2008 - The beginning of a lifetime change
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Choosing site number 1 below, you can tour throughout this
entire website. You can also click on any underlined words and navigate
this site in any order you choose. Of course the navigational buttons
at the bottom of most pages will also help you choose what or where
you want to visit, especially the TOC button.
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January 2008 - After selling their house and most of their belongings,
Karen and Lee Duquette lived in their RV at Markham Park in Broward
County, Florida for a few months. Check
out the alligator, iguana and more in their backyard (#1 on the above
map)
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March 1, 2008 - Karen and Lee Duquette took their grandchildren
to Billie Swamp Safari In Clewiston,
Florida because they knew it would be awhile before they saw family
once they started their RV travel. (They also went Billie Swamp Safari
in 2016 with friends from Indiana. - both sections are connected). |
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Lee Duquette had been advised to take short trips
in the RV to be sure everything was working correctly. So it was off
to Orlando in the RV. |
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While in the Orlando area, of course, Karen and Lee Duquette visited their
son Brian Duquette at his home, each evening after Brian got off work.
Then it was time to go back to Broward County, Florida for their granddaughters
birthday celebration, and say "We love you and will see you
at Thanksgiving" to their beautiful daughter and grandchildren.
Finally, Karen and Lee Duquette headed out in their RV for their first
trip (other than the test run in Orlando which was shown above.)
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May 10 - 11, 2008 - The two RV Gypsies left Orlando on May 12, 2008
after spending two days, including Mothers Day (May 11) with their wonderful
son, Brian Lee Duquette
and saying "We love you and we will see you at Thanksgiving."
They made a short stop for a few hours at The Villages to visit some
friends, Ed and Athalie - NO PHOTOS were taken at the Village. |
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May 12 - 13, 2008: Suwannee River Music Park and Campground in Live
Oak, Florida, near the Georgia border. A short, but fun stop while heading
north up the east coast. Check
out #3 on the above map for photos.
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4. May 13, 2008 - a quick overnight rest stop at North Shore Resort
in Greensboro, with some great photos that can be found by choosing
#4 on the map above. (Note: Two RV Gypsies returned here on May
14, 2010 and those photos are on #54 on the 2010 map.) |
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May 14 - 16, 2008 - Horseshoe
Trails Camping Resort - Cleveland, Georgia and a visit to Karen
Duquette's friend, Dottie Colston who lives in Georgia. They also went
to Babyland: the home of the Cabbage Patch Dolls, and then they went
on to Anna Ruby Falls. This is an area that the two RV Gypsies have
been to many times and additional photos can be found on the 2009 map
site #47 |
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May 17, 2008 - Travel Resorts of America, Jackson Springs, North Carolina
- This was just an overnight rest stop, and the only photo the two RV
Gypsies took was lovely Sycamore trees at the entrance. Check
out #6 on the above map for photos. |
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May 18 - 23, 2008 - TWO pages -- The two RV Gypsies, Lee and Karen Duquette,
stopped at Pohick Bay Regional Park on the Potomac River in Northern
Virginia, plus The Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run and the
quaint town of Occoquan. Check
out #7 on the above map for photos. |
8. May 23 - June 3, 2008 - The two RV Gypsies went to Branch Brook Campground
in Thomaston, Connecticut. Then they visited Lee Duquette's relatives,
plus Sandra Tabaka Nagel, Karen's friend since 2nd grade, plus Karen's
friend Tom in Stratford. They tried to visit Karen's cousins Ronnie
and Dickie Marsh and their families but were unable to reach them by
phone to set up a visit. Check
out #8 on the map for photos of Mystic Seaport, Six Flags New England,
Hancock Brook Lake and more. |
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9b.
June 10 - 28, 2008: Lee Duquette stayed at Tohickson Family Campground,
Quakertown, Pennsylvania while Karen Duquette flew to Stockholm,
Sweden to visit, Monica and Bitte, line-dance friends who live in
Stockholm.
This is a menu consisting of several pages - so please enjoy Karen Duquette's
adventures in Sweden. |
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June 29 - July 12, 2008: The two RV Gypsies parked at Old Mill Run Park
in Thornton, Indiana so they could visit Sharon Melander Dickerson,
their maid-of-honor from almost 43 years ago. The trip was cut short
early on the morning of July 5th because they got a phone call from
an Orlando Florida detective informing them that their son, Brian Duquette
was robbed and violently murdered in his own home. Check
out #10 on the map for photos in Indiana before worst disaster in the
lives of the two RV Gypsies.......... |
To
view photos and read history of the travels of the two RV Gypsies, scroll
down the page UNDER the map and pick a site to view. The map is just
to provide a visual of where the two RV Gypsies traveled in 2008. There
are also multiple links at the bottom of most pages, as this site grows
each and every year.
DUE
TO THE MURDER OF THEIR SON BRIAN LEE DUQUETTE IN HIS OWN HOME, THE
TWO RV GYPSIES HAD TO RETURN TO ORLANDO, FLORIDA FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
PLEASE CLICK ON THE "BRIAN" BUTTON ABOVE FOR MORE INFORMATION
AND PHOTOS. BRIAN WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. He did make a difference
in this world to a lot of people.
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