Fort Bliss Family Camp in El Paso, Texas

Fort Bliss RV Park, El Paso, Texas  • 
We drove from Terlinqua, Texas to El Paso, Texas in about six hours to the Fort Bliss Army Post Family Camp. This is the RV park that we departed from last April to begin our journey to the northeast. We drove from Terlinqua to the town of Alpine where we head north on Highway 118 to the town of For...

Paisano RV Park, Study Butte (Terlingua), Texas

Paisano RV Park, Terlingua, Texas  • 
Saturday, October 24, 2020 - We drove from Sanderson, Texas to Paisano RV Park in Study Butte (Near Terlingua), Texas. The drive took about four hours and went quite well. We decided to continue past the town of Marathon and continue on to Alpine (on -90) before we turned south to the Terlinqua area...

Canyons RV Park in Sanderson, Texas

Canyons RV Park in Sanderson, Texas  • 
We left Fort Sam Houston and managed to get off the base without incident. We then drove on I-35 south through San Antonio to I-90 west that would take us to Sanderson, Texas and west Texas. We finally left San Antonio in the rear view mirror (after passing right by Lackland AFB (where I entered the...

Joint Base Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas

Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas  • 
October 22, 2020 - We drove for about four and a half hours from Waco through Austin, Texas to San Antonio and Fort Sam Houston Army Post. The Army post is located near the center of San Antonio and about ten minutes from the Alamo and the San Antonio River Walk. We had called ahead for directions a...

North Crest RV Park in Waco, Texas

North Crest RV Park, Waco, Texas  • 
uesday, September 20, 2020 - We drove for three hours from Denton, Texas (north of Dallas) to the North Crest RV Park just on the north side of Waco, Texas. The entire drive was on freeways with the first 60% of the drive going through the massive freeway system of Dallas, Texas. We went right throu...

Hidden Cove Park and Marina, Frisco, Texas (near Dallas)

Hidden Cove Park, Frisco, Texas  • 
We drove for four hours from Texarkana, Arkansas to Frisco, Texas (near Dallas). The drive was under overcast skies and with some rain. The last part of the drive was on major freeways in the north Dallas area. We sure enjoy driving on rural roads as opposed to these massive freeways with lots of "r...

Tom Sawyers RV Park in West Memphis, Arkansas

Tom Sawyer RV Park, West Memphis, Arkansas  • 
We drove a short 150 miles from Dickson, Tennessee to the Tom Sawyer RV Park in West Memphis, Arkansas. We started out with light rainfall and that rainfall increased as we got closer to Memphis. Seems that Hurricane Delta has moved north after making landfall in Louisiana and is not impacting the M...

Tanbark Campground, Dickson, Tennessee

Tanbark Campground, Dickson, Tennessee  • 
We drove about 260 miles from Elkhorn Campground in Frankfort, Kentucky to Tanbark Campground in Dickson, Tennessee. We left at 9:40 in the morning and drove for about five and a half hours to arrive at about 1:30 in the afternoon (we gained an hour since we drove from the eastern to the central tim...

Elkhorn Campground, Frankfort, Kentucky

Elkhorn Campground, Frankfort, Kentucky  • 
Thursday, September 8, 2020 - We drove for five and a half hours and 265 miles to arrive at Elkhorn Campground in Frankfort, Kentucky. We drove through a large portion of West Virginia today a about half way across Kentucky. The day was beautiful with no winds, 70 degree temps, and clear skies. The...

Friendship Village in Bedford, Pennsylvania

Friendship Village Campground, Bedford Township, Pennsylvania  • 
Monday, September 5, 2020 - Lisa and I drive from Traveler's Woods of New England RV Park in Bernardston, Massachusetts to Friendship Village RV Park in Bedford, Pennsylvania. The drive was relaxing and very pretty with lots of rolling mountains in the Appalachian Mountains. Weather was good and no...

Twin Mountain RV Park, Carroll, New Hampshire

Twin Mountain RV Park, Carroll, New Hampshire  • 
Monday, September 28, 2020 - We drove a total of 85 miles today from North Hyde Park, Vermont to Carroll, New Hampshire. It was raining slightly when we started and then cleared up as the trip went on. We encountered beautiful trees all along the way. We feel that we are in the peak "leaf peeping" s...

