Wander-Filled Life
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The travel blog of Grant and Bonnie Sinclair, two traveling teachers. Exploring our world one National Park at a time. Authors of Moon Guides USA RV Adventures.
There’s nothing like listening to the grunts of a bison herd, especially anywhere east of the Mississippi River! It made for the perfect final stop on our summer road trip!
#Itsallyours #TravelKY #WanderFilled #bison
#Itsallyours #TravelKY #WanderFilled #bison
July 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
There’s nothing like listening to the grunts of a bison herd, especially anywhere east of the Mississippi River! It made for the perfect final stop on our summer road trip!
#Itsallyours #TravelKY #WanderFilled #bison
#Itsallyours #TravelKY #WanderFilled #bison
Oh, the struggles of doing research for the new route in our second edition. This is really tough work! 😎
#TravelKY #WanderFilled #WhiskeyThief
#TravelKY #WanderFilled #WhiskeyThief
July 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Oh, the struggles of doing research for the new route in our second edition. This is really tough work! 😎
#TravelKY #WanderFilled #WhiskeyThief
#TravelKY #WanderFilled #WhiskeyThief
Just doing a little research for new route for the second edition of our book!
#AlmostHeaven #WanderFilled
#AlmostHeaven #WanderFilled
July 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Just doing a little research for new route for the second edition of our book!
#AlmostHeaven #WanderFilled
#AlmostHeaven #WanderFilled
Pro Tip: Fold your mirrors IN when you park your new camper van on a busy street. It will help you avoid expensive repairs!
#WanderFilled
#WanderFilled
July 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Pro Tip: Fold your mirrors IN when you park your new camper van on a busy street. It will help you avoid expensive repairs!
#WanderFilled
#WanderFilled
Today, we had an excellent guided tour at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site by the Park Ranger on duty (I want to say his name was Nate Cahill???). We spent just about an hour walking through the various elements of this late 1770s-1880s iron furnace.
#FindYourPark #VisitPA #WanderFilled
#FindYourPark #VisitPA #WanderFilled
July 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Today, we had an excellent guided tour at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site by the Park Ranger on duty (I want to say his name was Nate Cahill???). We spent just about an hour walking through the various elements of this late 1770s-1880s iron furnace.
#FindYourPark #VisitPA #WanderFilled
#FindYourPark #VisitPA #WanderFilled
The National Memorial Arch at Valley Forge National Historical Park is both a striking tribute to the difficult winter the Continental Army endured and an interesting piece itself, drawing inspiration from the Arch of Titus in Rome.
#FindYourPark #VisitPA #WanderFilled
#FindYourPark #VisitPA #WanderFilled
July 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The National Memorial Arch at Valley Forge National Historical Park is both a striking tribute to the difficult winter the Continental Army endured and an interesting piece itself, drawing inspiration from the Arch of Titus in Rome.
#FindYourPark #VisitPA #WanderFilled
#FindYourPark #VisitPA #WanderFilled
As we do every year, tonight we celebrated our 15th Anniversary in a new city. This year, we celebrated in Atlantic City at Il Mulino. We look forward to many more years of never celebrating in the same place!
#WanderFilled
#WanderFilled
July 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
As we do every year, tonight we celebrated our 15th Anniversary in a new city. This year, we celebrated in Atlantic City at Il Mulino. We look forward to many more years of never celebrating in the same place!
#WanderFilled
#WanderFilled
Today, we followed the Delaware River along the borders of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, visiting three NPS sites, including our 350th, Delaware Water Gap NRA! While we still have a lot of sites to visit, we have seen amazing NPS sites in every state!
#FindYourPark #WanderFilled
#FindYourPark #WanderFilled
July 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Today, we followed the Delaware River along the borders of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, visiting three NPS sites, including our 350th, Delaware Water Gap NRA! While we still have a lot of sites to visit, we have seen amazing NPS sites in every state!
#FindYourPark #WanderFilled
#FindYourPark #WanderFilled
After two nights in a hotel in Hartford, it’s great to get back out camping! Besides, you can’t beat the view from this farm we found on Hipcamp!
