Those Young Guys – Finding Our Way
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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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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Being a campground host is not ALL hard work. There are lots of benefits too especially when you are in a great area with lots to see and do. Even though we lived here for years we never tire of all the activities. It certainly kept us busy for a
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Redfish Lake Recreation Complex The Redfish Lake Recreation Complex is situated in the Sawtooth National Forest and Redfish Lake is at the headwaters of the Salmon River. The Salmon River flows north from here to the Snake River and then on to the Columbia River and eventually out to the
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From Great Basin National Park we headed west on US Route 50 which is known as the America’s Loneliest Road. We passed the BLM camping area called Sacramento Pass which looks like a terrific place to camp. We continued on west on Route 50 to Ely, Nevada with gorgeous scenery
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Great Basin National Park is known for you being able to experience desert heat and alpine cold all in one day with a diversity of geological formations. The entrance to Great Basin National Park is in Baker, Nevada and the park is most famous for both it’s Lehman Caves and
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Pie Town, New Mexico is west of Datil along highway 60 about 20 miles and about 3 miles west of the Continental Divide. The town has a population of under 200 and got its name from a bakery that specialized in dried apple pies in the 1920s. Today it still
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The drive from Roswell to Datil is a little over 200 miles and took us through breathtaking scenery and great small towns. It was great to be back in the west. We headed through Picacho and Hondo gaining elevation as we drove. Picacho is a little over 3,900 feet and
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Abilene State Park is about 15 miles southwest of Abilene and sits on the shore of Lake Abilene. The area used to be a campground for the Comanche and Tonkawa while they hunted buffalo as the herds came through nearby Buffalo Gap. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) developed most of
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Purtis Creek is a 355-acre fishing lake southwest of Dallas where you can also swim, paddle, boat, hike, bike, camp, and just enjoy the area. There are 59 campsites with water and electricity along with some tent sites and walk in primitive sites. There is a dump station on site.
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