Greg - Sock Monkey Trekker
Ken's Lake Campground
Moab, UT
2561 days ago
Greg - Sock Monkey Trekker 36 reviews
"Nice Campground with Great Water Falls nearby"
Ken's Lake campground is a nice BLM campground 20 minutes south of Moab in Spanish Valley. There are 31 well spaced sites. There are tables and nice fire pits. The bathrooms are vault type and were well maintained each day. There weren't...
Peg Leg
Borrego Springs, CA
2578 days ago
Greg - Sock Monkey Trekker 36 reviews
"Beautiful surroundings."
We stayed one night in the Peg Leg area. This is a dispersed camping area and there were a lot of ATVs zipping around while we were there on this Saturday night. It's a large area so you don't have to be right next to anyone. We drove around a...
Lake Jennings Campground
Lakeside, CA
2583 days ago
Greg - Sock Monkey Trekker 36 reviews
"Great campsite in San Diego Area"
We loved this place for our short visit to San Diego. You can get to downtown San Diego in about 35 minutes. This lake is very beautiful and quiet. Our campsite was on the top of a hill with a fantastic overview of the lake. The hilltop also had...
Main Gate RV Dump Station
Los Alamos, NM
2602 days ago
Greg - Sock Monkey Trekker 36 reviews
"Name has been changed"
This location is now known as "Main Gate Park" after the land was transferred to Los Alamos County from the Kiwanis Club. The county has added a facade in front of the bathrooms that give a historic image of what a security entrance looked like...
Lone Rock Beach Primitive Camping Area
Big Water, UT
2646 days ago
Greg - Sock Monkey Trekker 36 reviews
Welcome to Havasu
Lake Havasu City, AZ
2652 days ago
Greg - Sock Monkey Trekker 36 reviews
"State Trust Land - Nice near city and Sara Park"
I stayed on this land during the big annual fireworks show and conference held in the Sara Park across the highway. The fireworks show is held near valentines day each year in February and it's a blast!!!! You get to see the latest and greatest...
Ghost Ranch
Abiquiu, NM
2672 days ago
Greg - Sock Monkey Trekker 36 reviews
"Amazingly Beautiful Landscape!!!!!!!"
Ghost Ranch is near Abiquiu Reservoir. The scenery is spectacular. Famous artist, Georgia O'Keeffe, had a home here and created many of her amazing paintings here. Karen and I have been to Ghost Ranch a few times. We've taken the Chimney Rock hike...
Matchless Campground
Leadville, CO
2731 days ago
Greg - Sock Monkey Trekker 36 reviews
"Free after Labor Day"
Currently the campground is free after labor day and then completely closes around Oct 2nd (normally during the summer there is a fee). The camp host leaves after labor day and the concessionier that runs the place for the forest service let's...
O.C. Mugrage Campground
Bond, CO
2731 days ago
Greg - Sock Monkey Trekker 36 reviews
"Close to Hot Springs."
O.C Mugrage is a small free campground that has no facilities other then one vault toilet. It has about 8 or so sites. It's in the Radium State Wildlife Area. There are rock fire pits spread across the area. We stayed in a camper van. There was a...
