Finding Our Way
We are in a world of our own over the Christmas holidays with lots of wonderful hiking and less than 5 minutes to stores. The main part of the park is packed during the Christmas season but Black Rock remains quiet and peaceful. Pure heaven. Even had a bit of
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A picture perfect week. Weather was ideal and we did lots of bike riding and hiking. OK, I will be honest, my husband put me through boot camp! A few swampy areas where the bike tires got full of mud…pedal, pedal, pedal faster…and the bike would go NOWHERE!!! Time to
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What can you say about this, it’s Denali! Beautiful scenery and wildlife. The campground is one of many but it is the main one near the entrance of the park. Don’t plan on just driving up and getting a site (although you may be lucky). Reservations certainly help and even
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The incredible beauty of the Kenai Fjords is hard to resist. We decided to take a day cruise on Resurrection Bay in the Kenai Fjords National Park departing from Seward. And are we glad we did. It turned out to be a perfect day. The weather was fantastic, the sky
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Campground: Tumwater National Forest Campground Location: Leavenworth, Washington (west of the town in the forest) Site: 6 Cost: $17 Services: Dry camp Comments: Nice, quiet campground with some private sites right on the river. Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been”
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We headed through Nebraska towards Wyoming and stopped off in Scottsbluff, Nebraska for the day and absolutely fell in love with this area. Will definitely come back through here and spend some more time. RV Park: Douglas KOA Location: Douglas, Wyoming Site: C03 Cost: $28.73 Services: FHU Comments: A typical
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The Badlands are beautiful. Drive through them and be awed. But also check out the Minuteman Missile Silo tours and then head east to Wall, South Dakota to Wall Drug. So much to see there that you should plan several hours to soak up the atmosphere, have some coffee, and
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Campground: Belle Fourche River CampgroundLocation: Devils Tower National MonumentCost: $12Services: Dry campComments: Nice campground, great hiking.Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been”
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Campground: Peck Gulch Campground Location: On the shores of Lake Koocanusa near Eureka, Montana Site: Parking Lot Cost: $9 Services: Dry camp Comments: Kind of an open parking lot where you can park anywhere right along the lake. Beautiful views and wide open spaces. A bit of a tight windy
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Campground: Crandell Lake Campground Location: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta Site: E2 Cost: $20 (CAD) Services: Dry camp Comments: A beautiful campground in a beautiful park. We saw a grizzly bear along the side of the mountain and saw a great presentation about bears by the park rangers. Note to
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