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The Grand National sign at the Robert Trent Jones Trail course in Opelika, AlabamaUnited States
3 min read2013

Dateline June 29, 2013, Leaving Flagler Beach, Going West

Heading out west for the summer. National Parks, family, friends. The first leg runs from Flagler Beach to Cody, Wyoming for the Stampede on July 4th, then on to Yellowstone. Out of Florida, a stop in Orlando to swap a glow plug sensor, a KOA in Perry. Then a round at Grand National at Opelika, the one RTJ Trail course we did not get to with Pete and Bunny last May. Wind Creek State Park on Lake Martin. The drive through Alabama up to Memphis and on to Jonesboro, Arkansas, where Doris at Craighead Forest Park rented us a lakeside site for $10. The open country of Arkansas and Missouri, the kind that reminds you how big the country still is. Cooper's Landing on the Missouri River was flooded out, so we backed into Binder Park outside Jefferson City for the night. Independence, Missouri and the Truman Library in the morning.

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The boardwalk through the dunes at Henderson Beach State Park, Destin, FloridaFlorida
2 min read2012

Dateline May 6, 2012, Heading to the RTJ Trail by Way of Henderson Beach

Out of Flagler Beach and seven hours west to Destin and Henderson Beach State Park on the Florida panhandle. Our first time in this stretch of the Gulf since the BP spill, and the beaches were back, no trace of it. Pristine dunes, monarchs and sea turtles, sand like powder. Sixteen dollars for the campsite (being 65 helped). One night on the way to Alabama and the start of the RTJ Trail.

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