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407 days ago

Casa Rocinante
Casa Rocinante 22 reviews

"Fantastic overnight stop - Great pecan pie, Too!"

We pulled up around 3pm on a beautiful Sunday afternoon with fantastic views of the surrounding mountains, some still snow-capped. We stopped here because temps here tonight will be 36, while Wilcox, AZ, is expected drop to 32. With such clear... Read more

985 days ago

Casa Rocinante
Casa Rocinante 22 reviews

"Peaceful average campground on a nasty dirt road."

The bath house and plenty of shade are this campground's only redeeming features. Bathrooms and unisex showers are nice and they were clean. Site 42 was huge for our van, and we were able to get approximately level with a little fiddling.... Read more

1676 days ago

Casa Rocinante
Casa Rocinante 22 reviews

"Very nice campground great for one or several nights."

Easy access from I-95, but far enough away to eliminate any road noise. Nice level long gravel pull-thru sites. Some sites have wooden gazebos for picnicking and shade. Power quality is very good, as we experienced no low voltage issues despite... Read more

1780 days ago

Casa Rocinante
Casa Rocinante 22 reviews

"Pleasant state park camping close to town"

We spent a night here as we continue our northward migration. The park is conveniently located and surrounded by restaurants, etc. Inside the park you feel secluded, and the area is nicely wooded with plenty of shade. Sites are equipped with... Read more

Lake Jasper RV Resort Hardeeville, SC
1780 days ago

Casa Rocinante
Casa Rocinante 22 reviews

"Nice campground, with easy access and seclusion "

We were here on 5/2/19, as we migrate north to Maine for the summer. This is in a great location, just off I-95, but far enough away that we heard zero road noise. The loudest things in the area are a neighbor’s chickens, though they didn’t bother... Read more

Cary Campground Bryceville, FL
1783 days ago

Casa Rocinante
Casa Rocinante 22 reviews

"Wonderful small campground in the forest"

We found this gem on Campendium, and reviews were on target. Its a lovely spot. It’s quiet, the campsites are huge, and there are only seven sites. Each site has a concrete pad for your RV, an area for your tent, and a fire pit with a couple of... Read more

Susquehanna State Park Havre de Grace, MD
1998 days ago

Casa Rocinante
Casa Rocinante 22 reviews

"Badly off-level overgrown sites"

Site 42 is the most off-level site we’ve ever seen, and as full-timers, weve seen a lot. Despite maximizing our ramps, etc. We approached but were unable to achieve level. A first for us. Many sites, especially ours, are overgrown and un-trimmed.... Read more

2008 days ago

Casa Rocinante
Casa Rocinante 22 reviews

"Great campsite for our road trip!"

Very nice folks at the front desk, great campground for our needs. It’s a little off the Interstate, but we viewed that as a huge plus - no road noise! We got a very nice paved spot with a patio deck, super nice, with full hookups. Bath and... Read more

Tehachapi Mountain Park Tehachapi, CA
2141 days ago

Casa Rocinante
Casa Rocinante 22 reviews

"Beautiful park, campsites maybe fit for tents or vans"

We’re camping nearby at Mountain Valley RV park, so we thought we’d stop by and check this place out! The good: this is a beautiful wooded county park above the town of Tehachapi. If you’re a tent camper, this might be a cool place to camp. If... Read more

Lower Pines Campground Yosemite Village, CA
2145 days ago

Casa Rocinante
Casa Rocinante 22 reviews

"Awesome campsite with sun and a view of Half Dome"

Lucked into this spot in Yosemite Valley, working diligently until we obviously nabbed a cancellation. All the Pines campgrounds are great. This spot turned out particularly nice because of the view and the generous solar input. Clearly, this open... Read more
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"Fantastic overnight stop - Great pecan pie, Too!"
"Peaceful average campground on a nasty dirt road."
"Very nice campground great for one or several nights."
"Pleasant state park camping close to town"
Lake Jasper RV Resort
Hardeeville, SC
"Nice campground, with easy access and seclusion "
Cary Campground
Bryceville, FL
"Wonderful small campground in the forest"
Susquehanna State Park
Havre de Grace, MD
"Badly off-level overgrown sites"
"Great campsite for our road trip!"
Tehachapi Mountain Park
Tehachapi, CA
"Beautiful park, campsites maybe fit for tents or vans"
Lower Pines Campground
Yosemite Village, CA
"Awesome campsite with sun and a view of Half Dome"
Florence Keller Regional Park
Crescent City, CA
"Drove through, walked about, decided not to stay"
Jedediah Smith Campground
Crescent City, CA
"Fantastic camping experinece at Jedediah Smith / Redwoods NP"
"Clean quiet convenient RV park in Quartzsite."
"Nice campground on the bank of the Mississippi River"
Gateway RV Park
Carbondale, CO
"Nice though road-noisy camping on the Rio Grande bike trail from Aspen to Glenwood Springs"
Wanapum Campground
Vantage, WA
"Camping on the western shore of the Columbia River"
"Wonderful, though huge, campground, lots of activities"
Ike Kinswa State Park
Silver Creek, WA
"Very nice campground on Mayfield Lake (Reservoir)"
"Fantastic campground in Dungeness, though no hookups"
Quarry Pond Campground
Oak Harbor, WA
"Wonderful park and campground, indelibly marred by extreme jet fighter noise"
Crescent City-Redwoods KOA
Crescent City, CA
"Very pleasant experience at this KOA"
Rasar State Park
Concrete, WA
"Pleasant, well-shaded campground with large sites near the Skagit River"
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Whidbey Island Deception Pass