Maplewood's Campground, Johnson, Vermont

Maplewood's Campground, Johnson, Vermont  • 
We drove from Massachusetts to North Hyde Park in Vermont along route 91 north. The distance was about 150 miles and the drive was pretty easy. As we got close to our destination, Lisa did a great job of making sure that we drove the best route to the RV park. This is a very beautiful RV park with a...

Travelers Woods Campground in Bernardston, MA

Travelers Woods of New England, Bernardston, MA  • 
We drove the 247 miles to Bernardston, Massachusetts in about five hours. The day was beautiful with crystal clear skies when we left and a temperature of 43 degrees. The temperature eventually rose to 65 degrees. The roads were pretty good with some construction and roughness in places. Overall, it...

Belden Hill Campground at Harpursville, New York

Belden Hill Campground, Harpursville, New York  • 
Friday, September 18, 2020 - We drove for five hours and 247 miles to Harpursville, New York and Belden Hill Campground. The campground is very nice and we wish we could stay for longer. We are only doing an "overnight" here. The days started out kind of foggy and dreary and by 1:00 pm the skies tur...

Country Acres Campground in Gordonville, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)

Country Acres Campground, Gordonville, Pennsylvania  • 
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - We drove for four hours to get here, but we got lost for about 30 minutes near Breezewood, Pennsylvania. That happens once in a while. We started late since we did not have to check in until 2:00 in the afternoon. The drive was uneventful and most of the trip was on I-7...

Friendship Village RV Park, Bedford, Pennsylvania

Friendship Village RV Park, Bedford, Pennsylvania  • 
Sunday, September 13, 2020 - We drove for just over five hours to arrive at Friendship Village RV Park in Bedford, Pennsylvania. We had to travel through Ohio, part of West Virginia, and then into Pennsylvania. A fair portion of this drive was in the rain. Tomorrow is supposed to be a nicer day. Whe...

Scenic Hills RV Park, Berlin, Ohio

Scenic Hills RV Park, Berlin, Ohio  • 
We drove for five hours to arrive at the Scenic Hills RV Park in Berlin, Ohio. The set up was easy and the trailer leveled according to the book (yea!) There was very little traffic and the roads (Highway 30) were very smooth. We are only here for one night as we are on our way to Lancaster County,...

Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Near Pierceton, Indiana

Yogi Bear's Jellystone RV Park, Pierceton, Indiana  • 
Thursday, September 3, 2020 - Lisa and I drove to Pierceton, Indiana about ten miles south of Warsaw, Indiana. We are at Yogi Bear's Jellystone RV Park which has over 1,400 parking spaces for RVs and campers. It is a huge park! The drive took about four and a half hours and our lovely GPS managed to...

Dayton, Ohio - Wright-Patterson AFB - Wright Brothers

Dayton, Ohio - Wright-Patterson AFB Family Camp  • 
On Monday, August 31, 2020 - We drove for two hours from Muncie, Indiana to Wright Patterson Air Force Base and Dayton, Ohio. Dayton is the heritage city for the birth of aviation. The Wright Brothers lived in Dayton and designed their aircraft here. We are also at Wright Patterson AFB which is the...

Muncie, Indiana - Academy of Model Aeronautics National Flying Facility

Academy of Model Aeronautics, Muncie, Indiana  • 
Thursday, August 27, 2020 - We left Middlebury, Indiana and drove for three hours to arrive at the AMA National Flying Facility in Muncie, Indiana. What we found was quite awe-inspiring. We had full hookups in the middle of 1,100 acres of mowed flying facilities. There were three other campers there...

Shipshewana Campground South (Again), Shipshewana, Indiana

Shipshewana Campground South, Shipshewana, Indiana  • 
Sunday, August 16, 2020 - We drive to Shipshewana, Indiana from Bellevue, Ohio. Since we were going to take the RV to Jayco in the morning, we decided that we would clean it so that it would present well. I washed and cleaned the nose cap which I had cleaned very well before we left for Niagara Fall...

Gotta Getaway Campground at Bellevue, Ohio

On Saturday, August 16, 2020, we drove from Niagara Falls to Bellevue, Ohio and the Gotta Getaway Campground for a one-night stay on our way to Shipshewana, Indiana. Once in Shipshewana, we will take the RV to Jayco Industries for some maintenance work. We managed to get the warranty approved and th...

Niagara Falls, New York - AA Motel and RV Park

AA Motel and RV Park, Niagara Falls, New York  • 
August 12, 2020 - We drove from Bellevue, Ohio to Niagara Falls, New York. We left at 9:00 am and arrived at Niagara Falls at about 3:00 pm. Most of the drive was on Interstate 80 and then Interstate 90. Part of I-80 is a toll-road (Ohio Turnpike), so it cost us about $9.25 to travel about 50 miles....

