We didn’t know anything about this park and had not planned to visit here but a park ranger at Goliad State Park told us all about this place. So, off we went! We loved it! Campground: Choke Canyon State Park Location: Three Rivers, Texas Site: 116 Cost: $20 Services: W/E
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Goliad State Park – Goliad, Texas
Campground: Goliad State Park Location: Goliad, Texas Site: 5 Cost: $20 Services: FHU Comments: What a great park and a great town. Lots of things to see and do. Great bike riding on a boardwalk which zigzags, that was fun! Visit the Presidio and the Fannin Battleground amongst other things.
Continue readingSam Houston Jones State Park – Lake Charles, Louisiana
Campground: Sam Houston Jones State Park Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana Site: C1005 Cost: $24 Services: FHU Comments: Sites are close together but long pull thrus with hookups on both sides. The sites are next to a group of swamps. At night you will hear sounds you never knew existed. Great
Continue readingFountainbleu State Park – Mandeville, Louisiana
Campground: Fountainbleu State Park Location: Mandeville, Louisiana Site: CI 140 (known as the old campground) Cost: $20 Services: W/E Comments: We loved this place. Nice big sites, not much privacy. On a lake. The Tammany Track Rail to Trails Bike Path cuts through the park and makes for a nice
Continue readingSuwanee River State Park – Live Oak, Florida
Campground: Suwanee River State Park Location: Live Oak, Florida Site: Site 22 Cost: $23.98 Services: FHU Comments: We stayed here a few weeks before and loved this place. Watch out for the “jumping” fish! Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been”
Continue readingSuwanee River State Park – Live Oak, Florida
Whew…we finally made it to Florida. We had been driving from Tennessee and on through Georgia knowing darn well there was a huge ice storm on on heels. It was about 12 hours behind us or less and we knew we needed to get out of there and we did.
Continue readingDenali State Park – Byers Lake Campground – Alaska
Denali State Park is to the east of Denali National Park and runs along the Parks Highway. It has a few campgrounds and a few trails heads and is beautiful. Many people bypass this park and head straight to the Denali National Park. If you do that then you will
Continue readingLarrabee State Park – Bellingham, Washington
A great place to spend some time especially when needing to drive through the hub-bub of Seattle. Some place to get away from the maddening traffic and crowds. Close to Chuckanut Drive and the water. Campground: Larrabee State Park Location: Bellingham, Washington Site: T21 Cost: $28 Services: W/E Comments: Another
Continue readingMilo McIver State Park – Estacada, Oregon
Campground: Milo McIver State Park Location: Estacada, Oregon Site: A18 Cost: $13 Services: W/E Comments: A lovely hilly, forested campground with some big sites. Loved it. While you are there you can just feel Vortex I in 1970 happening all around you. Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been”
Continue readingChampoeg State Park – Oregon
Not far from the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon. Well worth the trip! Campground: Champoeg State Park Location: Champoeg, Oregon Site: A10 Cost: $16 Services: W/E Comments: Nice, open, flat state park with lots of big sites to choose from. A few hiking trails around the park.
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