It was the end of February and we only had a few stops left before we made it back home to Portland after 6 months on the road. From Lake Shasta in Northern California we were approximately 400 miles from home and had just 2 more stops: Valley of the Rogue State Park, near Grants […]
We headed to Bailey Cove State Park not knowing if we would find camp spots open or not. The boating area attached to the camping was busy but lucky for us the campground was almost empty. We chose this campground because it was right near a cave tour we wanted to take part in.
We thought it might be fun to test out one of the many beach campgrounds in CA to see what they were like. We chose San Elijo State Beach because of the lower prices (compared to RV parks) and because of the great walk-ability in the area.
We always love staying at campgrounds that have good climbing rocks, and City of Rocks was certainly up there with some of our favorites like Arches & Joshua Tree as far as campsites snuggled into the rocks.
While we visited the El Paso, Texas area we camped at Franklin Mountains State Park. It was conveniently located within a 20 minute drive to El Paso and offered some hiking trails and solidarity.
Our plan was to head from Carlsbad, NM to Big Bend National Park. However, doing the drive in one shot would be about 5 hours, so we wanted to find a stop in the middle to break the drive in half. That place ended up being Davis Mountains State Park, and it was a beautiful […]
We started off our travel day to Carlsbad Caverns area by doing some much needed laundry in Roswell. I tell you, there is a lot to be said for warm clean laundry. Unfortunately my list of things to do in the morning was very lengthy and Justin’s was not therefore I had to give the […]
We left Santa Fe in a morning snow storm and headed south toward White Sands. We found that Azul and Wobbles had great traction on the snowy roads as we didn’t slip once. White Sands is quite a bit lower in elevation than Santa Fe so we didn’t have to drive long for the snow […]
Bruneau Dunes State Park wasn’t on our radar at all. We needed a place to stay somewhere between Pendleton and Yellowstone, and we had chosen a different Idaho state park at random. However, on the way we saw a sign for Bruneau Dunes and on a whim we veered off our route and changed plans. […]
This was the third day that the rain had been staying steady here in California. Where there are big trees, there is rain. We stayed in the scenic yet soggy Elk Prairie Campground within Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park for one night. The drive from Santa Rosa to the Redwood State Park was greatly flooded […]