Shipshewana Campground South, Shipshewana, Indiana

Shipshewana Campground South, Shipshewana, Indiana  • 
August 4, 2020 - We drove the six mile long trip from Shipshewana Campground North to Shipshewana Campground South. We had to wait until noon to depart since we were required to depart at 12:00 and could not check in until 1:00 pm. They let us in early at the new campsite. Gettiing into our site was...

Shipshewana Campground North, Shipshewana, Indiana

Shipshewana Campground North  • 
Saturday, August 1, 2020 - We drove for about 90 minutes to arrive at the Shipshewana Campground North just three miles north of Shipshewana, Indiana. The drive was uneventful and mostly on rural back roads. It was easy to get into the RV site and we were set up in short order; no sewer, just water...

Michigan City Campground, Michigan City, Indiana

Michigan City Campground, Michigan City, Indiana  • 
We drove to Michigan City, Indiana from from Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Our route took us south of Chicago and then east to Michigan City. We drove the entire distance on freeways and there was much more traffic then we were used to. We also found the freeways jam packed with trucks. There were tru...

Country Roads Motorhome and RV Resort, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

Country Roads Motorhome and RV Park, Lake Delton, Wisconsin  • 
We departed Egg Harbor RV Park at about 9:00 in the morning heading for Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin and the Country Roads Motorhome and RV Resort. That was when the "fun" began! As we departed the RV park, about one-quarter mile down the road I looked in the rearview mirror and say considerable smoke...

Egg Harbor RV Camp, Egg Harbor, Wisconsin

Egg Harbor RV Camp at Egg Harbor, Wisconsin  • 
Fairly easy drive from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin to Egg Harbor, Wisconsin. Egg Harbor is located on the peninsula north of Green Bay, Wisconsin. When we arrived at Egg Harbor and began to setup our RV, it did not level properly and we encountered an electrical problem. We can live with the leveling...

Pine Harbor Campsite, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Pine Harbor Campground, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin  • 
The drive to Pine Harbor was very relaxed and took about four hours. We travel at about 63 mph (maximum) on the main highways and are never in a hurry. The cars pass us and pull away, so we rarely have to worry about braking for cars ahead of us. The campsite is a back-in site, but I did have some r...

Penmarallter Campsite, Two Harbors, Minnesota (just 20 miles north of Duluth)

Penmaralter Campsite at Two Harbors, Minnesota  • 
We traveled in a convoy from International Falls, Minnesota to Two Harbors, Minnesota and arrived at the Penmarallter Campsite just south of town on Scenic Highway 61. Great cycling and kayaking in Lake Superior (on calm days only). Two harbors is a "touristy" town for people heading up the coast to...

Arnold's RV Camp at International Falls, Minnesota

Arnold's Campground at International Falls, Minnesota  • 
Our drive from the Wildwedge RV Park in Pequot Lakes, Minnesota took about four and a half hours and was uneventful. We followed Brian and Lorrayne Graham, who were staying at Rainy Lakes RV Resort (they were full and we could not get in) out on the road to Voyageurs National Park. The Rainy Lakes R...

Penmarallter Campsite at Two Harbors, Minnesota

Penmaralter Campsite at Two Harbors, Minnesota  • 
Today is July 6th and we left International Falls, Minnesota for the five hour drive to Two Falls, Minnesota. We drove in a convoy with Brian and Lorrayne Graham. The route was along good roads with great scenery. Lots of lakes and streams. We arrived at the Penmarallter Campsite around two in the a...

Wildwedge RV Park at Pequot Lakes, Minnesota

Wildwedge RV Camp at Pequot Lakes, Minnesota  • 
FYI: Yesterday, Lisa received a phone call from her boss at Vinculums. She is the Corporate Trainer for this communications company that installs cell phone towers. Vinculums was bought out and merged with an east coast company called QualTek about a year ago. Right now, both companies are strugglin...

Alpine Campground at Bessemer, Michigan

Alpine Campground at Bessemer, Michigan  • 
Today we drove from Brimley, Michigan (near Sault Ste. Marie) to the Alpine Campground located between Bessemer and Wakefield. The RV park is nice and easy to get into. Our trailer leveled and we experienced our easiest RV setup that we can remember. Now we have to see what we can explore around her...