Alta Lakes Designated Dispersed Campsites
Telluride, CO
"Beautiful lakes - Nail biter forest road to access"
Gravel Pit Dispersed Camping
Pagosa Springs, CO
"Gravel Pit Boondocking in Forest near Pagosa Springs"
Sock Monkey Trekkers: New Mexico: Gila Hot Springs Ranch and Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
(By Greg - Mid April 2015) After our visits to Faywood Hot Springs and Silver City, we headed on our way up to the Gila Cliff Dwelings National Monument.We were warned not to take Hwy 15 as it is just...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: NM To San Diego: Part 2 (El Dorado Hot Springs, West of Phoenix)
After leaving Faywood Springs, Google Maps suggested a short cut to Lordsburg NM that would save us about 20 minutes. I told Karen we should trust Google Maps to give us a good route. Karen was very...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: Moab Area: Ken's Lake Campground, Faux Falls, Arches NP - Delicate Arch
Life is always better with monkeys! Our nephew, Joe was on spring break from college and asked if we could meet for some camping. He lives in Salt Lake City. We wanted to meet somewhere half-way. I've...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: RV / Boondocking Sites in Los Alamos County, New Mexico
Updated: 5/27/14 Here where we live in Los Alamos, New Mexico we have a bunch of local RV sites. I thought I would go through them all in case folks would like to bring their rig up to explore the...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: May Trip P3 - Lone Rock on Lake Powell - Utah
After the Overland Expo, we headed to Lake Powell. There is a "Lone Rock" boondocking section of Lake Powell not far from Page, AZ where you can boondock on a beautiful sandy beach area for about $14...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: Colorado River Trip - Part 2 - Yuma Arizona to Laughlin Nevada
In the previous blog I was leaving Yuma. Well, I didn't get far when I saw an In-and-Out burger joint. I am trying to eat less meat and I have a problem with gluten, but I know that In-and-Out makes...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: Ghost Ranch RVing - Kitchen Mesa Hike
Greg points to our hiking destination: The top of Kitchen Mesa. A couple of weekends ago we went overnight to Ghost Ranch and took the Kitchen Mesa Hike. What a great hike! If you haven't been to Gh...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: Matchless Campground on Turquoise Lake near Leadville Colorado - VBlog #1
In late September, we went on a week-long van camping vacation. Our trip was a loop from our home in Los Alamos, NM through Colorado. First, it was up to Matchless Campground on Turquoise Lake near Le...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: May Trip P1 - Twin Arrows Casino near Flagstaff, AZ
We took off from our home in Los Alamos, NM for a wonderful 11 day trip. We headed for the Overland Expo in Flagstaff Arizona. Our goal was to check out the pop-up truck campers at the expo and see i...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: Colorado River Trip - Part 1 - Los Alamos to Yuma
Karen was to meet me in Las Vegas after I traveled south to Faywood Springs - Hot Springs and then over to a BLM free camping site called Synder Hill, just southwest of Tucson. I was then going to he...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: RV / Boondocking Sites in Los Alamos County, New Mexico
Updated: 5/27/14 Here where we live in Los Alamos, New Mexico we have a bunch of local RV sites. I thought I would go through them all in case folks would like to bring their rig up to explore the...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: Mt. Rushmore Trip - Part 3 - Custer State Park, South Dakota
Our Campsite at Blue Bell Campground, Custer State Park, South Dakota.French Creek near our campsite. Our plan in South Dakota was to stay in Custer State Park in the Blue Bell Campground and explore...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: Boondocking and Campground Sites near Pagosa Springs, Colorado
A couple of weeks ago (late July) we decided to explore the Pagosa Springs area and see if we could find any good boondocking sites and do some hiking and exploring. We did find a few good boondockin...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: Colorado River Trip - Part 4 - Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Valley of Fire, Snowbird Mesa
After my overnight in Vegas it was nice to be headed back out into the wilderness. I drove southeast to Boulder City and then dropped down into the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. (I have a link...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: Colorado River Trip - Part 2 - Yuma Arizona to Laughlin Nevada
In the previous blog I was leaving Yuma. Well, I didn't get far when I saw an In-and-Out burger joint. I am trying to eat less meat and I have a problem with gluten, but I know that In-and-Out makes...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: Colorado River Trip - Part 2 - Yuma Arizona to Laughlin Nevada
In the previous blog I was leaving Yuma. Well, I didn't get far when I saw an In-and-Out burger joint. I am trying to eat less meat and I have a problem with gluten, but I know that In-and-Out makes...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: Monkeying Around - Part I
[By Karen] For part-timers who work full time - we had an amazing August. We were the ultimate weekend warriors and then some. Redondo Campground in Jemez Mountains near Los Alamos New Mexico T...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: Sand Dunes Swimming Pool (and RV Park)
We read about a large pool of geothermally heated water near the Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. It sounded intriguing. The pool was very large and had a grill that was said to se...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: RV Sites in Los Alamos County, New Mexico
Updated: 5/27/14 Here where we live in Los Alamos, New Mexico we have a bunch of local RV sites. I thought I would go through them all in case folks would like to bring their rig up to explore the...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: Albuquerque Overnighter
We are in research and dreaming mode for our future full-time RVing life. I continue my regular reading of several dozen blogs written by full-timers. I had several conversations with Ingrid of LiveLa...
Sock Monkey Trekkers: New Mexico: Faywood Hot Springs, Silver City
(By Greg- Mid April 2015) We decided to take a mini-vacation for a long weekend down to Southwestern New Mexico for some warmer weather, hot springs soaking and Indian cliff house exploring. We had a...
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