Finding Our Way
On our way to City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico we thought we would stop by Columbus and check out the state park. Columbus lies on the Mexican border next to Puerrto Palomas, Mexico. If you cross the border don’t miss “The Pink Store”, you can sip a
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Kartchner Caverns is a nice state park south of Benson with a nice sized campground. The visitors center is next to the campground and offers tours of the Caverns which is an interesting tour, you basically get hosed down before you enter the cavern (not quite but almost). You also
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Campground: Palm Canyon Campground Location: Anza Borrego State Park – Borrego Springs, California Site: 51 and then site 19 for a few nights Cost: $34.33 (site 51) and $37 (site 19) Services: FHU Comments: A great place to come into after boondocking for a few weeks. Time to run the
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Another day to take a motorcycle ride and do some hiking. We decided to head to the southern portion of Anza Borrego State Park down by the Carrizo Badlands to Mountain Palm Springs. It was a beautiful warm day. On the way south on S2 we decided to check out
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Marshall South, a blogger before his time! Marshall and his family lived on Ghost Mountain, in the remote wilderness of the Southern California desert in an area that is now Anza Borrego State Park. His wife and three children lived a primitive lifestyle for 17 years up on that mountain
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We hiked this area on two different days, one day we explored the the Calcite Mine Trail, the next and then hiked the Palm Wash. Another day we hiked the Palm Slots. All were great hikes and quite different from one another. The hike to the old Calcite Mine was
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We had been visiting with Pam and John from OhThePlacesTheyGo and discussed some hiking opportunities specifically The Slot trail. We love slots. Anywhere we can find slots we are there! But going to “The Slot Trail” at Anza Borrego requires driving a sand/dirt road for a few miles which can
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Campground: Atlatl CampgroundLocation: Valley of Fire State Park – NevadaSite: 33 for 1 night and then moved to site 32 when it became availableCost: $30Services: W/EComments: Our all time favorite place. Tons of beautiful scenery and tons of hiking. It never gets old. Nice large sites with fantastic views. Campground
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Campground: Wanapum State ParkLocation: Vantage, Washington off I-90 Site: 10 (back-in)Cost: $29Services: W/EComments: A great campground on the banks of the Columbia River. Large sites with great views.Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been”
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Campground: Nehalem Bay State Park Location: Nehalem, Oregon Site: B28 Cost: $24 Services: W/E Comments: One of our favorite beach state parks. Right on the beach with lots of empty beach to walk. Just walk over the dunes and there’s the beach. The site was a bit small and they
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