BayMills RV Park and Casino at Brimley, Michigan

Bay Mills Casino and RV Park at Brimley, Michigan  • 
We drove to BayMills RV Park on June 18, 2020 - This drive was only 90 minutes long and, we think, the shortest drive for us between sites since we left Sacramento. The drive was very nice with super weather and great roads. Accessing our site was about as easy as it can get. We also have a neighbor...

Big Cedar Campground at Germfast, Michigan

Big Cedar Campground at Germfask, Michigan  • 
On June 15, 2020, we drove from Octonagan, Michigan to the Big Cedar Campground in Germfast, Michigan. The drive took about five hours to complete. The roads were fine and there was very little traffic. Seems that many people are still staying home due to the Corona virus. The Michigan state parks w...

River Road RV Park, Ontonagon, MI

River Road RV Park, Ontonagon, MI  • 
TRAVEL STATISTICS: As of today, we have driven 31, 783 miles on our entire trip. We sat in the truck for 912 hours and used 2770 gallons of diesel. We logged an average miles per gallon of 11.5. The truck has been operating beautifully since we left Yuma, Arizona (yes, I am knocking on wood!) We hav...

Summit, South Dakota

Summit, South Dakota  • 
Monday, June 8, 2020 - We drove due north from Omaha to Summit, South Dakota. It was a nice drive with a tailwind of about 25 knots all the way. Good gas mileage. We are staying at the County Line RV Park. Our site is long and easy to get into. The people are nice, so all is well. Tonight thundersto...

Omaha, Nebraska

Pine Grove Campground, Near Omaha, NE  • 
June 4, 2020 - Drove to Pine Grove Campground half way between Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska to spend some time in the area before heading north to Grand Forks, ND. June 5, 2020 - I was stationed at Offutt AFB from 1984 until 1988, when I transferred to Beale AFB, north of Sacramento, California (Mary...

Mitchell, South Dakota - Betts Campground

Mitchell  • 
We left the Three Flags RV Park at 8:30 this morning for Mitchell, South Dakota. We knew that the drive across South Dakota would be rather uneventful as there are very few major attractions along the way. The road (Highway 90) was excellent and the weather conditions were nice. No rain along the wa...

Three Flags RV Park in Rapid City, South Dakota

Rapid City, South Dakota  • 
Lisa and I drove for 5.5 hours to get from Wellington, Colorado (10 miles north of Fort Collins) to Rapid City, South Dakota. The drive was very nice and peaceful. We chose the eastern route where we drove to Nebraska on Interstate 80 and then turned north towards Scott's Bluff, Nebraska. Lots and l...

Wellington, Colorado KOA (just north of Fort Collins)

Wellington, Colorado KOA  • 
The drive to Wellington, Colorado took about five hours. Along the way we encountered several construction projects. One was about 12 miles long and required a very narrow lane with lots of maneuvers to stay between the orange road separators. We also drove through the City of Denver which is quite...

Colorado City, Colorado (where w e left the RV)

Colorado City, Colorado  • 
We left Montrose, Colorado at 8:00 in the morning with the goal of traveling to Grand Mesa National Forest and then Black Canyon National Park before heading to our RV in Colorado City, Colorado. Before we left Montrose, we stopped at Sonic Burger for breakfast and then went to Walmart for snacks. W...

Montrose, Colorado

Montrose, Colorado  • 
We departed from Cortez, Colorado at 8:30 in the morning to travel to Montrose, Colorado by way of Durango, Silverton, and Ouway. This is a beautiful drive and, in my opinion, should be placed on your "bucket list" of things to do in this life. Magnificent is not a strong enough adjective. This is a...

Cortez, Colorado - Day 1 of Our Tour of Southern Colorado

Cortez, Colorado - Holiday Inn Express  • 
We left Pueblo, Colorado and our RV to drive to Cortez, Colorado. We will be staying in Holiday Inn Express rooms for the next two days. Our goal was to see more of Colorado and to try to see Mesa Verde National Park, Four Corners National Monument, and Canyons of the Ancients. Highway 160 is a grea...

Pueblo, Colorado - Pueblo South KOA

Pueblo, Colorado - Pueblo South KOA  • 
We left Santa Fe, New Mexico this morning just before 9:00 and arrived in Pueblo, Colorado at 1:30 in the afternoon. The drive was very nice with unlimited visibility and some relatively high winds. We saw several antelope on the prairie. The winds are projected to increase this evening to as much a...

