Finding Our Way
Campground: Mammoth Hot Springs Campground Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Site: 66 Cost: $17 Services: Dry camp Comments: Campground is close to the north entrance of the park with a road going around it and lots of traffic and noise even late at night and early morning. Right on the
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Campground: Hoh Rainforest Location: Olympic National Park, Washington Site: 29 – Loop A Cost: $12 Services: Dry camp Comments: Beautiful campground in the middle of the rainforest. Our site was right on the rivers edge in a clearing. A crow stole one of our steaks on the BBQ, be careful.
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Yes, it was all about “Twilight’ here. We went to the grocery store in Forks and they had a huge section dedicated to “Twilight” paraphernalia. Incredible. How many t-shirts did we buy you ask? Campground: Mora Campground Location: Directly east of Rialto Beach, Washington – part of the Olympic National
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Campground: Dungeness Recreation Area Location: Olympic Peninsula, Sequim, Washington Site: 49 Cost: $18 Services: Dry camp Comments: Our site was private and spacious and right next to walking trails along a cliff with beautiful views of the water. The Dungeness Spit was within walking distance. Love, love, loved this place.
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Another great national park with lots of hiking opportunities and endless scenery. One of the hiking trails started out as an interpretive trail, large, wide, paved, signs and quickly turned into an uphill overgrown thicket of brush. My husband, luckily, just missed stepping on a Black-tailed Rattlesnake eating a rodent
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We love Big Bend National Park. Lots of hiking opportunities and lots of nature, wildlife, and great scenery. The park is full of roadrunners and coyotes. All that’s missing is an anvil (he, he…a little Roadrunner humor). If you are heading west out of the National park then be sure
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After we left Goose Island State Park we drove over the Lyndon B. Johnson Causeway (Highway 35) into Rockport and on down to Aransas Pass to the Redfish Bay Causeway and boarded the D.L. Deberry ferry to travel to Port Aransas on the northern part of Mustang Island. The island
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Goose Island State Park is close to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where you might get a chance to view the Whooping Cranes. In 1942 there were only 16 Whooping Cranes and by now, 2008, there are just over 300. The Wood Buffalo/Aransas flock accounts for about 227. AND they migrate
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Campground: Brantley Lake State Park Location: Carlsbad, New Mexico Site: 16 Cost: $14 Services: Dry camp Comments: Nice state park just outside of Carlsbad with ease of access to the Caverns and the Living desert Zoo and Gardens. Many sites have water views. Nice hiking around the lake. Link to
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Campground: Antelope Island State Park – Bridger Bay Campground Location: Island in the Great Salt Lake in Salt Lake City, Utah Site: 8 Cost: $20 Services: Dry camp Comments: Great, open spot right on the water with fabulous views. Great hiking all around the campground. A great island to explore.
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