Our Vork Trips

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Below are all of our vork trips with where we stayed and our highlights from the trip. We started going on vork trips in the summer of 2021 and have gone on two a year since then. At first, we thought we would only go on one or two, but we are hooked now and plan to continue to travel like this for as long as we can. Our vork trips have allowed us to really get to know an area and see more places than we could with just our PTO. We have written articles on many of the places we have been and will continue adding to our collection.

If you are planning a trip, you can take portions of our trip and incorporate them into your itinerary. Mrs. Vork also offers personalized travel advice. If you are interested in how we can afford to travel like this, we have an article for that too.

Northeast Summer Vork Trip

Where we stayed: Columbus, OH - Rochester, NY - Syracuse, NY - Killington, VT - Lebanon/Hanover, NH - Auburn, ME - Bar Harbor, ME - Bath, ME - Lexington, MA - Providence, RI - New Haven, CT - Ithica, NY - Erie, PA

Highlights: Cuyahoga National Park, Letchworth State Park, Woodstock, Vermont - especially Sugarbush Farms, Kancamagus Highway, Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park, Camden Hills State Park, eating lots of blueberry desserts and lobster, Popham Beach, Salem, Minute Men National Historic Park, Lincoln Woods State Park, Providence, Ocean Park Beach near Mystic, Connecticut, the Finger Lakes, Erie

Southwest Winter Vork Trip 1

Where we stayed: Joplin, MO - Amarillo, TX - Carlsbad, NM - El Paso, TX - Las, Cruces, NM - Tucson, AZ - Scottsdale, AZ - Albuquerque, NM - Wichita, KS

Highlights: Palo Duro Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, El Paso, White Sands National Park, Saguaro National Park, Mount Lemmon, Tucson, Phoenix/Scottsdale, Petrified Forest National Park

Colorado and Utah Summer Vork Trip

Where we stayed: Burlington, CO - Alamosa, CO - Farmington, NM - Cortez, CO - Ouray, CO - Grand Junction, CO - Moab, UT - Torrey, UT - Moab, UT - Grand Junction, UT - Longmont, CO - Estes Park, CO - Granby, CO - Keystone, CO - Denver, CO - Grand Island, NE

Highlights: Great Sand Dunes National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, Ouray, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Grand Junction and Palisade, Colorado National Monument, Moab, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Dead Horse Point State Park, Goblin Valley State Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Estes Park, Rocky Mountain National Park

Florida Winter Vork Trip

Where we stayed: Memphis, TN - Pensacola, FL - Pensacola Beach, FL - Milton, FL - Navarre Beach, FL - Orlando, FL - Doral, FL - Homestead, FL - Kendall, FL - Key West, FL - Kendall, FL - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Jacksonville Beach, FL - Jacksonville, FL - Tallahassee, FL - Destin, FL - Pensacola, FL - Jackson, TN

Highlights: Pensacola and Pensacola Beach, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Fort Pickens, Silver Springs State Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Park, Key West, Dry Tortugas National Park, Destin

Appalachian Mountains Fall Vork Trip

Where we stayed: Evansville, IN - Bowling Green, KY - Beckley, WV - Shenandoah National Park - Harrisonburg, VA - Charlottesville, VA - Waynesboro, VA - Roanoke, VA - Cherokee, NC - Knoxville, TN

Highlights: Mammoth Cave National Park, New River Gorge National Park, breweries in Harrisonburg and Waynesboro, Virginia, wine tour in Charlottesville, Virginia, Shenandoah National Park, Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Southwest Winter Vork Trip 2

Where we stayed: Oklahoma City, OK - Albuquerque, NM - Las Vegas, NV - LaQuinta, CA - Las Vegas, NV - Death Valley National Park - Lancaster, CA - Oxnard, CA - Yucca Valley, CA - Las Cruces, NM - Fort Davis, TX - Big Bend National Park - Fort Stockton, TX - San Antonio, TX - Fredericksburg, TX - Little Rock, AR

Highlights: Las Vegas, Death Valley National Park, Oxnard/Ventura, California, Joshua Tree National Park, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Big Bend National Park, San Antonio and Fredericksburg, Texas