Santa Fe Skies RV Park in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe Skies RV Park, Santa Fe, New Mexico  • 
Yea!! We are now off of the Corona Virus lock-down. We drove for about six hours from the Fort Bliss Army Post in El Paso, Texas to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Big Bend National Park in southern Texas has not opened yet, so we decided that we could not wait any longer before heading north. Our goal for no...

El Paso, Texas and Fort Bliss Army Post

Ft. Bliss Army Post, El Paso, Texas  • 
Our drive to El Paso, Texas and Fort Bliss was uneventful and beautiful with clear skies and some areas with carpets of yellow flowers as far as the eye could see on both sides of the road. We drove on I-10 through El Paso and then proceeded north on Highway 54 to the Fort Bliss RV Park which is loc...

Back at Davis-Monthan AFB

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base  • 
We have arrived back at Davis-Monthan AFB on February 18th prior to our planned trip to New Mexico and Texas. We had to go into overflow parking since the park was completely packed. We estimated that it would take us about a week to get into a slot with services. You get on a waiting list and are m...

La Quinta, CA - Martin and Mary Visit

La Quinta, CA - Lake Cahuilla County Park  • 
We traveled from March Air Reserve Base to La Cahuilla County Park at La Quinta, California. This park is near La Quinta, California which is next to Palm Desert, California. We traveled to this park to visit with Martin Perlmutter and his wife Mary Boles. Martin and Mary live in Tiburon, California...

March Air Reserve Base, Riverside, CA

March Air Reserve Base, Riverside, CA.  • 
We are off-and-running again! We left Beale AFB on Monday, February 11th with a six-hour drive to a an over-night RV park stay in Bakersfield, California. We stayed at the Bear Mountain RV Park that is very easy to get to and get into. The next morning, we left around 9:00 for the second have of ou...

Beale AFB, Marysville, CA

Beale Air Force Base, Marysville, CA  • 
NOTE: We have arrived back in the Sacramento area from which we left seven months ago in late April. We are here for the holidays to see family, get some medical issues checked, dance some salsa with our friends, get some repairs on the RV, and to make plans for next year's adventure. We are at Beal...

Phoenix, AZ - Lost Dutchman State Park - Apache Junction, Arizona

Lost Dutchman State Park, Superstition Mountains, Apache Junction, AZ  • 
We drove the short trip from Fort Huachuca, Arizona to the Lost Dutchman State Park in Apache Junction, Arizona, just east of Phoenix Tempe, and Mesa. Our RV site was located right at the base of the Superstition Mountains and it was a beautiful site; what views on both sides of our trailer. We got...

Fort Huachuca Army Post, Sierra Vista, Arizona

Fort Huachuca, Sierra Vista, Arizona  • 
Today is Tuesday, November 19th and we left Davis-Monthan AFB for Fort Huachuca Army Post at Sierra Vista, Arizona. When we arrived, we began our setup procedures for the RV. While we were leveling, one of the front two landing gear shafts collapsed allowing that front corner to drop slightly and th...

Tucson, Arizona - Davis-Monthan AFB

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, AZ  • 
Thursday, November 8th - We left the Yuma Proving Ground at 10:00 for Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona. The drive to Tucson was smooth and uneventful. We had no problem getting on the base and the security guards at the main gate were very nice and helpful. The people at the Family Camp office w...

Back to the Yuma Proving Ground - Yuma, AZ

Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma, Arizona  • 
We arrived at the Yuma Proving Grounds and met Teresa (the camp manager) and Nick (the camp host) at the RV Camp office. They gave us a key to the storage facility and assigned us site #90. Just as I hooked up the RV, I found that one of the truck tires was flat and had a large screw in it. Lisa and...

San Felipe, Mexico - Los Sahuaros Resort

San Felipe, Baja California, MX  • 
Saturday, October 26th - Lisa and I prepared the RV for travel, dumped the tanks, and placed it in storage at the Yuma Proving Grounds before heading to Yuma, Arizona to meet with Jeff and Cherekee Dickey who were driving from Phoenix, Arizona to San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. We met Jeff and...

Yuma, Arizona - Yuma Proving Grounds

Yuma, AZ - Yuma Proving Grounds RV Park  • 
We drove to Yuma, Arizona by way of Prescott, Arizona. We took a route around Prescott that was not a truck route. we also descended a significant hill down into Congress, Arizona that was a one-way road (thank goodness) and very narrow. We think that vehicles over 40 feet were restricted, but we we...