You may be wondering...what exactly did we grab at the last possible minute?  Deception Pass State Park, after all, has a pretty big and very popular campground.  Not an easy place to get into, given ...

Lake Crescent August 2015

In addition to camping, Log Cabin Resort has a nice collection of human-powered watercraft for rent.  The list includes canoes, kayaks, pedal boats, and hydrobikes. The bike looks completely silly.  It...

Salt Creek Rec Area 08-2015

Watching the wildlife This was our third visit to Salt Creek Recreation area, which should be some indication of how much we like the place.  Each time we manage to see something new and different whi...

Nehalem Bay State Park 2015-09

On this trip we suddenly discovered we've become kite nerds.  Over the past many years, we've periodically bought and then lost one cool kite after another. While cleaning out the house in recent month...

Champoeg State Park 09-2015

Pronounced Sham-POO-ee We found this park, south of Portland, OR, because friends were camping there to participate in a half-marathon event.  It's actually very nice indeed, on the banks of the Willa...

Seaquest State Park WA 09-2015

Near Castle Rock, WA To begin another fun, fabulous six nights seven days of camping, we decided to stop off and spend a couple of nights at Castle Rock, WA, the gateway to Mount St. Helens.  This wou...

Dungeness & Salt Creek July 2015

Stuff to do while camped at Salt CreekThere are lots of opportunities for walking around this park on the various trails.  There is also a fun and mysterious WWII bunker that's worthy of exploration. ...

Dungeness & Salt Creek July 2015

Stuff to do while camped at Salt CreekThere are lots of opportunities for walking around this park on the various trails.  There is also a fun and mysterious WWII bunker that's worthy of exploration. ...

Whidbey Island Deception Pass

Fort Casey State Park is another interesting location on Whidbey Island.  It's a much larger WWII gunnery emplacement which has since been converted into a state park.  The old fortress structures and...

Whidbey Island Deception Pass

Fort Casey State Park is another interesting location on Whidbey Island.  It's a much larger WWII gunnery emplacement which has since been converted into a state park.  The old fortress structures and...

Whidbey Island Deception Pass

Fort Casey State Park is another interesting location on Whidbey Island.  It's a much larger WWII gunnery emplacement which has since been converted into a state park.  The old fortress structures and...

The Leap for Home 04-2015

MIssoula, MT 04/19 Having successfully escaped the grasp of that spring snowstorm, we were on  a roll and determined to get home.  So our travel days grew longer and our stops shorter.  The distance f...

The Leap for Home 04-2015

MIssoula, MT 04/19 Having successfully escaped the grasp of that spring snowstorm, we were on  a roll and determined to get home.  So our travel days grew longer and our stops shorter.  The distance f...

Billings MT KOA

America's first KOA We had some time to make up after being stuck in Denver for a few days, so we took the opportunity of better conditions to make up a bit of time.  This is a theme that will continu...

Escape from Denver 4/17

Escape from Denver! So, Friday morning, we cancelled our plans to stay in Golden and started driving north. We figured we'd stop whenever the weather dictated, otherwise aiming for the KOA in Dougla...

Snowed in! Denver, CO

Here are two road condition resources we began to reference:* Colorado road conditions - which you can see in the picture here. Those blue and red roads?  Not good! * Wyoming road conditions - for whi...

KC East KOA and Wilson SP

Kansas City East KOA, April 12th We arrived at this KOA in Oak Grove, MO, late in the afternoon after a long, though happily uneventful, day of driving.  The KOA is just off I-70,  close enough to hea...

Carlyle, IL 04-2015

Lost (temporarily) in translation After a lunch that couldn't be beat, we headed north from Evansville with Rocinante.  Our chosen target was a Core of Engineers (COE) campground at the south end of C...

Hard Labor Creek & Lookout Mountain

Hard Labor Creek State Park, Rutledge, GA Our first stop, per our discovery via the All Stays app, was to be at this interesting state park in Georgia.  It's a great campground, though slightly rustic...

