We’ve stayed at Cottonwood Camp on the Bighorn twice - once for a week at Sweetwater Travel’s Fly Fishing Guide School and two years later for a week of fly fishing the Bighorn River. If you’re looking for a good home base with plenty of... Read more

A very nice, clean, and open ACOE campground on the far eastern end of Lake Sakakawea (or western end of Lake Audubon…it’s actually the reservoir formed by the dam on the Missouri River, so does it really make a difference?) We spent one night... Read more

We spent three nights in Thunder Bay following our trip around the north shore of Lake Superior. We used our Thunder Bay stop to get groceries and catch up on the internet after a week in the wilds of Ontario. We considered both Kakabeka... Read more

While searching for a convenient spot to camp during an early June, mid-week fly-fishing trip to the Manistee River, we discovered Michigan’s CCC Bridge State Forest Campground. Located six to nine miles down graded gravel and dirt roads... Read more

While visiting family in the Grand Rapids area, we decided to take a break from driveway moochdocking and head to a local campground for the weekend. We stayed at Wabasis Lake County Park due to its proximity to the quant, downtown area of... Read more

We stayed at Umpqua Lighthouse State Park during our off-season Oregon Coast tour in January 2017. We wanted to spend time near the Oregon Dunes and this place nicely fit the bill. If you're visiting the Dunes area of the Oregon Coast, you can't... Read more

A large state historical area, Champoeg State Park has a wonderful campground that is situated along the Willamette River and is at the front door of Oregon’s Willamette Valley winery area. The paved sites in the B-Loop where we stayed all... Read more

Driving westward on I-84 in early December, we needed a place to spend the night between Boise and Portland--Emigrant Springs State Park fit the bill as they keep a small handful of sites open into the winter. As we climbed higher into Oregon’s... Read more

We stayed at Hartwick Pines State Park because of its proximity to Grayling, MI and fly fishing on the legendary AuSable River. The Logging Museum and Old Growth forest area are both a short bike ride away and well worth the visit. As a bonus,... Read more

We were planning on spend three nights in Independence, MO to visit the Harry S. Truman sites (NPS Historic Site and the Truman Presidential Library and Museum) and Kansas City and there aren’t a lot of convenient camping alternatives. We were... Read more