Those Young Guys – Finding Our Way
Another great national park with lots of hiking opportunities and endless scenery. One of the hiking trails started out as an interpretive trail, large, wide, paved, signs and quickly turned into an uphill overgrown thicket of brush. My husband, luckily, just missed stepping on a Black-tailed Rattlesnake eating a rodent
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We love Big Bend National Park. Lots of hiking opportunities and lots of nature, wildlife, and great scenery. The park is full of roadrunners and coyotes. All that’s missing is an anvil (he, he…a little Roadrunner humor). If you are heading west out of the National park then be sure
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After we left Goose Island State Park we drove over the Lyndon B. Johnson Causeway (Highway 35) into Rockport and on down to Aransas Pass to the Redfish Bay Causeway and boarded the D.L. Deberry ferry to travel to Port Aransas on the northern part of Mustang Island. The island
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Goose Island State Park is close to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where you might get a chance to view the Whooping Cranes. In 1942 there were only 16 Whooping Cranes and by now, 2008, there are just over 300. The Wood Buffalo/Aransas flock accounts for about 227. AND they migrate
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Campground: Brantley Lake State Park Location: Carlsbad, New Mexico Site: 16 Cost: $14 Services: Dry camp Comments: Nice state park just outside of Carlsbad with ease of access to the Caverns and the Living desert Zoo and Gardens. Many sites have water views. Nice hiking around the lake. Link to
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Campground: Antelope Island State Park – Bridger Bay Campground Location: Island in the Great Salt Lake in Salt Lake City, Utah Site: 8 Cost: $20 Services: Dry camp Comments: Great, open spot right on the water with fabulous views. Great hiking all around the campground. A great island to explore.
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Campground: Swan Lake Campground Location: Colville National Forest – southwest of Republic, Washington Site: 7 Cost: $10 Services: Dry camp Comments: One of our favorite campgrounds with a great hike around the lake. Not suitable for big rigs. Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been” Swan Lake Campground Details
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Campground: Skihist Provinical Park Location: Lytton, British Columbia Site: 11 Cost: $20 (CAD) Services: Dry camp Comments: Beautiful, spacious sites Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been” Skihist is in Lytton and this weekend they were celebrating the Lytton River Festival which we attended.
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Campground: Lake Wenatchee State Park – North Campground Location: West of Wenatchee, Washington off Hwy 2 Site: 181 Cost: $19 Services: Dry camp Comments: Nice spacious sites, on the lake, in the forest. Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been”
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Campground: Johnston Canyon Campground Location: Banff National Park, Alberta Cost: $27.40 (CAD) Services: Dry camp Comments: Some sites include all the firewood you want (included in the price) Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been” Then off around Banff and Jasper.
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