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Great US Lake Tour 2026
  • Kristie Duffy
  • Denise Duffy
  • Kristie Duffy
  • Denise Duffy

Great US Lake Tour 2026

Et 54-dagers eventyr av Kristie & Denise Les mer
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  • Great US Lake Tour 2026

    Abbott Lake

    1. juni, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F

    Still up on Peaks of Otter/ Blue Ridge

    After the strenuous Johnson’s Farm hike, we took a relaxing stroll around Abbott Lake. They have a hotel up there with all the rooms overlooking the lake area. It was really pretty. A little iffy getting to it but very pretty.Les mer

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    Reset Day

    2. juni, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F

    Easy day of laundry, cleaning, showers, grocery shopping, and of course - Denise cooked. It was delicious

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    Natural Bridge Va

    3. juni, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F

    This was a spectacular hike. After the 134 stairs it was an easy stroll. So much history. Once owned by Thomas Jefferson - he loved this natural wonder.

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    The lost River

    3. juni, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F

    At natural Bridge, in this cave, you can hear a river running in the ground. Since the 1700s people have tried to figure out where it starts and where it ends.

    They started making headway in the 1990s by using dye in the water, but the entire river has not been mapped yetLes mer

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    Story Time: the spider

    3. juni, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F

    We were up at Natural Bridge, sitting at Bridal Veil Falls, enjoying the scenery, the sound of the water, the whole peaceful nature experience.

    I looked down.

    On the sleeve of my left arm scurried the biggest, blackest, glossiest spider I have ever seen.

    Now, maybe it only looked the size of a tarantula because it was six inches from my face. Science can debate that later.

    At first my brain just registered: SPIDER.

    My heart skipped a beat and within a fraction of a second my nervous system freaked out. (I don’t care for spiders).

    Then I saw the red marking on its backside - BLACK WIDOW - and my fear shifted into a completely different gear.

    Apparently there “are” levels beyond “terrified.”

    A falcon diving at 200 miles an hour has slower reaction times than whatever happened next.

    My survival instincts launched a full emergency response. Yay me!!!

    The problem was my coordination and reflexes never got the memo. dammit!!!!

    I flicked at monstrous Black Widow with the precision of a cannon fired from a canoe. In other words, I grazed it.

    Instead of knocking it off my sleeve, I successfully just pissed it off as I transferred it directly onto the bare skin of my forearm. (So now, rather than having a giant killer spider on my shirt, I had a mammoth black widow on my flesh.)

    At that point, my brain shut down. Although I’m sure I’ll have nightmares about it for years, I mentally blacked out from pure terror.

    The next thing I remember, I was standing there breathing hard (while Denise was trying not to laugh) and the Widow was on the gravel path posing for a pic (I took it).

    Although my imagination has felt stings and bites and things crawling on me for hours, I somehow managed to not get bitten.

    Maybe this “no shower” thing is working to my advantage.    Les mer

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    Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).

    5. juni, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F

    I found it interesting that they built the roads during the great depression. Young men got paid five dollars a week and $25 a week went home to their families automatically (The young men were supervised by the military (very strict) so I almost wonder if it was like an indentured servitude type thing - since they couldn’t keep their own money – but those are my own thoughts )

    They boys were fed well… Records show that most of them gained weight. And although they worked extremely long hours, they received an education (learning how to read and write) and many of them learned a trade as well while they were there to help them with their futures.    Les mer

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    Sugarloaf loop: Denise tried to kill me

    5. juni, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F

    Check out that elevation gain… and the mileage - Dee chose the route (hence the she tried to kill me lol)
    There were some absolutely beautiful views, and a lot of woods.
    I’m still shocked No one picked up a tick. Of course, bathing, in Deet probably helped.
    We had to cross the Piney River - two out of the three of us got wet - But I’m not gonna tell on Denise.    Les mer

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    Hershey Park

    6. juni, Forente stater ⋅ 🌧 72 °F

    We drove a few hours and safely, made it to Hershey Pennsylvania. Oddly enough, neither one of us has been to Hersheypark.
    We dropped midnight off at a doggy boarding facility. Although we didn’t splurge for the lavender spray tuck in, we did get her the ball play three times a day so we feel she’ll be happy.
    We spent a few hours at the park tonight. Bumper cars, a roller coaster, and Hershey world, which was a tour about Milton Hershey and the factory itself.
    I found it interesting that he failed twice before actually making it work. As much as I love Hershey chocolate bars I’m so glad he didn’t give up lol    Les mer

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    Roller Coaster Day

    7. juni, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F

    It is not the roller coasters that got us…. It was the stairs getting to all the platforms lol

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