Finding Our Way
We stopped by The Oregon Garden in Silverton on our way to the campground. Beautiful botanical garden. We also spent a day in Salem and did a nice long walk around Bush’s Pasture Field and the Bush House Museum. Campground: Silver Falls State Park Location: Silverton, Oregon Site: 11 Cost:
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Campground: Deschutes River State Recreation Area Location: Wasco, Oregon Site: A15 Cost: $12 Services: E Comments: A beautiful park right on the Deschutes River with tons of hiking and lots of trees. Be careful though, lots of train noise. There are train tracks on each side of the Deschutes River
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A good place to stop while heading to Vancouver to celebrate Christmas with family as it is close to the border. Sometimes a bad time of the year to be traveling over passes due to potential snow. Campground: Birch Bay State Park Location: Blaine, Washington (just south of the British
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Seriously, how can you really judge a place when you are the only ones there. We love to travel off-season and have places to ourselves. Glen Elder was one of those places. We had the entire campground to ourselves which means peace, quiet, serenity, and solitude. Perfect! After leaving Glen
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We just stayed here overnight while traveling I-70. We will always choose a state or national park over an RV park for overnighters if they are 1) open and 2) not too far off on main travel route. Trip included, of course, a stop in St. Louis at the Arch.
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Campground: Quartzite Campground Location: Devils Lake State Park – Baraboo, Wisconsin Cost: $27 Services: W/E Comments: Very large park close to the water with easy access to the Wisconsin Dells. Link to Quartzite Campground on Map in “Where We’ve Been” In the morning we traveled south to Merrimac, Wisconsin and
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If you are driving on I-90 in this area of South Dakota then stop in Mitchell, South Dakota at the “Corn Palace”. An interesting sight and an interesting site. Campground: Lake Vermillion Recreation Area Location: Canistota, South Dakota Cost: $22 Services: E Comments: Lovely campground with nice sites and views
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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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Hill City is a nice distance away from the city that you feel somewhat remote yet it is easy to get to places such as Bear Country, Mt. Rushmore, and the South Dakota Air and Space Museum. Campground: Horse Thief Campground Location: Hill City, South Dakota Cost: $23.21 Services: E
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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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