Campground: Fort Stevens State Park Location: Astoria, Oregon Site: F237 Cost: $24.60 Services: FHU Comments: One of our favorite state parks with lots of hiking and biking opportunities along the beach and/or the trails. Lots of military historic information and close access to Astoria. Great views of the mouth of
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Cape Disappointment State Park – Washington
We drove Highway 12 in southern Washington, through the Cascades and just south of Mt. Rainier along the Cowlitz River, towards the coast. This was during the Government shutdown. So happy to see that the viewpoint to Mt. Rainier wasn’t closed (wink, wink). Campground: Cape Disappointment State Park Location: Ilwaco,
Continue readingValley Of Fire State Park – Arch Rock Campground – Nevada
Campground: Arch Rock Campground Location: Valley of Fire State Park – Nevada Site: 15 Cost: $20 Services: Dry camp Comments: Arch Rock campground is lovely but tough to find sites big enough for a big rig. But we managed. This time of year the park gets quite full and it
Continue readingElephant Butte State Park – S. Monticello Campground – New Mexico
We really enjoyed this campground. It is much further to the north than the other parts of the State Park which tend to be more crowded. This area also provides easy access to Apache del Bosque if you are a birdwatcher. We saw all sorts of birds. In our campsite
Continue readingCity of Rocks State Park – New Mexico
We love City of Rocks since we love to hike and love to climb around rocks in a maze. Simply beautiful. While there we were checking out one of our many RV bloggers that we follow, www.rv-dreams.com, we saw a picture of our rig at this park, now. Sure enough,
Continue readingKartchner Caverns State Park – Arizona
Kartchner Caverns is a nice state park south of Benson with a nice sized campground. The visitors center is next to the campground and offers tours of the Caverns which is an interesting tour, you basically get hosed down before you enter the cavern (not quite but almost). You also
Continue readingFlying to Florida
The RV is all tucked away nice and neat in Chandler, Arizona while we fly to Florida for a few weeks. Time for some R&R with all the relatives, birthday celebrations, some beach time, some birding, and lots and lots of eating! Fun times!
Continue readingAnza Borrego State Park – Palm Canyon Campground – California
Campground: Palm Canyon Campground Location: Anza Borrego State Park – Borrego Springs, California Site: 51 and then site 19 for a few nights Cost: $34.33 (site 51) and $37 (site 19) Services: FHU Comments: A great place to come into after boondocking for a few weeks. Time to run the
Continue readingMotorcycle Ride – Mountain Palm Springs, Anza Borrego State Park, California
Another day to take a motorcycle ride and do some hiking. We decided to head to the southern portion of Anza Borrego State Park down by the Carrizo Badlands to Mountain Palm Springs. It was a beautiful warm day. On the way south on S2 we decided to check out
Continue readingMarshall South – Anza Borrego State Park, California
Marshall South, a blogger before his time! Marshall and his family lived on Ghost Mountain, in the remote wilderness of the Southern California desert in an area that is now Anza Borrego State Park. His wife and three children lived a primitive lifestyle for 17 years up on that mountain
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