Those Young Guys – Finding Our Way
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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Whenever we are in the general vicinity of Julian we love to go spend the day there. I started going to Julian in the late 70’s (and Santa Ysabel) and fell in love with the atmosphere and the apple products! Yummy! So while visiting Anza Borrego State Park heading to
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Another great day for a motorcycle ride while staying at Anza Borrego. We decided to take the motorcycle and make a counter clockwise journey all the way around Salton Sea. We headed east on Hwy 78 towards the Sea and then turned to the south. We thought we might as
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We hiked this area on two different days, one day we explored the the Calcite Mine Trail, the next and then hiked the Palm Wash. Another day we hiked the Palm Slots. All were great hikes and quite different from one another. The hike to the old Calcite Mine was
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We had been visiting with Pam and John from OhThePlacesTheyGo and discussed some hiking opportunities specifically The Slot trail. We love slots. Anywhere we can find slots we are there! But going to “The Slot Trail” at Anza Borrego requires driving a sand/dirt road for a few miles which can
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Our favorite boondocking spot, Clark Dry Lake, about 7-9 miles east of Borrego Springs, California on the north side of highway S22. Our favorite town to winter in, Borrego Springs. A small town nestled inside the Anza Borrego State Park (the largest state park in California) somewhere between San Diego
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RV Park: Emerald Desert RV ParkLocation: Palm Desert, CaliforniaSite: 109Cost: $55 (rally prices)Services: FHUComments: We stayed here for an Alfa rally and had a great time!! AlfaSeeYas Chapter of FMCA conducts a pre-rally to the Indio FMCA rally every January. Great way to meet up with people who own the
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Campground: Fantasy Springs Resort Casino Location: Indio, California – right off I-10 Site: Anywhere we wanted in their large RV parking lot Cost: $0 Services: Boondock Comments: A fine place to spend the night while traveling. Go tour the casino, eat at one the restaurants, or kick back outside your
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RV Park: Desert View RV ParkLocation: Needles, CaliforniaSite: 18Cost: $33Services: FHUComments: A good overnight spot to get some laundry done and pick up groceries. Laundry room was clean but only had a few machines. Not enough to support the snowbird population that lives at this park during the winter.Link to
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Campground: Atlatl CampgroundLocation: Valley of Fire State Park – NevadaSite: 33 for 1 night and then moved to site 32 when it became availableCost: $30Services: W/EComments: Our all time favorite place. Tons of beautiful scenery and tons of hiking. It never gets old. Nice large sites with fantastic views. Campground
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