Hard Labor Creek & Lookout Mountain

Hard Labor Creek State Park, Rutledge, GA Our first stop, per our discovery via the All Stays app, was to be at this interesting state park in Georgia.  It's a great campground, though slightly rustic...

Charleston, SC and Colleton SP

Colleton State Park Located in Walterboro, about 50 miles east of Charleston, Colleton is a nice little state park in the low country on the Edisto, a blackwater river. If you're feeling adventurous,...

Blythe Island, Brunswick, GA

Historic Jekyll Jekyll Island started out as a ridiculously exclusive club for the richest people in America.  The island was purchased, and then the Jekyl Island club was built, drawing some of the m...

Orlando and Kissimmee, FL

After nearly a month on the road with Rocinante, we made it to our initial destination - Orlando, FL, where our son works at Sea World as an Educator.The biggest challenge for our visit was to actually...

Lake City, FL

Quick stop - no niceties Between Henderson Beach State Park and Orlando, we needed a quick and hopefully pleasant place to stop for the night.  We got the first, not so much of the latter, at Casey Jo...

Henderson Beach State Park

State park full of wonderful After working our way across New Mexico, Texas and Louisiana via a series of private RV parks, we were overjoyed to get a last-minute reservation at Henderson Beach State...

Lafayette, LA 03-2015

Dinner and Zydeco at Randol's GIven we arrived on a Sunday night, we had to think fast if we were going to get a genuine Cajun meal.  The front desk at our campground suggested Randol's, since the pla...

Robertsdale, AL - Azalea Acres RV Park

Halfway between Houston & Lafayette Bottom line, we needed a place to rest our heads, as it was too far to drive all the way between Houston and Lafayette in a single day.  So, we stopped at an RV par...

Houston, TX 03-2015

This road toll's for thee We had very wet, though otherwise uneventful, drive from San Antonio to West Houston, where we had planned to say for the night.  However, we arrived much earlier in the day...

San Antonio, TX 03-2015

As we mentioned earlier, the winds of New Mexico had thoughtfully removed the antenna from our wireless rear-view camera.  This made driving a little unnerving, as people could now hide in our blind sp...

Junction, TX 03-2015

North Llano River RV Park After a long, dry and relatively relaxing day of driving across East Texas, we arrived in Junction and headed to our destination for the day, the North Llano River RV Park. ...

Fort Stockton, TX

NM 720, Black River Village Road Upon exiting Carlsbad Caverns National Park, we turned north on US Highway 62, towards Carlsbad in a vigorous rainstorm with a chill wind and the idea of quickly conne...

Guadalupe Mountains and Carlsbad, NM

Carlsbad RV Park After a long and interesting day of driving, we stopped for the night at this RV Park, which proved to be interesting.  Campgrounds are few and far between as you get closer to Carlsb...

Las Cruces, NM, 03/2015

While driving from Tucson to Las Cruces, we faced some of the strongest headwinds we've seen to date.  One might say Rocinante broke wind in huge quantities. Our average gas mileage fell by nearly two...

Tucson, AZ, and Pi Day

Picacho, we choose you! As we drove south of Phoenix on our way to Tucson, we drove past an interesting mountain peak, which was clearly visible from the highway.  Picacho Peak State Park - obviously...

Phoenix and Lake Pleasant AZ

Sunset and evening star We had a lovely evening at Lake Pleasant, with a spectacular sunset and a short walk along a path by the Visitor Center.  The latter is a nice path clearly marked to tall you w...

Joshua Tree NP 03 2015

Grumpy Reviewers? As an FYI, a few of the grumpier reviews of Black Rock will cast various multiple aspersions, but we decided it's because they want to keep it for themselves. The reviews on Trip Adv...

Cloverdale, Chowchilla, Mojave

We stopped in Ukiah, as planned, to visit with the AAA folks and came out with a more organized plan for our trip from there to Orlando.  Step one was to either head north a bit to Route 20 and work ou...

Cloverdale, Chowchilla, Mojave

We stopped in Ukiah, as planned, to visit with the AAA folks and came out with a more organized plan for our trip from there to Orlando.  Step one was to either head north a bit to Route 20 and work ou...

Oregon and NorCal Coast 03-2015

Sunday, March 1st Sunday 3/1 was a big mileage day, considering our route. We started early, having hitched up the night before in Cannon Beach.  Found a lovely Oregon State park at Beverly Beach and...

Sunny Saturday in Cannon Beach

Bluebirds, breakfast, and walks on the beach We got a bluebird today - a beautiful sunny day in Cannon Beach, OR.  The morning started out cool and clear, with lots of promise for the coming afternoon...

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