This is the home stretch. Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs, AR was the last park we would visit on our trip. First though, we needed to cross Texas. We stopped at a couple of KOAs as we made our way back East. Frankly, we were thrilled to leave Texas. Hot Springs was a beautiful city and we were just so happy to…
We left our gorgeous mountain campground on June 28, 2022 and had a truly spectacular drive. We arrived at Whites City RV Park in the early afternoon - it was a huge disappointment. While we had full hook-up and were just down the road from the National Park, the "RV Park" wasn't even a parking lot - it was more like a side alley…
June 27th - it was my birthday! Although we spent the day travelling, we did go out to eat once we arrived in Alamogordo, NM and set up camp. On our way back from dinner it was raining and we saw a double rainbow going over the Sacramento Mountains. Our campsite at Oliver Lee Memorial campground was amazing. We just kept driving toward the…
If the Grand Canyon was our favorite stop, this couple of days was the best time we had on our trip. This was due mostly to the fact that we got to spend a couple of days with Zac, Teresa, and their boys. On June 25, 2022, we headed south on I-17 from the Grand Canyon and made a pit-stop in Phoenix. We were…
Leaving Holbrook, AZ on the morning of June 23, 2022, we were so excited to arrive at Grand Canyon National Park! We had wanted to stay within the park at the RV campground, but they were completely booked when we made reservations in February. They recommend making your reservations a year in advance! We found a beautiful and secluded campground about 10 miles outside…
This was another long travel day, and we were up and on our way early on June 22, 2022. Things went well along I-40 for about 3 and 1/2 hours - then we were routed off of I-40 due to brush fires in the area. The back up was awful and added about 2 hours to our drive. I even had to run out…
The plan was to visit Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis, MO next. Since this National Park is in the middle of downtown St. Louis, we made reservations to stay at a State Park about 70 miles away. We were pretty anxious about this day because we would need to find a place downtown to park the camper and run the generator so…
We set out from home on Friday, June 17, 2022 a little after 10 a.m. following a couple of last minute light checks and some duct tape repair. The drive was short and we traveled along Lake Michigan (US 31) for a while. Indiana Dunes National Park is in the middle of the city of Porter, IN, and we drove city streets to get…
Days - 19Miles travelled - 4,888 (plus about 1,000 unexpected miles for various reasons)States - Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Arkansas, IllinoisCampgrounds - 14National Parks - 8Fuel cost - $2,385Photos taken - 1,887 Our Wild West trip was a success! I will be posting about each of our stops in the next month or so.
My beautiful wife and I dropped Jack off at Grandmas house and took the camper up north for the weekend. We spent 3 nights on the shores of Black Lake in Onaway State Park. Its a small campground but one of the most beautiful Ive ever been too. The bathrooms are on the older side but they have a more modern shower building. There…
