Appalachia • Silver Trekker Great Smoky Mountains Elk at Oconaluftee, Cades Cove at dawn, and pancakes on the griddle attachment. October 2024 Smokies, TN Road notes Cades Cove at sunrise, Laurel Falls trail mix diplomacy, and elk bugling at dusk like something prehistoric. The full campground story, photos, and Silver Trekker notes are on the […]
Asheville, North Carolina
Appalachia • Silver Trekker Asheville, North Carolina Biltmore grandeur, craft beer, and a mountain morning that smelled like cedar and coffee. October 2024 Asheville, NC Road notes Two days exploring without moving the rig — Biltmore gardens, Gulch murals, and pottery from the river arts district. The full campground story, photos, and Silver Trekker notes […]
Blue Ridge Parkway
Appalachia • Silver Trekker Blue Ridge Parkway 456 miles of overlooks, fiddle music at Mabry Mill, and fall color that made Marla cry happy tears. October 2024 Blue Ridge Road notes Forty-five mph never felt so luxurious — Mabry Mill shortbread, a banjo at a roadside stand, and hand signals we invented somewhere in North […]
Key West, Florida
Florida • Silver Trekker Key West, Florida Seven Mile Bridge views, conch fritters, and the smallest Airstream in a parade of pastel cottages. March 2024 Key West, FL Road notes We camped on Big Pine Key and day-tripped south — Mallory Square sunset, Hemingway cats, and a key-lime pie scorecard on a napkin. The full […]
Everglades National Park, Florida
Florida • Silver Trekker Everglades National Park, Florida Alligators, airboats, and the quiet magic of a sawgrass sunset from Flamingo campground. February 2024 Everglades, FL Road notes Canoe at Nine Mile Pond, industrial-strength bug spray, and a pink sky over Florida Bay that made Iowa cornfields feel like another lifetime. The full campground story, photos, […]
Savannah, Georgia
Southeast • Silver Trekker Savannah, Georgia Spanish moss, squares full of live oaks, and shrimp and grits on a brick patio. February 2024 Savannah, GA Road notes We camped south of town and biked the historic district — Forsyth Park, scandalous portraits, and a Georgia peach that ruined grocery-store fruit forever. The full campground story, […]
Outer Banks, North Carolina
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 […]