East Coast • Silver Trekker Outer Banks, North Carolina Wild horses, kite surfers, and sand that found its way into every zipper on the Basecamp. November 2023 Outer Banks, NC Road notes OBX wind does not negotiate. We climbed Bodie Lighthouse, toured Wright Brothers, and rode out a nor’easter that rattled the awning all night. […]
Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Appalachia • Silver Trekker Shenandoah National Park, Virginia Skyline Drive switchbacks, black bears at a respectful distance, and blackberry cobbler at Big Meadows. October 2023 Virginia Road notes After flat Iowa, Skyline Drive felt like driving on a green ocean — deer on the loop road, a bear sow with cubs from the truck, and […]
Cape Cod National Seashore
East Coast • Silver Trekker Cape Cod National Seashore Sand dunes, cranberry bogs, and a lesson in how much salt air a screen door can hold. October 2023 Cape Cod, MA Road notes Shoulder-season Cape Cod meant fried clams, rail-trail bikes, and a ranger talk about lifesaving stations — plus Basecamp surgery on a sticky […]
Bar Harbor & the Maine Coast
East Coast • Silver Trekker Bar Harbor & the Maine Coast Lobster rolls, fog horns, and a parking spot just wide enough for sixteen feet of polished aluminum. September 2023 Bar Harbor, ME Road notes We staged Silver Trekker at a county park and day-tripped into Bar Harbor — pier lunch, sea glass for the […]
Acadia National Park, Maine
East Coast • Silver Trekker Acadia National Park, Maine Our Basecamp barely fit the cliff-side pull-through at Blackwoods, but sunrise on Cadillac Mountain made every inch of backing-up worth it. September 2023 Maine Road notes Doug and Marla rolled into Acadia after three days of interstate hum — porcupines at camp, Beehive mud on our […]