Lake Havasu City is in western Arizona along the Colorado River on the border with California. It has a population of around 60,000 and it known for its water sports on the lake and river and the infamous London Bridge which was relocated from England in 1968. The lake has
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Lake Havasu State Park – Lake Havasu State Park, Arizona
Today’s drive was a short one as we drove from River Island State Park in Parker north to Lake Havasu State Park. It took us about 40 minutes. We arrived a bit early and had to wait int the parking lot by the boat ramp. As soon as our site
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Buckskin Mountain State Park Buckskin Mountain State Park is the sister state park of River Island State Park and is situated about a mile south of River Island. If you are camping at either one you can visit the other one using your camping pass. Buckskin is also along the
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Time for a bit of “fall” camping. We call it “fall” because it is the end of October but it is still quite warm in Arizona and along the Colorado River. We departed Phoenix and headed west towards the Colorado River. We passed through Wickenburg with no issues. We continued
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We left the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and had a lovely drive through the open meadows on Highway 67 but no luck seeing the bison like we did on our last trip here. We continued on to Jacob Lake and past the infamous Inn and on east and
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Our next destination is the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. We drove from Beaver, Utah south on I-15 and cut over on Hwy 20 towards Bryce and Panguitch then south to Kanab and on to the canyon. It is a beautiful drive. The entrance to the Grand Canyon North
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Off to Sunset Crater National Monument for some cooler temperatures. The Bonito Campground, across from the National Monument Visitor Center, sits in the pines at over 7,000 feet elevation just north of Flagstaff. As we drove into Flagstaff on I-17 we could see a bit of snow still on Humphreys
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Huachuca City, known as the Sunset City, is full of beautiful sunsets. We spent a few nights boondocking in the area (with friends) and celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, in style!! A few days were spent smoking some brisket in preparation for the big party as decorations were put up! Then
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It’s that time of year for us to make our annual pilgrimage to Tucson to do some hiking and visit with friends. We like to find a campground near hiking trails to start off the trip and then finish up with staying with friends on their land. Of course, finding
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We are back. It was time for our yearly pilgrimage to Quartzsite for the Big Tent RV Show. We also like to meet up with friends at rallies so this year we decided to crash the Alfa Roadrunners Rally and pester them for awhile. We departed San Diego and headed
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