Williams, AZ - Grand Canyon NP South Rim

Williams, AZ - Railside RV Park  • 
After a four hour drive from Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, we arrived at Williams, Arizona and Railside RV Park. The drive was uneventful, but the roads (primarily Highway 40) were pretty bad and in need of repair. My brother Jeff Dickey and his wife, Cherekee, followed us in their pickup and joined us f...

Las Vegas, NV - Nellis Air Force Base

Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, NV  • 
Wednesday, October 9th - We left Leeds RV Park in Leeds, Utah around 9:00 in the morning and the drive to Nellis AFB was smooth and uneventful; exactly how we like it. Highway 15 between St. George and Las Vegas has a stretch of road through the mountains that is super beautiful. The mountains are h...

Leeds, Utah - Bryce and Grand Canyon NPs

Leeds, Utah - Zion/Grand Canyon NPs  • 
Saturday, October 5th - We arrived at Leeds RV Park and had very little trouble getting into a slot. No satellite capability, but we can stream TV and get local stations. We are located about 15 miles north of St. George, Utah. Sunday, October 6th - Today, we are on our way to the North Rim of the G...

Hatch, Utah - Bryce and Zion

Hatch, Utah - Riverside RV Park  • 
Monday, September 30th - We got up early and left Green River, Utah at 8:45 for Hatch, Utah. The winds were non-existent today after yesterday where the wind was whipping at a pretty constant 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph. The drive was awesome with a great road (Highway 70), no winds and tremendous s...

Green River, Utah - Shady Acres RV Park

Green River, Utah - Shady Acres RV Park  • 
Monday, September 23rd - Our drive to Green River took about four hours driving down Highway 15 to Highway 6 to Highway 70. We are currently about 52 miles north of Moab, Utah. On Tuesday, September 24th, We drove to Moab, Utah to check out the town and then go to Arches National Park. Lisa had to w...

Hill AFB at Ogden, Utah

Ogden. Utah - Hill AFB  • 
We drove to Hill AFB in Ogden, Utah from the Red Rock RV Park in Island Park, Utah. The distance was about 180 miles. The drive was uneventful (always good) except for some really rough freeway going through Ogden. The lanes were very narrow, so we had to be be extremely careful. Getting on the base...

Island Park, Idaho - Red Rock RV Resort

Island Park, Idaho - Red Rock RV Park  • 
Tuesday, September 10th - We arrived at the Red Rock RV Resort that is located about 20 miles from the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday, September 10th. The drive from Columbia Falls was about seven hours long, but it was peaceful and beautiful. We drove along lesser-traveled ro...

Columbia Falls, Montana - Glacier NP

We drove from Missoula, Montana to Columbia Falls, Montana in about three hours. At the same time, Bob and Charlotte Capp left Spokane, Oregon to join us for about ten days of fun at Glacier NP and Yellowstone NP. WE arrived at the Columbia Falls RV Resort and were able to park the RV by around 2:00...

Missoula, Montana - Yogi Bear's Jellystone RV Park

Missoula, Montana - Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park  • 
August 29th - The drive to Missoula, Montana was uneventful; that is how we like it. It took about 3.5 hours and the drive was almost completely along Highway 200. Very scenic and peaceful drive with very little traffic and no significant grades. Getting into the RV park was pretty easy too; very ni...

Great Falls, Montana - Malmstrom AFB

Great Falls, MT - Malmstrom AFB  • 
The drive to Great Falls went great with a large portion of it along the Missouri River. Looked like a great place to fish. There were several "float boats" noted and it looks like it might be a great place to kayak. I took a bike ride to the Missouri River and then into the town of Great Falls. The...

Helena, Montana - Fort Harrison ARNG Base

Helena, Montana - Fort Harrison ARNG  • 
We arrived at the North Gate to Fort Harrison and called for security to open the gate. A very nice civilian security service person arrive to open the gate. They asked if we had any weapons and I informed them that we had a Glock 19. They made sure it was cleared and then put a cable-lock on it unt...

Livingston, Montana - Osens RV Park

Livingston, Montana  • 
We drove to Osen's RV Park in Livingston, Montana. It took about three hours. The RV park is nice and easy to get into. The area around Livingston, Montana beautiful with large mountains shooting up from beautiful valleys along the Yellowstone River. Lots of float boats and small rafts for the river...

