| The
RV travels of Lee and Karen Duquette in 2015
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April 20 through April 22
- Lee and Karen Duquette spent time in Englewood, Florida visiting their
friends PeeWee and Doc Griffo. They had fun evenings at dinner and dancing.
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2. April 23 - 25 - Lee and Karen Duquette drove to St. Petersburg, Florida
and took a wonderful Segway tour with St Pete Segway Tours, and a very
knowledgeable guide, Tom. They also rode on the Dolphin Racer Speedboat
and watched dolphins surfing on the wake of the boat. All
photos are posted. A video of the dolphins is also posted and can
be reached by choosing the TOC button above and then choosing the wildlife
button or the D button.
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April 26 - 29 - Lee and Karen Duquette
drove to DeLand, Florida and visited their friends DeeDee and Forest
Pierce. NO photos were taken here. |
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4. May 2, 2015 - Biloxi,
Mississippi and a shrimping trip and more: War memorials, Hurricanes
Katrina and Camille memorials, Sharksheads, otter catching a catfish,
a lighthouse, a 2,000 year old tree and a lot more. |
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7. May 5-6-7, 2015 -More
Texas stuff. Lee Duquette parked their RV at Medina Lake RV Resort
in Lakehills, Texas and Karen Duquette saw lots of deer in the campground.
Then they drove their toad to SAN ANTONIO: enjoyed another Segway tour,
plus the ALAMO, monuments, Ripleys, a wax museum and more. |
8. May 8-9, 2015 - San
Angelo, Texas; an amazing Welcome Center and Riverwalk, Old Town,
nature center, sunken garden park and more.
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9. May 10, 2015 - Monahans
Sandhills State Park in Texas - laugh at Karen Duquette physically
rolling down 70-foot sand hills
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May 13 - 14 - Friends
in Las Cruces New Mexico. Photos are posted of a double rainbow,
travel, and the campground.
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NOTE: For most of the time
that Lee and Karen Duquette were in San Diego, their RV (their ONLY
home) was in repair at the San Diego Freightliner, making them "homeless"
in San Diego. During this time, they stayed one night at the Hilton
Hamptons, and two nights at Embassy Suites. Reviews
of these hotels are posted. Several nights were spent sleeping in
the RV on the street in front of Freightliner (Lee Duquette's stupid
idea). Karen Duquette liked the Embassy Suites much better than the
Hilton Hamptons. |
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17. June 12 -14, 2015 - Redwood
National Park, Avenue of the Giants, Trees of Mystery:
The drive from San Francisco to Eureka, California was shorter in distance
than the drive to San Francisco, but all vehicles towing were limited
to 55 mph speed limit and because of the curvy, steep mountains with
many very sharp corners, the RV was often quite slow going up the mountain
roads. But they finally arrived in Eureka, California and were amazed
as they marveled at the tall Redwood trees. Then Lee Duquette drove
their tow car (their toad) through two trees as seen by choosing the
link above. |
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stops #19 - 23 - Lee and Karen Duquette
parked at five different campgrounds in order to explore all of the
exciting places below. Each of the places listed below can be reached
from the menu underlined above or from the underlined link at the end
of this list, and they can be viewed in any order of your choice. |
June 16 - 17, 2015 -Travel to Washington state and Chehalis Thousand
Trails
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June 18, 2015 - Thunderbird Resort in Monroe, Washington
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June 19, 2015 - Seattle Washington: Seattle Segway tour, Seattle Center-
Chihuly Garden and Glass, the Space Needle and more
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June 20, 2015 - Marysville Strawberry Festival, North Cascades National
Park, and Ladder Creek Powerhouse/Gorge/Falls
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June 21, 2015 - Snoqualmie Falls and lunch at Sandy Cove Park
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June 22, 2015 - Deception Pass State Park and a Jet Boat ride, plus
Mount Erie and a winery |
June 23, 2015 - Port Angeles Sequim KOA and Olympia National Park
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June 24, 2015 - Port Angeles and a whale watching tour |
June 25, 2015 - Hoh Rain Forest (part of Olympia National Park), Bigfoot,
Forks, Marymere Falls |
June 26, 2015 - Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge - Chetzemoka Park
- Fort Worden State Park - Port Townsend, totem poles
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June 27, 2015 - Cape Flattery, Pillar Point County Park in Clallam County,
Sekiu |
June 28, 2015 - Rainbow Falls State Park
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June 29, 2015 - Mount Rainier National Park and the Sculpture Park |
June 30, 2015 - Point Defiance Park
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July 1, 2015 - Hiram M Chitten Locks
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July 2, 2015 - Lee and Karen Duquette went back to Seattle.
