My Grandparents Loved to Travel
My Grandparents Loved to Travel, they always stopped at the welcome signs that are posted on the side of the road as you enter a new state. I have a lot of photos they took on their vacations when they were very young. I see my self in them as we travel now across the country. (video below)
I picture them getting out at every sign we see to take a picture. We don’t do that because those roads are usually so busy, you would not want to pull over especially with an RV.
Taking our trusty jeep is always a fun way to see the back roads of this country. Nice thing about the older jeeps, husband can fix anything on it and it goes just about everywhere. Dirt roads are our preferred travel in the jeep.
This video is a look at Scenic Hwy 170 in Texas, at Warp Speed. I quick ride along a mountainous road with lots of curves and hills. It follows along the Rio Grande and is a beautiful drive if you ever get down that way.
My Grandparents Loved to Travel
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A wonderful read!
Thank you very much 😊
We just recently got our new Jeep equipped with the blue-ox tow rig and we were already to haul it on our trip – unfortunately, it looks like we have to cancel it due to some unexpected family matters. I do like the rack on top of your Jeep.
Sorry to hear about your trip and hope everything will be ok Brian. Our jeep is a 2005 and had the steel front bumper with a stinger on it. So husband found the smitty Biltmore bar which stays on the jeep when we unhook it. I see most people have the blue ox which folds up on the rv, those are nice also.
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I have a few picture of state line welcome signs from out greyhound bus windows. I still stop at welcome signs today.
That is so nice, I love that I have all these old photos of the signs. 😊
I am sure your grandparents are happy you enjoy them too.
Yes, it was a big thing for us to have home movie night back in the day. So I love getting the photos out and looking at them still. 😊
Great photos and perspective!
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Travelling is best
Beautiful scenery Sandra and that video … lots of winding roads as you drove along, at warped speed or not, they’d be a challenge to drive. I hated to see the orange cones marring the pretty drive.
Yes, they were working on the only two bridges on the road and the bridges needed it we noticed as we drove over them. 🙂
Loved the roller coaster ride. I saw few houses, but then the focus was of the road in front. My wife would fuss, but I would be looking around at every straight stretch to see the river or mountains. Was the tepee a unisex outhouse? I have seen those in that part of the world. And I am sure you had to go a long way to get gas. My parents and I took pictures of a lot of historical markers too. The photo that I never got (of a sign) was in Europe. Being in the military, I visited the places that were not exactly tourist places and I always wanted a photo of the sign “THIS AREA IS TOP SECRET. TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS IS ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN.” I still regret not taking a picture. Not what was behind the sign, which was usually a lot of trees, just the sign.
Thank you Mark, someone at a campground told us about this scenic drive or we would never had known about it. The mountains were just gorgeous, of course we were only doing about 45 mph or less. Those tepee were picnic shelters so you could sit in the shade and look over the mountain. It was nice not to see a lot of cars. We did gas up before we left, it was about a 2 hour drive. We have met so many nice people on this trip and they all love to share their favorite campgrounds and drives like that one. I have to take notes when we are visiting with folks just to remember all these places.
I look forward to more, and I am glad you take notes.
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Thank you 😊
also Sandra loves to travel.
Very much 😊
Thanks for the ride Sandra. I appreciate it.
You are very welcome RJ, it was such a pretty drive. 😊
Wow that was a roller coaster! I love taking pictures when we cross state border but nowadays we take a video clipping 😀that way we do not stop.
That is a good idea. I have so many old photos of them standing next to each state sign. That was a big thing back then. To show where they had been. I love looking at those photos. 😊
Awesome ride !
Thanks, Sandra
Have a great day
You are very welcome Francine, have a wonderful day 😊
Every trip, even the small ones, are a new adventure !
Yes, very true. 😊
Gorgeous!
Thank you very much Cindy 😊
Fantastic video!
Thank you very much 😊
A little over the speed limit 🙂
😊 good thing it is just the camera.