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
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Elephant 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 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
Continue readingFlying to Florida
The RV is all tucked away nice and neat in Chandler, Arizona while we fly to Florida for a few weeks. Time for some R&R with all the relatives, birthday celebrations, some beach time, some birding, and lots and lots of eating! Fun times!
Continue readingAnza Borrego State Park – Palm Canyon Campground – California
Campground: Palm Canyon Campground Location: Anza Borrego State Park – Borrego Springs, California Site: 51 and then site 19 for a few nights Cost: $34.33 (site 51) and $37 (site 19) Services: FHU Comments: A great place to come into after boondocking for a few weeks. Time to run the
Continue readingMotorcycle Ride – Mountain Palm Springs, Anza Borrego State Park, California
Another day to take a motorcycle ride and do some hiking. We decided to head to the southern portion of Anza Borrego State Park down by the Carrizo Badlands to Mountain Palm Springs. It was a beautiful warm day. On the way south on S2 we decided to check out
Continue readingMarshall South – Anza Borrego State Park, California
Marshall South, a blogger before his time! Marshall and his family lived on Ghost Mountain, in the remote wilderness of the Southern California desert in an area that is now Anza Borrego State Park. His wife and three children lived a primitive lifestyle for 17 years up on that mountain
Continue readingCalcite Mine – Anza Borrego Desert State Park
We hiked this area on two different days, one day we explored the the Calcite Mine Trail, the next and then hiked the Palm Wash. Another day we hiked the Palm Slots. All were great hikes and quite different from one another. The hike to the old Calcite Mine was
Continue readingThe Slot Hike – Anza Borrego State Park, California
We had been visiting with Pam and John from OhThePlacesTheyGo and discussed some hiking opportunities specifically The Slot trail. We love slots. Anywhere we can find slots we are there! But going to “The Slot Trail” at Anza Borrego requires driving a sand/dirt road for a few miles which can
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