place. A beautiful place, wonderful mountains, full of rugged adventure, a place that at first glance seemed to have let time get away. As we spent days exploring the land, wandering down small country roads with old farms, seeing their way of life, we began to fully appreciate…
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Pennsylvania: The Birthplace of The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution of the United States, and Ticks on Toohey
9/27/2020 – 10/7/2020 The last blog entry, provided a brief list of things that have made the trip from the red dust of Utah to the stink bugs of Ohio. We have found a new entry to the list which now includes ticks. As of this writing, Toohey has become host to about 6 but…
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The Buckeye State
September 20 – 27, 2020 There have been bits and pieces that we pick up from each state that travel with us along our journey. For example, we continue to clean the red dust we picked up in the deserts of Utah, the grey dust along the gravel roads in Idaho, Oregon, and Montana. We…
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Michigan: The Mitt
The Travels With Toohey Team crossed the Mackinac Bridge over the Strait of Mackinac, took the first exit off I-75, and turned the rig right. Our goal for the day was a sloverlanding drive along the small roads of the west side of the Michigan Mitt, along Lake Michigan, down to some place near Traverse…
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