Tina & Jerry's First 100 Nights

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  1. Picking up the trailer.

    Blue Mound State Park, Wisc.

    Tower at Blue Mound State Park

    Picking up the trailer.

    Can you find our daughter Jessica? Ouray, Colorado

    Forevertron

    Rocky Arbor State Park, Wisconsin

    CI-CO Tom, Jerry and a campinn rental trailer

    CNTL#1 Cliffside Co. Park, Wisconsin

    Lighthouse in Racine, Wisconsin

    ITG#2 Minden, Nebraska

    DO Seminar at ITG2

    relaxing w/friends at ITG2

    All 4 Fun Mile High Jeep Club Salida, Colorado

    CI-CO 2007

    CI-CO Dale, Vicki, Jerry

    CNTL#2 Jerry throwing snowball in parking lot.

    CNTL#2 Koehler-Andre State Park, Wisconsin

    CNTL#2 Just a sampling of the DO's for supper.

    Wyalusing State Park, Wisconsin

    Overlooking the town of Praire DuChen from Wyalusing State Park.

    campfire at Wyalusing

    Route 66 Illinois trip

    Bill Shea's Garage Springfield, Illinois

    Chain of Rocks Bridge on Rt 66

    Michigan trip '08

    Michigan trip 2008

    Michigan trip - friends Jack & Nancy

    Tears by the River #1

    TBTR#1 cooking supper

    Blue Mound State Park, Wisconsin

    Rain at CNTL#3

    Vintage Trailer Rally Rock Falls, Illinois

    more Vintage Trailer Rally

    Mile High Jeep Club at Empire, Colorado

    TBTR#2 group

    Sunset at TBTR#2

    Potluck at TBTR#2

    Forestville State Park, Minnesota group picture

    relaxing around the campfire

    Tina & Jerry’s First 100 Nights
    2006 – 550 Ultra, Camp-Inn #136


    Tow Vehicles:
    1990 Ford F150
    2003 Jeep Rubicon
    2005 Ford Sport Trak
    Approximate miles traveled: 20,000

    Trips:
    2006 Jeep Trip to Telluride, Colorado
    2007 Jeep Trip to Salida, Colorado
    2007 ITG2 Minden, Nebraska
    2008 Route 66 Illinois, Michigan Trip
    2009 Jeep Trip to Empire, Colorado
    2009 Vintage Trailer Rally, Rock Falls, Illinois
    2010 Southern States Trip - Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, Alabama.

    National & State Parks:
    Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
    Anastasia State Park, Florida
    Falling Water State Park, Florida
    St Joseph Island State Park, Florida
    Fort McAllister State Park, Georgia
    Tallulah Falls State Park, Georgia
    Muskegon State Park, Michigan
    Forestville State Park, Minnesota
    Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
    Land between the Lakes, Tennessee
    Blue Mound State Park, Wisconsin
    Koehler-Andre State Park, Wisconsin
    Nelson-Dewey State Park, Wisconsin
    Rocky Arbor State Park, Wisconsin
    Wyalusing State Park, Wisconsin
    Yellowstone Lake State Park, Wisconsin

    Host:
    Tears by the River 1,2,3

    We ordered our Camp-Inn June 2005 and were pleasantly surprised to pick it up a month early, April 2006. It was a long wait but definitely worth it. Meanwhile we put our popup for sale, never expecting it to sell, thinking we’d have it to use but fortunately it sold quickly and alas we were back in a tent for the summer of 2005.

    In 2006 (15 nights), we camped at Blue Mound State Park for our maiden voyage. Explored Mt Horeb (troll town) and visited the Mustard Museum. While camping near the Dells in Wisconsin, we to see Dr. Evermor’s Forevertron, built in the 1980s, is the largest scrap metal sculpture in the world, standing 50 ft. high and 120 ft. wide, and weighing 300 tons. Quite the site to behold. We took a Jeep trip with the Telluride Rotary Club in Colorado and after spent some much needed time in the hot springs in Ouray. On the way home we stopped by the Genoa Wonder Tower on Interstate 70, which claims you can see 7 states (I think it was a gimmick).

    In 2007 (18 nights), we started the year out attending Cooler near the Lake in Racine, Wisconsin. Traveled to Minden, Nebraska to attend ITG2 and Pioneer Village and Arch over 80. That summer we participated in the Mile High Jeep Club week long trail adventures held in Salida, Colorado. We also spent some time at Canon City & the Royal Gorge.

    In 2008(24 nights), we again started the year of camping with Cooer near the Lake at Koehler-Andre State Park, Wisconsin and it was cold! There was snow in the parking lots and rain by day but enjoyed great company by the fire in the lodge. This year we did Route 66 in Illinois, starting at Joliet and going to the Chain of Rocks Bridge. We walked the mile span across the bridge over the mighty Mississippi river. Some of the sights along the way were – National Cemetery, Polka Dot Drive Inn, Krontz & Son General Store, Bill Sheas’s Garage-Gas Station. This year was the first time we hosted Tears by the River in Thomson, Illinois.

    In 2009 (26 nights), we ventured back to Koehler-Andre to attend Cooler near the Lake. That summer we attended the Vintage Trailer Rally and later spent a week jeeping in Empire, Colorado. On the way to Empire we traveled through Rocky Mountain National Park and got to see first hand how devastating the pine beetles have been on the forest. Hosted Tears by the River 2 again in Thomson, Illinois.

    In 2010 (27 nights), we camped early in the year, starting at Forestville State Park, Minnesota and Yellowstone Lake State Park, Wisconsin. We were signed up to attend IRG3 in California, but Tina’s gallbladder had other plans. Instead it was a trip to the hospital for surgery. So we took our Southern States trip for two weeks in November.

    In between the above mentioned trips have been some quiet weekend trips and we attend the yearly Camp-Inn Camp-Out held at Castle Rock County Park, Wisconsin. It is always a fine time shared with good friends old and new.
     
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