Catalina State Park is in the Oro Valley area of Tucson just off Hwy 77 (Oracle Rd) and directly across the street from the Oro Valley Market Place where there are plenty of shops and restaurants. Campground: Catalina State Park Location: Oro Valley, Arizona (Tucson area) Site: B48 Cost: $30
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Dead Horse Ranch State Park – Cottonwood, Arizona
Campground: Coopers Hawk Campground Location: Cottonwood, Arizona Site: 91 Cost: $30 Services: E/W (50 AMP) Comments: A lovely campground which we have visited multiple times before and have always enjoyed. Site 91 is a back-in site with a few trees which provided much needed shade. We still ran
Continue readingKodachrome Basin State Park – Utah
This beautiful but small state park is about a 40 minute drive from Bryce Canyon City and provides great hiking trails and a lovely campground. If you want to escape the crowds of Bryce head to Kodachrome. The park is full of sandstone chimneys and tall monolithic spires which change
Continue readingWillard Bay State Park – Cottonwood Campground – Utah
We’re back! We have stayed at this campground a few times before and seem to keep coming back. Yes, it is very noisy here due to the proximity to I-15 but it is so convenient with easy off and easy off from the interstate and it’s location just north of
Continue readingFarewell Bend Recreation Area – Huntington, Oregon
We had a lovely drive in eastern Oregon with beautiful weather, gorgeous views, and snow capped mountains. Along the drive we had noticed an RV ahead of us with great tail lights which we both commented on. A bit later the RV took an exit for a rest area and
Continue readingSalmon Lake State Park – Seeley Lake, Montana
During the past weeks we have experienced a variety of weather patterns. We have had wind, rain, hail, hot weather, high humidity, and enough mosquitoes to last a lifetime. Central Alberta has been getting its share of rain this summer which means the bugs were out. But after we
Continue readingHells Gate State Park – Lewiston, Idaho
The drive from Weiser to Lewiston along Hwy 95 is one of our favorite drives. From New Meadows to Whitebird the highway parallels the Little Salmon River and provides great views and wonderful rest areas (pull-offs) which are plentiful and spacious. These are great for a lunch break, a rest,
Continue readingWashoe Lake State Park – New Washoe City, Nevada
Just north of Carson City, Nevada lies the area of Washoe Lake. There is a lovely state park located on the southeast corner of the lake with two loops and 49 sites, most if not all can accommodate big rigs up to 45′. Perfect! All sites are first-come first-serve.
Continue readingDead Horse Ranch State Park – Cottonwood, Arizona
We have stayed at this State Park before in the same campground loop and quite enjoyed the area. Our last visit was in early February of last year and we had the campground loop practically to ourselves. Other loops in the campground were completely empty.This year, in March, the campground
Continue readingRiver Island State Park – Parker, Arizona
We have stayed at this park a few times before and have enjoyed the serenity and the beauty and the fact that we are away from the hub bub of the big cities of either Parker or Lake Havasu City. The campground is almost halfway between the two cities which
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