Those Young Guys – Finding Our Way
We were lucky enough to be at Valley of Fire during the Atlatl World Championships so not only did we get to watch but we also got to learn. They set aside a few hours one morning where you could try your hand at throwing. Of course we tried! Fun!
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Campground: Davis Mountains State Park Location: Fort Davis, Texas Site: 5 Cost: $14 Services: FHU Comments: Another one of our favorite places. Love the park and love the town. Lots of hiking and areas of historic interest. And, of course, the fantastic observatory and its shows/telescopes. Link to Map in
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We didn’t know anything about this park and had not planned to visit here but a park ranger at Goliad State Park told us all about this place. So, off we went! We loved it! Campground: Choke Canyon State Park Location: Three Rivers, Texas Site: 116 Cost: $20 Services: W/E
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Campground: Goliad State Park Location: Goliad, Texas Site: 5 Cost: $20 Services: FHU Comments: What a great park and a great town. Lots of things to see and do. Great bike riding on a boardwalk which zigzags, that was fun! Visit the Presidio and the Fannin Battleground amongst other things.
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Campground: Sam Houston Jones State Park Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana Site: C1005 Cost: $24 Services: FHU Comments: Sites are close together but long pull thrus with hookups on both sides. The sites are next to a group of swamps. At night you will hear sounds you never knew existed. Great
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Campground: Fountainbleu State Park Location: Mandeville, Louisiana Site: CI 140 (known as the old campground) Cost: $20 Services: W/E Comments: We loved this place. Nice big sites, not much privacy. On a lake. The Tammany Track Rail to Trails Bike Path cuts through the park and makes for a nice
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Campground: Suwanee River State Park Location: Live Oak, Florida Site: Site 22 Cost: $23.98 Services: FHU Comments: We stayed here a few weeks before and loved this place. Watch out for the “jumping” fish! Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been”
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Whew…we finally made it to Florida. We had been driving from Tennessee and on through Georgia knowing darn well there was a huge ice storm on on heels. It was about 12 hours behind us or less and we knew we needed to get out of there and we did.
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Denali State Park is to the east of Denali National Park and runs along the Parks Highway. It has a few campgrounds and a few trails heads and is beautiful. Many people bypass this park and head straight to the Denali National Park. If you do that then you will
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A great place to spend some time especially when needing to drive through the hub-bub of Seattle. Some place to get away from the maddening traffic and crowds. Close to Chuckanut Drive and the water. Campground: Larrabee State Park Location: Bellingham, Washington Site: T21 Cost: $28 Services: W/E Comments: Another
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