I first watched Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” when I was a young girl and it scared the bejesus out of me!! Every year I would get together with the neighborhood kids and we would watch the movie together, usually in the summertime when it was hot and all the windows
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Pinnacles National Park – California
Pinnacles National Park is one of the newest national parks in the US as of 2013. Previously it was a national monument since 1908. The park sits along the San Andreas Fault south of the San Francisco Bay Area and has a Mediterranean climate and can be quite comfortable during
Continue readingWine Country RV Resort – Paso Robles, California
We’re heading to wine country in Paso Robles, California. A holiday weekend is fast approaching and we are finding it difficult to secure a site for the week. There are not many campgrounds and/or RV Parks in the area. There are 3 RV parks in Paso Robles and then a
Continue readingBakersfield Palms RV Park – Bakersfield, California
The reason we selected this park is they advertise a section of the RV park dedicated to “Overnighters” with 70′ pul-thrus. Perfect for when you just need a quick stopover and don’t want to unhook your tow vehicle. We have stayed in the area before and like to check out
Continue readingBig Bend Of The Colorado State Recreation Area – Laughlin, Nevada
We’re back. Seems like we were just here. Almost 3 months ago we stopped by this beautiful State Park for our first time and fell in love with it. So as we were coming back somewhat near this area we could not resist the chance to spend a few days
Continue readingDead Horse Ranch State Park – Cottonwood, Arizona
Heading North out of Phoenix up to Cottonwood provided us some terrific views as we drove into the Verde Valley. Phoenix was fogged in but soon the fog burned off and even the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff were visible and covered with snow. This lovely state park
Continue readingWhite Tank Mountains Regional Park – Waddell, AZ
Waddell? Yep, Waddell (pronounced Wah-Dell – not Wa-Dul as my sister so impatiently explained to me). I lived in Phoenix for a number of years and never heard of Waddell but there’s are lots of places I don’t know. Waddell is a small community right next to Surprise and Sun
Continue readingLa Posa North BLM – Quartzsite, Arizona
Time for the Annual Big Top RV Show in Quartzsite. We left Mittry Lake two days before the show began and made the crazy pilgrimage to Quartzsite. And the line of motorhomes goes on forever and ever….. Traffic was moving but there was a string of motorhomes all headed north
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 readingSKP KOFA Ko-op Retreat – Yuma, AZ (Members Only)
KOFA Ko-op is an Escapees members only RV park about 8 miles south of Yuma out in the agricultural fields. We really don’t like staying at an RV Park in the city unless we have to so we decided to head a bit further south and try out this RV
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