Hardin, Montana

Hardin, Montana  • 
The drive from Cody, Wyoming to Hardin, Montana was uneventful; just the way we like it! Took about three hours and we went through Billings which is an oil refining town. Hardin is in the rolling hills of southern Montana and is only 15 miles from the Little Big Horn where Gen. Armstrong Custer and...

Cody, Wyoming - Yellowstone Valley Inn/RV Park

Yellowstone Valley Inn/RV Park - Cody, Wyoming  • 
We drove from Gros Ventre National Park Campground in Jackson Hole, Wyoming to the Yellowstone Valley Inn/RV Park located just 18 miles short of Cody, Wyoming. Left at 7:45 and arrived at 11:20. Although I was a little nervous about the narrow roads and big crowds in Yellowstone, the roads were exc...

Jackson Hole, Wyoming - Yellowstone

Gros Ventre Campground, Jackson, WY  • 
Wednesday, July 31st - We drove from Idaho Falls, Idaho to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Highway 26 worked well and there was very little traffic as we followed the Snake River and Palisades Lake. When we transitioned to Highway 89, we drove along the wild portion of the Snake River and there were lots of...

Idaho Falls, Idaho

Idaho Falls, Idaho - Snake River RV Park  • 
We drove from Mountain Home AFB to the Snake River RV Park in Idaho Falls on Wednesday. This was a drive of about four hours along the Snake River. We had no problem getting into the RV park and the people were friendly. There were a ton of things to do in Idaho Falls. First thing we did on Wednesda...

Mountain Home AFB, Mountain Home, Idaho

Mountain Home Air Force Base  • 
We drove to Mountain Home AFB. A hot day and the inn was full; we are parked in the overflow area. Due to the heat, we are running our generator constantly with two air conditioners running constantly. Makes it nice in the trailer. Chuck, the camp host has been very nice to us. We have a spot to mov...

Weiser, Idaho (Pronounce Wee-zer)

Weiser, Idaho  • 
We retrieved the trailer from Council, Idaho and drove 50 miles to Weiser where we stopped at a nice RV park just before entering town. We decided on a two-day stay here to relax and re-plan our next steps in the journey. Flew the drone and took some photos/videos of the RV park. Gave copies to the...

Council, Idaho - Community Church

We were driving to Weiser, Idaho, but in the town of Council, 50 miles short of Weiser, we broke down and found a church parking lot to figure out what we were going to do. Here is the dialogue on the day: (if you what to here our sad, painful story?) Well, we ran into a snag on our way from Lewisto...

Lewiston, Idaho - Hell's Gate State Park

Hells Gate State Park, Lewiston, Idaho  • 
We drove from Fairchild AFB near Spokane, Washington to Lewiston, Idaho on Sunday the 14th of July. The drive took about three hours to complete. We took Highway 195 which is part of the Palouse Scenic Byway and more scenic than Highway 95 through Coeur d'Alene. We merged with Highway 95 just north...

Spokane, Washington - Fairchild AFB

Spokane, Washington - Fairchild AFB  • 
TRAVEL TO SPOKANE -We departed Walla Walla to the east on Highway 12 so that we could take a more scenic route rather than traveling to Kennewick (the Tri-Cities) and Freeway 395 all the way to Spokane. We ended up on Highway 196 and it was a beautiful drive. Very little traffic (Friday, July 5th) a...

Walla Walla, Washington

Walla Walla, Washington - RV Resort Four Seasons  • 
Arrived in Walla Walla, Washington and we get to visit with Bill and Gina Deweber. Walla Walla is a nice community with friendly people. We have received several recommendations on things to do here. Key enterprises in this area are farming (mostly grain), wineries, and colleges (there are three her...

Yakima, Washington

Yakima, Washington  • 
We drove to Yakima Washington from Anacortes, Washington. We left at 9:30 and arrive around 3:00 in the afternoon. The drive was a little hectic as we drove through Bellvue, Washington and there was considerable traffic. As we left the Seattle metro area, we began the climb to the Snoqualmie Pass. E...

Anacortes, Washington - Pioneer RV Park

Sunday drive from Ft. Lewis Army Base near Tacoma to Anacortes, Washington where we can access the San Juan Islands. The 2.5 hour drive was almost all freeway on I-5 and I-405; no issues. The access to the RV park was excellent and we were able to set up easily. Kind of pricey at this park since the...

