We’ve taken Terrapin out 14 times in the ten months we’ve owned her, giving us almost a full year of fun memories. She kept us sane through COVID and helped shift our travel paradigm.
Who can forget my birthday owl?
Or that spectacular meteor?
Or “Dashboard Jesus”?
International travel is not yet in our future — as of this writing, Japan is considering closing the 2021 Summer Olympics to all spectators due to an increase in COVID cases — and we simply do not have the confidence to board a long-distance flight. So, TG and I have set our sights beyond the borders of Florida and are currently planning multi-week road trips across the USA.
Visiting friends in Tennessee, New Mexico’s big dark skies, Georgia’s waterfalls, Iowa’s covered bridges, and the Northern Lights of Michigan’s U.P. are all on the list. The more we consider our USA travel options, the more places we are finding to go!
We – and the pups – have loved camping in Terrapin. She is everything you need in a compact little package.
But she gets horrible gas mileage: 7 miles to the gallon. Plus, she is not at all nimble for photo safaris. We would either have to tow a car (and further decrease our mileage) or rent once we arrived at our destination. Neither of these options made sense to us.
TG and I are too practical to let her sit in the driveway for the next year while we traveled around the country in our Jetta Sportwagen. It was time to find her a new home. And, surprisingly quick, that’s exactly what we did.
TG always says, “spend your money on experiences, not things,” so I waved good-bye with a bit of sadness and a lot of excitement about what our future might bring.
Going forward we will be tent camping, or staying in hotels and Air BnB’s. TG has managed to procure several credit cards tied to points at pet-friendly hotels. This will make any long-distance trip affordable and comfortable.
In addition to the orange tent with its airy screened roof, we’ve purchased a 4-season CRUA Core tent. Between the two, we will have plenty of room to spread out.
We will be testing our new arrangement soon so stay tuned for continuing adventures on the road with Tall Guy and jet!
On The Road with Tall Guy & JET 
Please come see us in Washington. We have a spare bedroom at the cabin and a guest trailer. Lake Cushman isn’t Nojiri but it’s a close second.
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We might! We would like to go to Alaska some day so you would be on our way!
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