Salt River Recreation Area – Salt River Wild Horses Usery Mountain Regional Park sits in north Mesa close to the Salt River Recreation Area (SRRA) in Tonto National Forest. The SRRA is known for not only tubing down the Salt River in the summer but also for its herd of
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Usery Mountain Regional Park – Mesa, AZ
Another beautiful Maricopa County park nestled up in the foothills above Mesa, Arizona. The campground has 61 sites (both back-ins and pull-outs) offering water and electric hookups with nice spacious gravel picnic areas with picnic table, fire pit, and grill. Most are large and spacious and offer privacy. There are
Continue readingImperial Dam Area – Out And About
Imperial Dam Recreation Area – California As we sit at our site at Mittry Lake and look across the lake we can see what looks like thousands and thousands of RVs. It’s the Imperial Dam Recreation Area. We decided to drive up there and check out the BLM camping
Continue readingMittry Lake Wildlife Area – North of Yuma, AZ
This area is a jointly run area by the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the US Bureau of Reclamation, and AZ Game and Fish Department and provides a variety of dispersed camping sites along with fishing and boating. Camping is free for up to ten days in a calendar
Continue readingClark Dry Lake – Borrego Springs, California
Clark Dry Lake, also known as Rockhouse Canyon Road boondocking area or just “The Borrego Springs boondocking area” or sometimes people just say, “Oh you mean that area near Peg Leg?”. Yep, we are back. We were just here a little over a week ago and then went into
Continue readingAnza Borrego State Park – Palm Canyon Campground
We have stayed at the Palm Canyon Campground countless times and find that even through it can be almost full in the winter (Jan, Feb, March) we can almost always get a spot for a few nights. We sometimes make reservations ahead of time if need be but not always.
Continue readingLake Cahuilla Recreation Area – La Quinta, California
Lake Cahuilla Recreation Area, operated by Riverside County, sits at the base of the Santa Rosa Mountains in the Coachella Valley just a few miles from the city center of La Quinta. The lake is a non-swimming lake but offers fishing. There is a swimming pool there which is
Continue readingJoshua Tree National Park – Cottonwood, California
We have stayed at Joshua Tree National Park in the northwest corner at Black Rock Campground and thoroughly enjoyed the area. We explored the central area of the park also but never got down to the southern area. So we decided to go to Cottonwood. And they said it could
Continue readingLake Havasu State Park – Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Yes, I love my waterfront. The first time we went to Lake Havasu State Park I remarked how I wanted to come back and get a waterfront site. Well this year we did. We choose the week of Thanksgiving to spend at this beautiful park nestled right in the city
Continue readingDavis Camp – Bullhead City, Arizona
We visited this park one day while staying in Laughlin. We always like to check out other RV parks and campgrounds in the area in case we are missing something. This RV Park/campground is a Mojave County park with both an RV Park area and North and South Beach camping
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