We have had two RVs in the last 20 years.  Our first was a 1994 27' Ford / Coachman Leprechaun Class C which we picked up used in 1995.  We very much enjoyed that camper and were able to bring our kids to all 48 contiguous states and 6 Canadian provinces over the 12 years that we owned that rig. In 2007, we replaced the Leprechaun with a used 1999 31' Class C Ford / Dutchman.

      One of the great things about traveling is documenting and remembering the places we have been and the things we have done.  The first camper had a map of north America outside next to the entry door that we nearly filled in - minus Alaska, Hawaii, and 2 western Canadian provinces - with the appropriate colored state and province stickers as we visited them. When we got the "new" camper in 2007 we put a new empty map on the exterior with the hopes of eventually filling that one in as well.

     Over the first 7 years of the Dutchman we had managed to fill in the USA east coast pretty quickly and had also added some of the beautiful eastern Canadian provinces, but had not managed to get very far west since our 1998 and 2000 family cross country trips in the old camper.

     As the Summer of 2015 approached, we decided it was time to fill in some more states.

     We left Cape Cod early on July 5, 2015 and headed west with some general goals and a loose schedule to do what we could to see as much of this beautiful country as we could in the time we had available.  Over the next 6 weeks we added 24 new states, put 9,737 miles on the odometer, and had a positively wonderful summer adventure. We took tons, about 15,000+ photos, of the scenic drives and sights, as well as a fair number of fire stations, apparatus, and related images.

     This feature documents some of the places we went to and the things we did on our Great Summer of 2015 Cross Country Adventure.  Enjoy!

WEEK 2
Day 8 - Missouri - Kansas City Royals, WWI Memorial
Day 9 - Missouri to Nebraska - Independence, Liberty, Omaha
Day 10 - Nebraska - Omaha, AAA All-Star Galla
Day 11 - Nebraska - Omaha, AAA All-Star Game
Day 12 - Nebraska to Kansas - Lincoln, Friend, USA Geo-center
Day 13 - Kansas to Colorado - Brewster KS
Day 14 - Colorado to Wyoming - Denver, Cheyenne

WEEK 3
Day 15 - Wyoming to Colorado - Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo
Day 16 - Colorado - Rocky Mtn Nat Park, Center City
Day 17 - Colorado - Vail, Buena Vista
Day 18 - Colorado - Buena Vista, Colorado Springs
Day 19 - Colorado - Great Sand Dunes
Day 20 - Colorado to New Mexico - Chama
Day 21 - New Mexico - Chama Train Ride

WEEK 4
Day 22 - New Mexico to Utah - Aztec Ruins, 4 Corners,
             Monument Valley, Moab
Day 23 - Utah - Rt 128, Loop, Arches Nat Park
Day 24 - Utah - Dead Horse State Pk, Canyonlands Nat Park
Day 25 - Utah - Natural Bridges, Escalante
Day 26 - Utah - Bryce Canyon, rodeo
Day 27 - Utah to Nevada - Grand Canyon, Las Vegas
Day 28 - Nevada - Las Vegas

WEEK 5
Day 29 - Nevada - Las Vegas, Hoover Dam
Day 30 - Nevada to New Mexico - Meteor Crater
Day 31 - New Mexico to Oklahoma - Ok-City Baseball game
Day 32 - Oklahoma to Texas - Family
Day 33 - Texas - Ft Worth, Dallas, Houston Fireboat
Day 34 - Texas to Louisiana - Houston FB, New Orleans
Day 35 - Louisiana - New Orleans Baseball game

WEEK 6
Day 36 - Louisiana to Mississippi - Hattiesburg
Day 37 - Mississippi to Tennessee - Nashville
Day 38 - Tennessee to Pennsylvania - KY, WV
Day 39 - Pennsylvania to Pennsylvania