#ILoveNY #Wanderfilled #Hipcamp #PanoramicRV
#ILoveNY #Wanderfilled #Hipcamp #PanoramicRV
July 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
After two nights in a hotel in Hartford, it’s great to get back out camping! Besides, you can’t beat the view from this farm we found on Hipcamp!
#ILoveNY #Wanderfilled #Hipcamp #PanoramicRV
#ILoveNY #Wanderfilled #Hipcamp #PanoramicRV
Happy Independence Day from the Adirondacks! We spent today exploring this unique combination of public and private land… we even found this amazing waterfall right at our campground!
#ILoveNY #ADK #WanderFilled
#ILoveNY #ADK #WanderFilled
July 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Happy Independence Day from the Adirondacks! We spent today exploring this unique combination of public and private land… we even found this amazing waterfall right at our campground!
#ILoveNY #ADK #WanderFilled
#ILoveNY #ADK #WanderFilled
Today, Grant got to live out one of his Olympic dreams: he got to shoot where the winter biathlon athletes train! He shot well, too! He hit 3/5 on the much smaller prone target (4.5 cm)! Bonnie hit 4/5 on the 11 cm target!
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
July 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Today, Grant got to live out one of his Olympic dreams: he got to shoot where the winter biathlon athletes train! He shot well, too! He hit 3/5 on the much smaller prone target (4.5 cm)! Bonnie hit 4/5 on the 11 cm target!
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
The Adirondacks are also home to the John Brown Farm State Historic Site, where the famous (or infamous) abolitionist is buried. It was interesting to see how Brown is regarded here versus what we were taught about Brown in high school as Southerners.
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
July 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Adirondacks are also home to the John Brown Farm State Historic Site, where the famous (or infamous) abolitionist is buried. It was interesting to see how Brown is regarded here versus what we were taught about Brown in high school as Southerners.
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
The bobsled simulator at the Lake Placid Olympic Center was sooo cool. It is amazing how fast those sleds go!
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
July 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The bobsled simulator at the Lake Placid Olympic Center was sooo cool. It is amazing how fast those sleds go!
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
Ahhh… can’t beat a cold beer on a beautiful afternoon looking over Lake Placid from the Crowne Plaza… because, sometimes, you just want a nice hotel rather than shower houses at a state park!
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
June 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Ahhh… can’t beat a cold beer on a beautiful afternoon looking over Lake Placid from the Crowne Plaza… because, sometimes, you just want a nice hotel rather than shower houses at a state park!
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
Gotta love grilling out on a beautiful afternoon at the campground!
#IloveNY #WanderFilled #PanoramicRV
#IloveNY #WanderFilled #PanoramicRV
June 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Gotta love grilling out on a beautiful afternoon at the campground!
#IloveNY #WanderFilled #PanoramicRV
#IloveNY #WanderFilled #PanoramicRV
There’s something really special about being in the (restored) room where it happened. This is the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, NY. In 1848, this is where the first Women’s Rights Convention was held.
-at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park
#FindYourPark #ILoveNY #WanderFilled
-at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park
#FindYourPark #ILoveNY #WanderFilled
June 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
There’s something really special about being in the (restored) room where it happened. This is the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, NY. In 1848, this is where the first Women’s Rights Convention was held.
-at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park
#FindYourPark #ILoveNY #WanderFilled
-at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park
#FindYourPark #ILoveNY #WanderFilled
Located off Seneca Lake, one of the Finger Lakes, in Western New York, Watkins Glen State Park is a must visit! while you are there, hike the Gorge Trail, which follows this narrow gorge by 19 different waterfalls!
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
June 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Located off Seneca Lake, one of the Finger Lakes, in Western New York, Watkins Glen State Park is a must visit! while you are there, hike the Gorge Trail, which follows this narrow gorge by 19 different waterfalls!
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
If there was one thing we weren’t expecting to find in Western New York, it’s bison! But here they are at Mud Creek Bison Ranch! Aside from being able to see the bison, they also have a restaurant with a full bar and a pretty good sized dance hall/concert venue!