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July 3, 2015 - Concrete, and the night trip to Ladder Creek Powerhouse
and Falls
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July 4, 2015 - Mount Baker
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July 5, 2015- a cleaning and laundry day - NO photos were taken on this
date |
July 6, 2015 - Skagit Riverwalk in Mount Vernon
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July 7, 2015 - Port of Anacortes, Cape Sante Marina, and Seafarers'
Memorial Park
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Five different campgrounds
and ten cities are involved to see all of the below. Each of the places
listed below can be reached from this MENU
UNDERLINED and/or the one below item #30, and they can be viewed
in any order of your choice. |
July 9, 2015 - ENTER British Columbia, Canada and Cultus Lake Thousand
Trails RV Park (site 24) |
July 10, 2015 - Bridal Falls and Harrison Hot Springs (site 24) |
July 12, 2015 - City of Hope and Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park plus
tunnels and more (site 24) |
July 13, 2015 - Lee and Karen Duquette traveled to Whistler and Whistler
RV Park plus Brandywine Falls (site 25) |
July 14, 2015 -Whistler Blackcomb Gondola and a bear tour (site 25) |
July 15, 2015 - Sea to Sky Gondola in Squamish plus Shannon Falls (site
26) |
July 16, 2015 - Lee and Karen Duquette traveled to Lac La Hache which
was a very long drive due to steep, curvy mountains.The RV overheated
and Lee had to drive at very a low speed limit. They arrived late at
Big Country Campground and RV Park so they did not go out on this date
(site 27) |
July 17,2015 - Lac La Hache Provincial Park (site 27) |
July 18 - 20, 2015 - Bee Lazee RV Park in Prince George plus Fort George
Park (site 28) |
July 21 - 23, 2015 - Glaciers and waterfalls in Smithers, British Columbia
(site 29)
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July 24, 2015 - Moricetown Canyon plus salmon jumping and Indians fishing
(site 30) |
Five different
campgrounds and ten cities were involved to see all of the above sites
24 - 30. Each of the places listed below can be reached from this MENU
UNDERLINED and viewed in any order of your choice. |
July 25 - 28, 2015 - Hyder
ALASKA - lots of BEARS plus Salmon Glacier (although technically
the glacier is in British Columbia but it is reached through Hyder)
- site 31 |
CANADA - British
Columbia again |
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July 31, 2015 - August 2 - Jasper, Alberta, the Icefields Parkway and
lots of wildlife |
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August 4, 2015 - Banff
and Lake Minnewanka a bummer day on the Gondola (site 38) |
CANADA - British Columbia
for the 3rd time this year |
August 5 - 7, 2015: a travel day and Glacier
National Park, Revelstoke (site 39) |
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Lee and Karen Duquette returned to the
United States of America |
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September 4 - 7, 2015 - Ontonagon Michigan, The Northern Lights, Lake
Superior, and waterfalls ( site 53) |
September 8 - 9, 2015 - Marquette Michigan: Yooperland, Marquette Ore
Dock / dome / bell (site 54) |
September 10 - 11, 2015 - Pictured Rocks, waterfalls and Bear Ranch
(site 55) |
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There was
a stretch of time when Lee and Karen Duquette were visiting relatives
and friends and they did not take any photos. |
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September 29 - 30, 2015 - Renfro Valley KOA in Mt. Vernon, Kentucky
- heavy rain - so no adventures |
Lee and Karen Duquette
had planned to go into South Carolina but a hurricane poured lots of
rain and major flooding to South Carolina. So they went into Tennessee
instead. All-in-all, they had a full week of heavy rain, but no flooding.
While driving the RV from Kentucky to Tennessee, Lee and Karen saw four
major accidents, probably due to the rain, and were delayed for about
an hour, but they were just thankful that they were not involved in
an accident. October 1-2, 2015 - They parked their RV at Clinton / Knoxville
North KOA in Clinton, Tennessee - There was heavy rain so NO adventures
here. |
October 3 - 4, 2015 - Lee and Karen Duquette drove in the rain to Chattanooga
North KOA in McDonald, Tennessee (and they had quite a time delay because
they passed 4 major accidents on the highway, but at least they were
not involved in the accidents.) |
| On October 4th, the rain finally
stopped so they went to Red
Clay State Historical Park to see the famous blue hole, hiked the
trail for some much needed exercise. (site 60) |
October 5, 2015 - Lee Duquette parked their RV at Cartersville / Cassville-White
KOA in Cartersville, Georgia and drove their toad to Historic
Euharlee, Georgia (site 61) |
October 6, 2015 - Lee Duquette parked their RV at Forsyth KOA and drove
their toad to High Falls
State Park in Jackson, Georgia and hiked to see the waterfall. (site
62) |
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October 15, 2015 - Karen and Lee Duquette arrived in Deerfield Beach,
Florida. They set up their RV then drove to their daughter's house for
dinner. Then they returned to the RV and Karen packed for a 7-day cruise
with a friend. Lee stayed in the RV and rested for awhile. (The cruise
is linked below) |
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AFTER
you have seen all of the above sites 
