2025 special posts

While most of the posts on this blog are about modifications, travel, campgrounds, and attractions, I sometimes post about other topics. This is a summary of those posts from 2025. (See also those from 2024, 2023, and 2022.) These posts have the special category (with earliest or latest posts at the top).

You can also see all of these summary posts together via the Special Summary tag, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top.

As with previous summaries, for each I include a link to the corresponding blog post, and a sample picture; see the post for details.

Completed visiting all contiguous states:

Completed visiting all contiguous National Parks:

Spending a month exploring New Zealand:

After visiting all National Parks in the 48 contiguious states, which are our most and least favorites?

Back from New Zealand:

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Video: 2021-2025 motorhome travel timelapses in about a minute!

Yesterday I posted a 23 minute video with all of our motorhome travel from 2021 to 2025. But who has time for a 23 minute video? For total ridiculousness, here’s the same video sped up 20 times (with different music, to avoid chipmunk squeals), taking about one minute.

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Video: 2021-2025 motorhome travel timelapses in 23 minutes!

Was the 2025 timelapses video not fast enough for you? Hey, I understand; 45 minutes is quite long, even at 20x the original timelapses speed.

This video combines the 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 timelapse videos, and makes them eight times faster (i.e. 160 times faster than original timelapses), so you can see about 45k miles of motorhome travel in about 23 minutes!

Chapters:

00:00 2021 travel
00:52 2022 travel
05:41 2023 travel
10:44 2024 travel
17:13 2025 travel

About Sinclair Trails:

The travels of David and Jennifer Sinclair around the US, full-timing in their 40-foot 2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP luxury motorhome.

We post timelapse videos of our travel days on YouTube, typically on Tuesdays.

On the Sinclair Trails blog, we post about RV modifications on Mondays, travel on Tuesdays, campgrounds and RV parks on Wednesdays, and exploring national parks and other parks and attractions on Thursdays and Fridays.

About Sinclair Trails

2025 podcasts

I very occasionally post RV-related podcast recommendations. I started those posts in 2024. This is a summary of posts from 2025.

You can also see all of these summary posts together via the Podcast Summary tag, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top.

Just one in 2025:

RV podcast: The RV Atlas:

Not many so far, but I plan to mention more in the future.

2025 selfies

I thought it’d be fun to create an animated GIF of selfies and other pictures of Jenn and me from 2025 (click that link to see it). We’ve been to some interesting places!

2025 baseball parks

This is a summary of baseball-related posts from 2025.

One of our stretch goals in exploring the US is to attend a game at every Major League baseball stadium. As with our other goals, we have a spreadsheet to track this.

Back in 2023, we visited just two ballparks, The Coliseum of the Oakland Athletics (which is now closed) and T-Mobile Field of our Seattle Mariners.

In 2024, we visited seven more: Truist Park of the Atlanta Braves, Oriole Park of the Baltimore Orioles, Nationals Park of the Washington Nationals, Busch Stadium of the St Louis Cardinals, Target Field of the Minnesota Twins, Oracle Park of the San Francisco Giants, and Dodger Stadium of the Los Angeles Dodgers (plus we revisited the Mariners). We also visited some minor league stadiums, and the Field of Dreams movie site.

In 2025, we visited another seven: Citizens Bank Park of the Philadelphia Phillies, Comerica Park of the Detroit Tigers, Progressive Field of the Cleveland Guardians, Rogers Centre of the Toronto Blue Jays, Fenway Park of the Boston Red Sox, Yankee Stadium of the New York Yankees, and PNC Park of the Pittsburgh Pirates (and the Mariners again, including a Bananaball game at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park). And some spring training and minor league games, plus the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Again, you can also see the attractions from 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021. And you can see all of the attraction-related blog posts via the exploring category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top , or more specifically the baseball category (with earliest or latest posts at the top).

Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Phillies spring training game:

Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays spring training:

Philadelphia Phillies vs San Francisco Giants:

Harrisburg Senators vs Erie SeaWolves:

Akron RubberDucks vs Somerset Patriots:

Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox:

Cleveland Guardians vs Los Angeles Angels:

Toronto Blue Jays vs Philadelphia Phillies:

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum:

Fenway tours:

Boston Red Sox vs Cincinnati Reds:

New York Yankees vs Seattle Mariners:

Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago White Sox:

Tacoma Rainiers vs Reno Aces:

Banana Ball: Savannah Bananas vs The Firefighters:

Mariners vs Dodgers:

Mariners vs Dodgers again:

Play ball!

2025 towns

This summary is about cities and towns I’ve posted about. I don’t tend to do these posts very often, so there aren’t many.

Again, you can also see the attractions from 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021. And you can see all of the attraction-related blog posts via the exploring category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top, or more specifically the town category (with earliest or latest posts at the top).

Amish country covered bridges:

Cooperstown:

Woodstock, Vermont:

Essex Coastal Scenic Byway:

Rhode Island:

Custer:

Some interesting places.

2025 food

A summary of food- and restaurant-related posts in 2025.

Again, you can also see the attractions from 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021. And you can see all of the attraction-related blog posts via the exploring category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top, or more specifically the food category (with earliest or latest posts at the top)

Melvin’s BBQ:

Soda Jerk Diner & Dairy Bar:

Amish farmers market:

King Arthur Baking Company:

Ben & Jerry’s Factory Tour:

Bull N’ Claw:

Witchside Tavern:

Mercy Tavern:

Gateway Lunt’s Lobster Pound:

Archie’s Lobster:

Momo’s Cheesecakes:

Sugar Bakery:

Suomi Home Bakery & Restaurant:

Tasty stuff.

2025 theme parks

Not sure what it says about us that it’s worthwhile to have a summary post about theme parks, but here we are.

Again, you can also see the attractions from 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021. And you can see all of the attraction-related blog posts via the exploring category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top, or more specifically the theme park category (with earliest or latest posts at the top).

Disney World: Animal Kingdom:

Disney World: Magic Kingdom After Dark:

Disney World: Hollywood Studios:

Disney World: Hollywood Studios After Dark:

Disney World: Epcot:

Disney World: Magic Kingdom:

Disney World: Epcot After Dark:

Disneyland halloween: [This link won’t work until later.]

Disney California Adventure halloween: [This link won’t work until later.]

Disneyland Christmas: [This link won’t work until later.]

Disney California Adventure Christmas: [This link won’t work until later.]

Fun times.

2025 parks and museums

In the previous post I covered the National Parks we visited in 2025, but we also visited many National Monuments and other National Park Service units, plus state parks, museums, and such. So this post summarizes those.

Again, you can also see the attractions from 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021. And you can see all of the attraction-related blog posts via the exploring category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top, or more specifically the park category (with earliest or latest posts at the top), and the museum category (with earliest or latest posts at the top).