Finding Our Way
Pie Town, New Mexico is west of Datil along highway 60 about 20 miles and about 3 miles west of the Continental Divide. The town has a population of under 200 and got its name from a bakery that specialized in dried apple pies in the 1920s. Today it still
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The drive from Roswell to Datil is a little over 200 miles and took us through breathtaking scenery and great small towns. It was great to be back in the west. We headed through Picacho and Hondo gaining elevation as we drove. Picacho is a little over 3,900 feet and
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Welcome to Roswell, “Alien Country”. Roswell is the 5th largest city in New Mexico with a population of around 50,000 people (and maybe a few aliens). It is famous for an incident that occurred in 1947 which consisted of the recovery of crash debris which many thought was a UFO.
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Abilene State Park is about 15 miles southwest of Abilene and sits on the shore of Lake Abilene. The area used to be a campground for the Comanche and Tonkawa while they hunted buffalo as the herds came through nearby Buffalo Gap. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) developed most of
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Midway Park Campground is an Army Corp of Engineers (COE) campground in Waco, Texas and it sits on Lake Waco. It is a small campground with 38 sites (including tent sites). Some of the sites are on the lake, some sites have lake views, and other sites are near the
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Purtis Creek is a 355-acre fishing lake southwest of Dallas where you can also swim, paddle, boat, hike, bike, camp, and just enjoy the area. There are 59 campsites with water and electricity along with some tent sites and walk in primitive sites. There is a dump station on site.
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Caddo Lake in Karnack, Texas sits on the Texas and Louisiana border and is known for its Cypress trees, bogs, bayous, and sloughs. It is Texas’ only natural lake and is home to the largest bald cypress tree forest in the world. It is quite mysterious with its Cypress knees,
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We departed Paul B. Johnson State Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and headed through Jackson and Vicksburg wishing we had time to stop and explore both of those areas. Soon we were crossing the Mighty Mississippi River which is a monumental landmark denoting we are have left the eastern United States.
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We departed Stockton, Alabama on I-65 and heading west and crossed over the Tensaw River where our last night’s campground was located. We then continued on to Mississippi to the city of Hattiesburg (population around 50,000) which is home to the University of Southern Mississippi (USM). Camp Shelby is located
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The entrance to the park is located right off Interstate 10 directly east of Mobile, Alabama along the Mobile Bay. There is a $5 entrance fee/parking fee to enter the park. There is an additional fee to enter the museum building and tour the USS Alabama battleship and the USS
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