#bison #ILoveNY #WanderFilled
#bison #ILoveNY #WanderFilled
June 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If there was one thing we weren’t expecting to find in Western New York, it’s bison! But here they are at Mud Creek Bison Ranch! Aside from being able to see the bison, they also have a restaurant with a full bar and a pretty good sized dance hall/concert venue!
#bison #ILoveNY #WanderFilled
#bison #ILoveNY #WanderFilled
Today is all about visiting the oldest state park in the country: Niagara Falls! This place truly is spectacular! We made a point to get out on the Maid of the Mists for an up close and personal look at the falls!
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
June 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Today is all about visiting the oldest state park in the country: Niagara Falls! This place truly is spectacular! We made a point to get out on the Maid of the Mists for an up close and personal look at the falls!
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
#ILoveNY #WanderFilled
Today, we took a cruise on the Erie Canal in Lockport, NY. Traversing the locks was a really cool thing to see… amazing to see human ingenuity in action.
#IloveNY #WanderFilled
#IloveNY #WanderFilled
June 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Today, we took a cruise on the Erie Canal in Lockport, NY. Traversing the locks was a really cool thing to see… amazing to see human ingenuity in action.
#IloveNY #WanderFilled
#IloveNY #WanderFilled
This is the spot… the spot where Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States. Following the assassination of McKinley, Roosevelt was sworn to the office in the Ansley Wilcox House in Buffalo, NY, now the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS.
#FindYourPark #ILoveNY #WanderFilled
#FindYourPark #ILoveNY #WanderFilled
June 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is the spot… the spot where Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States. Following the assassination of McKinley, Roosevelt was sworn to the office in the Ansley Wilcox House in Buffalo, NY, now the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS.
#FindYourPark #ILoveNY #WanderFilled
#FindYourPark #ILoveNY #WanderFilled
Ahh, the coelacanth of modern telecommunication: the fabled pay phone! It’s been years since we last saw one (McCall, ID) in the US! This specimen was discovered at Four Mile Creek State Park outside Buffalo, NY!
#WanderFilled #ILoveNY
#WanderFilled #ILoveNY
June 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Ahh, the coelacanth of modern telecommunication: the fabled pay phone! It’s been years since we last saw one (McCall, ID) in the US! This specimen was discovered at Four Mile Creek State Park outside Buffalo, NY!
#WanderFilled #ILoveNY
#WanderFilled #ILoveNY
What better way to spend #Juneteenth than touring the home of Abraham Lincoln?
#FindYourPark #EnjoyIllinois
#FindYourPark #EnjoyIllinois
June 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
What better way to spend #Juneteenth than touring the home of Abraham Lincoln?
#FindYourPark #EnjoyIllinois
#FindYourPark #EnjoyIllinois
We made a quick stop today at one of the newest National Park sites: New Philadelphia National Historic Site.
This site tells the story of Free Frank and Free Lucy McWorter, formerly enslaved folks who started their own town in 1836 to help free their children!
#FindYourPark
This site tells the story of Free Frank and Free Lucy McWorter, formerly enslaved folks who started their own town in 1836 to help free their children!
#FindYourPark
June 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
We made a quick stop today at one of the newest National Park sites: New Philadelphia National Historic Site.
This site tells the story of Free Frank and Free Lucy McWorter, formerly enslaved folks who started their own town in 1836 to help free their children!
#FindYourPark
This site tells the story of Free Frank and Free Lucy McWorter, formerly enslaved folks who started their own town in 1836 to help free their children!
#FindYourPark
The Keeper of the Plains sits at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas River in downtown Wichita. It honors the varied cultures of the Plains Indians.
#ToTheStarsKS #WanderFilled
#ToTheStarsKS #WanderFilled
June 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The Keeper of the Plains sits at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas River in downtown Wichita. It honors the varied cultures of the Plains Indians.
#ToTheStarsKS #WanderFilled
#ToTheStarsKS #WanderFilled