Pete's First 100 Nights

First Dawn w/ Trailer, Confluence of Wisconsin & Mississippi Rivers, Wyalusing State Park, Wisconsin

Day 6, Buffalo Auction, Wichita Mtns Nat'l Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma

Day 9, Black Skimmers, Matagorda Park, Texas

Day 12, Alligator, Aransas Nat'l Wildlife Refuge, Texas

Day 24, Buffalo, Soda Butte Creek Valley, Yellowstone Nat'l Park, Wyoming

Day 25, Pebble Creek Campground, Yellowstone Nat'l Park, Wyoming

Day 31, Moose Calf, Teton Nat'l Park, Wyoming

Day 37, Parade Ground & Officers Row, Fort Davis Nat'l Historic Site, Texas

Day 39, Fort Parker, Texas

Fort Laramie Nat'l Historic Site, Wyoming

Day 44, Campsite, Devils Tower Nat'l Monument, Wyoming

Day 48, Buffalo in the Campground, Teddy Roosevelt Nat'l Park, North Dakota

Day 51, Bourgeois House, Fort Union Nat'l Monument, North Dakota

Day 59, Whooping Cranes, Aransas Nat'l Wildlife Refuge, Texas

Day 62, Shiloh Nat'l Military Cemetery, Tennessee

Day 67, Young Elk, Smoky Mtns Nat'l Park, North Carolina

Day 73, Ammonite Fossil, Eisenhower State Park, Denison, Texas

Day 75, Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Flint Hills, Kansas

Day 77, Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Itasca State Park, Minnesota

Day 80, Sawbill Lake, Boundary Waters Wilderness Area, Minnesota

Day 81, Campsite at Sawbill Landing, Superior Nat'l Forest, Minnesota

Day 89, Carriage Classic, Villa Louis State Park, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Day 93, Jack Rabbit, South Llano River State Park, Texas

Day 96, The View from My Bed, Chisos Basin Campground, Big Bend Nat'l Park, Texas

I'm trying to qualify for the "100 Nights" pin. So far, I have 103 nights, 21,350 miles and 19 states in the teardrop in 13 trips over five years.


1 26 - 29 August 2010 - 3 nights
Delivered teardrop from factory to home. Learned how high the teardrop will bounce crossing railroad tracks. Wisconsin, Missouri & Arkansas

2 8 - 11 October 2010 - 4 nights
Shorebirds at the mouth of the Colorado River. Texas

3 26 - 30 October 2010 - 3 nights
Buffalo auction at Wichita Mountain Nat’l Wildlife Refuge. Texas & Oklahoma

4 28 - 31 January 2011 - 3 nights
Whooping cranes at Aransas Nat’l Wildlife Refuge. Texas

5 31 March - 3 April 2011 - 3 nights
Migratory birds. Texas

6 13 August - 1 September 2011 - 19 nights
Cowboy Poetry in Dubois, Wildlife in Yellowstone & Teton Nat’l Parks, Bent’s Old Fort. Texas, Colorado & Wyoming

7 10 - 13 November 2011 - 3 nights
Davis Mountains & MacDonald Observatory, Javelinas, Strange elk. Texas

8 16 - 17 June 2012 - 1 night
Fort Parker. Texas

9 8 - 26 August 2012 - 18 nights
Fort Laramie, Devils Tower, Buffalo in Teddy Roosevelt Nat’l Park, Fort Union, Black Hills. Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota & Oklahoma

10 24 - 27 January 2013 - 3 nights
Shore birds & wintering migratory birds on the Texas coast. Texas

11 7 - 23 May 2014 - 12 nights
Black bear, elk & butterflies in Smoky Mtn Nat’l Park. Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Illinois, Missouri & Oklahoma

12 18 August - 11 September 2014 - 19 nights
Tallgrass prairie in Flint Hills of Kansas, Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Canoeing in the Boundary Waters. Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kentucky & Louisiana

13 17 - 29 April 2015 - 12 nights
Big Bend Nat’l Park, Guadalupe Nat’l Park, Birds, Wild Flowers. Texas

 

Congratulations Pete, Nice pictures. Keep on camping. I have a long way to go to catch up with you.

 

Congrats on your first 100 nights. 16 days and we will have our first night when we pick up our 560.

 

Love the pictures. Many of the places we want to go. Congratulations on your 100+ nights.
Gina

 

Congrats, Pete! Would you send a PM to "kathybob" with your address and I'll mail your pin to you. Kathy Piggott

 

Congratulations on your 100 nights and love your photos!

 

You sure get around! Thanks for sharing so many wonderful pictures.

Michael

 

Awesome photos! Thanks for sharing!