Joint Base Lewis/McChord, Tacoma, Washington

Joint Base Lewis-McChord  • 
Drove though Portland to just south of Tacoma, Washington to Joint Base Lewis/McChord. Camp sites is right on a American Lake, which is appropriate since there are several bald eagles here. Yesterday, while kayaking on the lake, we say one bald eagle catch a fish from the lake and another bald eagle...

McMinnville, Oregon - The Olde Stone Village RV Park

McMinnville  • 
We have arrived in McMinnville, Oregon. We drove on lots of small, country roads to get here and that was challenging at times. The quality of the roads in Oregon far surpasses that of California. We came across a sign that said "Bump Ahead" and we barely noticed it. In California, especially on I-5...

River Mountain RV Park, Idanha, Oregon

River Mountain RV Resort, Idanha, Oregon  • 
We left Crane Prairie for the River Mountain Resort in Idanha, Oregon. This is about halfway between Bend and Salem, Oregon. The weather was off-and-on rainstorms and we even encountered some hail just short of Bend. Temps were in the low 30s when we got up this morning. The roads were quite good ge...

Crane Prairie RV Resort, Oregon

Crane Prairrie RV Park, Near Bend, Oregon  • 
We drove the short distance from Sisters, Oregon to Crane Prairie RV Park located about 25 miles SW of Bend, Oregon. It is a beautiful site, although a little tight fitting "The Beast" into our slot. We have come to the conclusion that what many site operators consider a "big rig" may be a little sm...

Sisters/Bend Garden RV Park, Sisters OR

Bend/Sisters Garden RV Resort, Sisters, OR  • 
We drove about 2.5 hours to get from Chiloquin to Sisters, OR. The weather was perfect and the roads were awesome. Took Highway 97 to Highway 20. We arrived at the RV park and were immediately met by Don who escorted us to our camp site even before we checked in; we actually parked in an area that h...

WaterWheel RV Park, near Chiloquin, OR

Waterwheel RV Park, near Chiloquin, OR  • 
We stayed at this RV park only one night, but it was at a beautiful location near the mouth of the Williamson River and Upper Klamath Lake. From here we kayaked on Spring Creek and went to have breakfast at Crater Lake. The kayak trip on Spring Creek was about two miles long one way, and the water w...

Klamath Falls KOA, Klamath Falls, OR

Arrived at Klamath Falls to cold, rainy weather. In fact, we had snow on the foothills around us on Sunday morning. Due to the cold weather, we spent a little more time in the RV; nice and cozy. I spent considerable time practicing my banjo, and, thank goodness, my playing is getting a little better...

Deerwood RV Park, Eugene, Oregon

Deerwood RV Park is about 100 miles from Seven Feathers and takes only about 1.5 hours of driving time. The fit into the site was a challenge to my driving skills. With Lisa's help, I managed to park The Beast under some very nice trees. No satellite reception, but the site had cable. Lots of things...

Seven Feathers Casino, Canyonville, OR

We departed for the Seven Feathers Casino at Canyonville, Oregon. We have been told that we should stay here at least once because it is so nice; this was a true statement. Easy pull through and great facilities. Wayne rode his bike in the area around Canyonville. He also rode the Cows Creek Ride...

Valley of the Rogue State Park

Rogue River State Park, OR  • 
We arrive at our first non-California stop, the Valley of the Rogue State Park north of Medford, Oregon. Quiet roads, fewer people. We shared our loop with a large blue converted school bus and a friendly couple who have been RVing for some time. Dick and Rose gave us lots of tips - including that w...

A side trip to McCloud, CA

McCloud  • 
A favorite place for us to visit. Love the river and the falls. Nice dining at the McCloud Hotel. We stayed at the McCloud Dance Country RV Park. Fitting for us! The snow is awesome on Mt. Shasta. Everything is so green. We stayed for only one day so we could only go see the upper falls on the McClo...

Family Visit to Redding, CA

JGW RV Park Anderson, California  • 
Our first stop was not too far up the I-5 near Redding, CA. We stayed two days to visit Lisa's brother John and his wife Christine and daughters Shauna and Danielle. We stayed at JGW RV Park on the Sacramento River. We were too close to an airport to get drone photos. Interestingly, the drone will n...

We are on our way! The 2019 Western Tour

Auburn  • 
Hello to friends and family. We left our home in Rocklin, CA April 23, 2019 to travel the Western states. We rented our house for a year to a nice couple who also agreed to take care of our beloved "Kitty." We spent a week at Auburn Gold Country RV Park saying our goodbyes and shedding more stuff. N...