Campground: Maryhill State Park Location: Maryhill, Washington Site: 41 Cost: $29 Services: FHU Comments: A decent sized campground with lots of sites for big rigs along the Columbia River. A wonderful place. Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been” October is a beautiful time of year to be at this
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Fort Stevens State Park – Astoria, Oregon
Campground: Fort Stevens State Park Location: Astoria, Oregon Site: F237 Cost: $24.60 Services: FHU Comments: One of our favorite state parks with lots of hiking and biking opportunities along the beach and/or the trails. Lots of military historic information and close access to Astoria. Great views of the mouth of
Continue readingOut and About at Cape Disappointment State Park – Washington
We are staying at the campground at Cape Disappointment State Park and spent quite a number of days exploring the area. Cape Disappointment State Park has a variety of activities within close proximity to Ilwaco and Long Beach on the Long Beach Peninsula along with all the activities within the
Continue readingCape Disappointment State Park – Washington
We drove Highway 12 in southern Washington, through the Cascades and just south of Mt. Rainier along the Cowlitz River, towards the coast. This was during the Government shutdown. So happy to see that the viewpoint to Mt. Rainier wasn’t closed (wink, wink). Campground: Cape Disappointment State Park Location: Ilwaco,
Continue readingWanapum State Park – Vantage, Washington
Campground: Wanapum State Park Location: Vantage, Washington off I-90 Site: 45 Cost: $29 Services: FHU Comments: A great campground on the banks of the Columbia River. Large sites with great views.This site was a pull thru so for a quick overnight we don’t have to detach the toad. Link to
Continue readingValley Of Fire State Park – Arch Rock Campground – Nevada
Campground: Arch Rock Campground Location: Valley of Fire State Park – Nevada Site: 15 Cost: $20 Services: Dry camp Comments: Arch Rock campground is lovely but tough to find sites big enough for a big rig. But we managed. This time of year the park gets quite full and it
Continue readingElephant Butte State Park – S. Monticello Campground – New Mexico
We really enjoyed this campground. It is much further to the north than the other parts of the State Park which tend to be more crowded. This area also provides easy access to Apache del Bosque if you are a birdwatcher. We saw all sorts of birds. In our campsite
Continue readingCity of Rocks State Park – New Mexico
We love City of Rocks since we love to hike and love to climb around rocks in a maze. Simply beautiful. While there we were checking out one of our many RV bloggers that we follow, www.rv-dreams.com, we saw a picture of our rig at this park, now. Sure enough,
Continue readingPancho Villa State Park – Columbus, New Mexico
On our way to City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico we thought we would stop by Columbus and check out the state park. Columbus lies on the Mexican border next to Puerrto Palomas, Mexico. If you cross the border don’t miss “The Pink Store”, you can sip a
Continue readingKartchner Caverns State Park – Arizona
Kartchner Caverns is a nice state park south of Benson with a nice sized campground. The visitors center is next to the campground and offers tours of the Caverns which is an interesting tour, you basically get hosed down before you enter the cavern (not quite but almost). You also
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