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The Adirondacks

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The Adirondacks, New York State Every since Halifax, it has been humid and walking in humidity when you aren't used to it is hard work. The wildlife refuge was in the Adirondacks, it’s a national park but not in the same sense as the others we have been to. There is no “entrance” to the park as such, just lots of signs showing you were the trailheads start. There are lots of lakes and small towns along the way. We moved from Au Sable down to Indian Lake. We couldn’t fit into any of the Forest campgrounds as we are too big but found a nice private RV place with lots of tree cover. It’s in the middle of nowhere, so not a place we could stay for very long. We could only get three nights as he had an Airstream convention coming in on the Thursday, so three nights it was. all the walks we did were under the trees We did three of the walks in the area. I had picked up an excellent brochure that listed all the walks and day hikes broken up by maps, then under headings of lakes...

Getting ready to camp in the US Southwest National Parks

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For years we never thought of going to the USA, in fact Lindsay didn't want to come, so he told me after we had left home! Luckily he loved it so much he wants to go back. I found photography workshops that showed me photographs of the South West National Parks that whet my appetite. And after reconnecting with an old school friend, who encourage us, we started planning... We went to the consulate to organise a six month visa and they offered us a five year one. The idea for this trip was to travel for six months in a similar fashion as to how we travel in Australia, so we needed a way of getting around and somewhere to live. But of course the USA is not Australia and things are very different there. We spent a lot of time researching what to get and how to do it. There was a van for sale in the town we were staying in that could be converted, we pulled out the spare seats and made up a frame for our bed. We had already bought a number of things before we came over such as an Engel...