For Beca, Rob & Kota

Beca & Rob's 2020 Cross County trip to CA

6/29/2020

Soooo update on yesterday: we arrived to the campsite early but the woman was a Geneseo Alumni and I was wearing a Genesea t-shirt so she let us check in a few hours early for free! The ride was great, no traffic, only stopped twice for food and gas. Too good and too easy to be true. FIRST the hot plate we bought wasn’t working and we couldn’t cook dinner THEN I put Kota in the tent so she wouldn’t get burnt while we tried to fix it and she jumped through and ripped the netting of the tent THEN we had to go get duct tape to patch it and there was a lot of “how y’all doins” THEN we got a new hot plate but it was actually the converter that wasn’t working so we got a new converter! We gave up on being healthy and cooking our own food and went to McDonalds. Finally go to sleep in the tent even though it was still pretty light out at 9pm. Kotas great- sleeping soundly in her bed in the tent. We checked the weather to see if we needed to put the rain guard on the tent: 0% chance of rain or showers. 2:00AM rolls around and Rob says “did you feel a drizzle?” I said “no but I can put the top on just one case.” I get out of the tent and it DOWNPOURS!!!!!! On and off until morning! It was actually very relaxing once it slowed down. This morning we went for a swim in a lake with Kota and got some breakfast. Now we are on the road again. Skipping South Carolina because his friend that we were going to stay with said he tested negative but some coworkers of his tested positive so we are playing it safe and driving straight to Georgia to stay with Rob’s godfather for 2 nights instead of 1 now. Talk to y’all later 

July 1, 2020

No updates for today! We are at Rob’s family’s house in Georgia, we got here last night and will leave in the morning to head to Nashville! (He really enjoyed sleeping in a California king bed compared to the tent ).

   

July 2, 2020

Just left Robbie’s cousins after spending two nights with them in Georgia, on our way to my cousins house in Nashville! Kota made some friends during our stay. Rob’s cousin works for the CDC and he tested us while we were there;everyone’s all good for anyone that’s concerned about the southern states (cough cough Nana)

July 4, 2020

Happy 4th to everyone! we are staying on a huge farm in a little town in Arkansas tonight... no crowds for us.. just some ATVs, burgers, and a nice quiet night in the AC for Kota.

She really enjoyed the stay at our cousins , she had about 7 dog beds to choose from.  had an awesome time at our airbnb in Arkansas! took out the ATV, went fishing, had some burgers, played with the dogs, saw some horses. We’re driving through the Ozarks now on our way to our campground (Sheppard Point) Heyburn Lake, Oklahoma

  

Weather is getting better! the humidity was killing us the first few days but right now it’s finally UNDER 90 (88) and it was a little cooler last night than it had been the previous nights.

July 6, 2020

Goodbye Oklahoma, here we come Texas !!

     

     


     

    

July 7,  2020

Just spent the night in Palo Duro Canyon!! No service at all - luckily we had electric, water, and SHOWERS ... Mr. Never Camped Before became a professional tarantula wrangler and humanely removed them during his “perimeter checks” of the campsite. We also had a few deer on our site and got to see an armadillo on our walk to the bathroom. Kota was amazing (as always) staying away from beetles, tarantulas, snakes, etc. stayed right by our side at all times and was overjoyed with her dinner (chicken and rice on the hot plate) we also made some broccoli but she didn’t get any of that (didn’t want any doggy tent farts ). Can’t wait for you guys to see Robs drone footage once we get back to Irvine ! Now we’re off to Colorado! La Vista Campground on Lake Isabel.

  

July 8, 2020.

Last night was awesome, really cool campsite up in the mountains in Colorado! FINALLY a nice chilly night - had to break out the 40 degrees sleeping bag liners. Kota was super spoiled and had her huge bed aaaand a big fleece blanket to cuddle up in. This morning as we were coming down the mountain we found a beautiful pull off and we stopped and hiked down to Sweetwater River. We have terrible service as we go through these national forests but we are on our way to Molas Lake Campground for our last night in Colorado.

   

 














    

  

July 9, 2020

Every day/night is more beautiful than the last . Besides it being FREEZING last night.. everything went well! Another breathtaking campsite. Robbie caught a rainbow trout. Kota splashed around like a madwoman. We haven’t been seeing much wildlife which is blowing my mind because we have been pretty deep in the forests but I guess no animals is better than running into a bear ! We still have spotty service, but tonight we will be at an airbnb on a farm in Flagstaff, AZ.

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July 10, 2020

Stayed in an beautiful and historic airbnb last night (the oldest music recording studio in Arizona - Mudshark Records).... aaaaand SURPRISE we are on our way to Irvine right now, a day early - we will unpack today and have the weekend to relax/go to the beach before I go back to work on Monday. Will let you guys know when we get home.

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My favorite adventure yet. Thank you for getting us across the country happy and healthy, for teaching me how to live in the moment and capture it at the same time, for loving Kota like she’s your own, for having such a patient and positive attitude, and for alwayssss keeping me safe and smiling. Love you.