Video: Guide to California State Parks
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Meg and Ben
Seabee Park Primitive Camping
Abilene, TX
3012 days ago
Meg and Ben 43 reviews
"We were very happy to have this park to stay in!"
Our enjoyment of this park was somewhat situational - we were driving all day and the places were going to stay didn't pan out...more driving...finally found this on freecampsites.net and it panned out well. We got there after dark so didn't...
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Twin Peaks Campground
Ajo, AZ
3012 days ago
Meg and Ben 43 reviews
"Super duper"
So, we just stayed here longer than any CG thus far on our trip...the fact that it was January, and Organ Pipe was warm certainly played a big part, but so did this awesome park and CG. Sites are thoughtfully designed - enough separation and your...
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Shangri-La 55+ RV Resort
Yuma, AZ
3012 days ago
Meg and Ben 43 reviews
"Friendly and more than adequate RV park"
They had everything we needed: good, clean laundry facility; bright clean bathrooms; good enough wifi that we could watch streamed tv (you may have to be parked near the office for that.) It wasn't cheap, and it's right near the highway but the...
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Watchman Campground
Springdale, UT
3012 days ago
Meg and Ben 43 reviews
"Excellent!"
We loved Zion - zoomed in after getting supplies in St. George (though you could make do with what you gather in the town adjacent...except for decent firewood - get that before you come) It was getting close to too cold to camp so we just...
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Kerrville-Schreiner Park Campground
Kerrville, TX
3037 days ago
Meg and Ben 43 reviews
"Lovelier as time goes on"
23 bucks for electric and water only. Super cool lay out that allows for privacy. Great hiking / biking trails. Nice people. Some road noise though you are far from the highway. The place where we checked in was actually across the road from our...
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Gilbert Ray Campground
Tucson, AZ
3041 days ago
Meg and Ben 43 reviews
"Awesome spot"
We loved it as others have. What can we add? We attended an excellent ranger talk (Bob) at the NP that was an excellent primer on the flora and fauna of the area. We also attended a "binoculars" tour of the night sky sponsored by Mt. Kit...
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Tumble In RV Park
Marfa, TX
3041 days ago
Meg and Ben 43 reviews
"We loved it!"
This place fit in nicely with the vibe in Marfa. There were several other vintage trailers there as well. The self check in was easy. We loved the bathrooms - cool but simple finish out. Best of all the wifi worked great as promised and we watched...
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Sunny Acres RV Park
Las Cruces, NM
3041 days ago
Meg and Ben 43 reviews
"Adequate for our purposes"
We needed a place to do laundry and Las Cruces made sense logistically. They were very nice on the phone, had our reservation waiting for us, which was much appreciated. If you come in after hours, they also have instructions up for folks...
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Mohawk Trail State Forest Campground
Charlemont, MA
"Just a lovely riverside spot close to many cool things"
Tuck in the Wood Campground
St Helena Island, SC
"Great spot with easy access to fascinating history and natural beauty"
Downtown Riverside RV Park
North Little Rock, AR
"Cool location on river, very convenient to Prez Library"
Big Hill Pond State Park Campground
Pocahontas, TN
"Lovely, friendly spot we used as base camp to visit Shiloh"
Oliver Lee Memorial State Park Campground
Alamogordo, NM
"We loved it and the scenery grows on you..."
Cleveland County Fairgrounds RV Park
Norman, OK
"Just about everything you want in a public city campsite"
Harry Gardner Park
Toutle, WA
"Newly reopened park, community gem is back 35+ years after Mount St. Helens eruption"
Mallard's Rest Fishing Access Site
Livingston, MT
"Great spot for exploring Livingston, Bozeman, Chico Hot Springs"
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New Jersey
Backtracking a bit to share about some of our adventures in the last weeks/months. The third weekend of May, I had a lunch date in Pennsylvania with some high school classmates (having missed our r...
Two Days in Little Rock
So, we’ve headed out on a medium length loop through the near southern states: Arkansas and Mississippi, before we head back toward the (gulf) coast and then make our way toward Florida. The obvious...
Hiking Angel's Landing: No Fooling, it was Scary
From Joshua Tree, we motored east to Zion pretty quickly, spending one night (awesome boondocking) in Nevada, and gathering supplies in St. George, Utah (loved Harmon’s for groceri...
Desert Time
As winter approached, we headed south. Outside of Tucson, we chose the highly recommended Gilbert Ray Campground as basecamp for a visit to Saguaro National Park. Airstream tucked in at Gilbert Ray...
Idaho Towns Round Up
What do Boise, Stanley, Ketchum, (and wild card) Driggs have in common? Are they index of town listed under Idaho in Lonely Planet’s USA? No! They are our itinerary of Idaho towns we stuck around in...
Our (2nd) 10 day itinerary for Oregon
We have gone up, down, around, and through Oregon on this trip. 10 days on our swing north in September (read about some of that here, here, and here, another 10 days on our swing back south in Nov...
Oregon Trail National Historic Site - the word RUTS is ridiculous in any other context
From the Fossil Beds, we moseyed east, over to the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center with the promise of RUTS. Wagon RUTS. From real pioneers. Thousands of them. There are many reco...
Life is fragile - Lesson from a Fossil
NOTE: any errors/typos due to bad wifi! NOT human error. ;) Places like the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument are the epitome of what we love about this trip. First, we discovered it by accide...
The Great Divide
Though we had both read Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose some years back, now that we were in the thick of Lewis and Clark historical country here in Idaho, it was time for a major review. Spoil...
TBT 1980 and 8th Grade Science Class - Mount St. Helens on a Very Clear Day
We spent a lovely long weekend in Seattle with friends new and old, enjoying our first days in a REAL bed since our trip began almost two months ago. We headed to Mount St. Helens – that perfect mix...
Yosemite: Two Pieces of Advice
We got two very good pieces of advice before heading to Yosemite, both from friends who we had visited in the Bay Area the previous weekend. One piece of advice was more practical, the other more, s...