April 21 - Cleveland, South Carolina and Rodanthe, North Carolina

One of the four leaf clovers

that Rose found.

Ken and Rose playing in the creek

and discovering bamboo at

our South Carolina campground.

The water was cold, but refreshing.

Ken and Rose bamboo stick fighting right before

a lightning storm.

Jenn and Rose at nearby waterfall. (SC)

We hiked right before sunset.

Rose at waterfall.

Science lesson about mountains, hills,

plateaus, and glaciers.

What Rose saw when looking outside.

Math lesson on probability. 

I was teaching Rose how the likelihood of rolling

two 6’s was extremely unlikely with one try.

And then I rolled this.

Rose and I did a tour of the Table Rock Tea 

Company about 8 minutes from our 

SC campground.

Rose holding a tea plant seed.

The tea was really great and flavorful.

And they ship to Alaska!

This is how Rose held onto the bull

for 58 seconds at the trampoline park.

She is one determined girl.

Rose on jump pad at North Carolina

campground. She loves these! 

Yep, that’s Rose!

Updated map.

Jump pad.

Wright Brothers National Memorial.

This was great! 

Beach house that Jenn’s family

rented with the Barth family in 1983 

at Kill Devil Hills.

(Thanks Holly for the picture.)

(And yes that’s the Lincoln I was able to 

parallel park in Pittsburgh.)

This has been a week of the Carolinas. 

It was relatively hot (80s) in South Carolina this past week. Highlights included playing in the creek with bamboo, enjoying a very empty indoor trampoline park while most local kids were in school, biking, running (Ken), motorcycle ride (Ken), tea farm tour, great Indian food, going to Barnes and Noble twice (Rose loves that place), CrossFit Travelers Rest (7 sets of 3 front squats with weights resulting in me being thankful that our camper wasn’t any longer as I could barely walk two feet), a great massage the day after CrossFit, small hike to waterfalls, and more. 

We had another 500 mile trek to our new spot in Rodanthe, North Carolina where the weather has been cooler and wetter except for the first few days when it was somewhat sunny and lovely. 500 is definitely a long trip when we average about 50 mph with stops. 

I was able to do a very easy 25 mile bike ride in between the sound and the Atlantic Ocean on a bike path and bike lanes. Flat of course. It was awesome.

We also enjoyed a very wet and windy visit at the Wright Brothers National Memorial (WBNM) after a lovely church service at Nags Head Church. The park ranger at WBNM gave an excellent presentation that kept our attention the entire 30+ minutes. She was great.

We are here for 7 nights before heading to Virginia Beach.

Have a blessed week and thank you for the prayers. 

My dad is doing great by the way. Getting stronger every day.

** Below are some stats if you are interested:

22,779 miles on truck since we left Soldotna, Alaska 8/1/23

10,944 miles on camper since we left Soldotna, Alaska 8/1/23

267 miles - average trip distance when we move locations

20 total states we have visited