From the Southwest to Canada
What a year we’re having!
From the Grand Canyon, we visited Lake Powell and then Bryce and Zion National Parks before returning to Boulder City and Las Vegas. While tackled some renovations, we pondered where to be for the solar eclipse. A group chat with fellow Airstreamers put us onto SolarFest in Madras, OR so we booked our tickets and made our way there.
Slot Canyon 
Horseshoe Bend 
Hiking Bryce Cayon 
Lots of Hoodoos 
Camp near Zion NP 
The Narrows of Zion NP
The first stop was Lake Tahoe and another state capitol visit. Although Carson City was a self-guided tour, the capitol security officer was fabulous and this ended up being our favorite capitol yet! We then traveled to northern California and stayed in a US Forest Service campground before moving on to Oregon.
Lake Tahoe was high 
Camp vibes 
Our 1st astrophotography session
We visited more of my family in Portland, thoroughly enjoying the vibe, before pushing onto a state park, just shy of Solartown. Here we would meetup with 13roads with to anchor our group of sites for Solarfest. The others were traveling from further away and we wanted to ensure that we were all together for the event.
RVing version 1.0 
With 13roads on our way to Solartown
The eclipse was phenomenal, an experience like no other and Solarfest/Solartown was a resounding success – amazing since it was run by volunteers. We were all friends after having spent the better part of five days in close proximity.
SolarTown from space 
Totality awesome!
As we all parted ways, we considered heading back across to Maine but ended up aiming to visit some other Cayman friends that moved to the Toronto area. Along the way we stayed at our first Walmart resort in Idaho. All went well though it was little nerve wracking. We ended stopping to see Devils Tower NM, met some South Dakotan road friends in the Black Hills, and then dropped down to visit Badlands NP.
Posing in front of the tower 
Camped within sight of the landing pad 
Some of the Badlands 
An epic Badlands sunset
On our way to moochdock with our South Dakotan friends in Aberdeen, we stopped to tour the South Dakota capitol. We then pushed east and visited the capitols of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Our final camp before heading into Canada is in New York, on Lake Ontario. Our first international experience was spent at a conservation area, spectating the Canadian show jumping circuit and sampling some interesting food.
Pierre Capitol dome 
Moochdocking 
Minnesota Capitol 
Wisconsin Capitol 
Our first Wegmans! 
Gangsta Food Truck 
Yes, that is a grilled mac and cheese sandwich! 
Show jumper
