The quest to travel to all 48 continental United States in our vintage Shasta camper. How is a United State qualified for the challenge?
Both of Shana’s wheels touch the road of the state
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A meal is had in the state by Shana’s overnight passengers before or after having stayed overnight in Shana.
From Custer State Park we drove Shana east through Rapid City to Cedar Pass campground at Badlands National Park. We were planning to checkout downtown Rapid City, so when our car started making a clunking sound near there it ended up being a necessary visit to downtown Rapid City. A bolt on one of the … [Read more…]
To accomplish our goal of visiting all 48 continental United States we left Makoshika State Park for North Dakota. We crossed the state line and stopped at the Beach interstate exit, so we technically went to a beach this summer! In Beach, we got coffee at Badlands Barista and Boutique, which is an espresso bar … [Read more…]
With no signs of rain relenting upon Glacier National Park we left early heading east to Glendive, Montana for Makoshika State Park. For miles and miles we drove across all of the Big Sky listening to local radio featuring the morning police reports from each Montana county. One by one sheriffs reported how many people … [Read more…]
With a reliable new set of wheels from Discount Tire we set out for Montana through Idaho. We felt like we whiffed by not getting coffee the mecca capital of rich, dark coffee…Washington. But we lucked out with Terre Coffee in Post Falls, Idaho. As we approached Glacier signs for Huckleberry jams and pies slowly … [Read more…]
We left Arco, Idaho early and couldn’t leave Idaho without having some potatoes, so we stopped at the Boise Fry Company in Boise. Not too long after entering Oregon we started up and down some enormous climbs with long steep grades and noticed many more trees than we’d see among the sage brush of Idaho. … [Read more…]
From our stay at Mike Harris Creek in Idaho, we drove west to Arco, Idaho to stay near Craters of the Moon National National Monument & Reserve. As we approached Arco we passed by a nuclear testing facility in an extremely remote area. Upon arriving to Arco it was well advertised that Arco was the … [Read more…]
After a surprise encounter with a wild grizzly bear at Yellowstone National Park, we packed up and headed to Idaho. Our trip took us from Yellowstone to the Grand Tetons National Park. We were immediately greeted with a gorgeous mountain landscape reflecting perfectly from a mirror lake. With plans to spend time in Jackson Hole, … [Read more…]
The campsites at Bridge Bay Campground in Yellowstone are primitive. They include a variety of heavily wooded to open field sites that are mostly on uneven pavement without electricity or water. Most are in some proximity to at least one tree and a bathroom. The bathrooms are heated with several stalls and sinks although they … [Read more…]
Shana, our 1958 Shasta Airflyte Deluxe, needed some repair and interior design before embarking on a 6,600 mile trip cross country. Her driver side wall had shifted off the trailer base and was slowly sagging, so using two jacks we lifted the wall back into place and sent three bolts from the exterior wall through … [Read more…]
